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'''Appasaheb Pant''' (1912-1992), also known as '''Appa Pant''', '''Appa Sahib Pant''', '''Appsaheb Balasaheb Pant''', '''Parashuram-rao Pant''' (Parashuram being his first name), was an Indian diplomat, [[Prince|Prince of Aundh]], [[Gandhian]], writer and [[Indian freedom movement|freedom fighter]].<ref name="Benegal">{{cite web | url=http://benegal.com/pant/apa.htm | title=Benegal | publisher=Benegal |year=2015 | accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Awaaz Magazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.awaazmagazine.com/index.php/component/k2/item/170-apa-pant-in-east-africa |work=Awaaz Magazine |date=1 November 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2015|title=Apa Pant in East Africa|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125304/http://www.awaazmagazine.com/index.php/component/k2/item/170-apa-pant-in-east-africa |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref> A philosopher by nature and a mystic at heart, who served for over forty years as a career diplomat for the [[Government of India|Indian Government]]. He served as the Indian Commissioner at various African countries such as Kenya, Uganda, [[Tanganyika (territory)|Tanganyika]], [[Zanzibar]], [[Northern Rhodesia]], [[Southern Rhodesia]], [[Nyasaland]] and the Belgian colony of the Congo and, later, as the Indian ambassador to countries like Indonesia, Norway, Egypt, United Kingdom and Italy.He also served as the Political Officer for India in the Kingdom of Sikkim .<ref name="Benegal" /> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 1954, with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the society,<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |year=2015 |accessdate=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https:// | '''Appasaheb Pant''' (1912-1992), also known as '''Appa Pant''', '''Appa Sahib Pant''', '''Appsaheb Balasaheb Pant''', '''Parashuram-rao Pant''' (Parashuram being his first name), was an Indian diplomat, [[Prince|Prince of Aundh]], [[Gandhian]], writer and [[Indian freedom movement|freedom fighter]].<ref name="Benegal">{{cite web | url=http://benegal.com/pant/apa.htm | title=Benegal | publisher=Benegal |year=2015 | accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Awaaz Magazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.awaazmagazine.com/index.php/component/k2/item/170-apa-pant-in-east-africa |work=Awaaz Magazine |date=1 November 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2015|title=Apa Pant in East Africa|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125304/http://www.awaazmagazine.com/index.php/component/k2/item/170-apa-pant-in-east-africa |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref> A philosopher by nature and a mystic at heart, who served for over forty years as a career diplomat for the [[Government of India|Indian Government]]. He served as the Indian Commissioner at various African countries such as Kenya, Uganda, [[Tanganyika (territory)|Tanganyika]], [[Zanzibar]], [[Northern Rhodesia]], [[Southern Rhodesia]], [[Nyasaland]] and the Belgian colony of the Congo and, later, as the Indian ambassador to countries like Indonesia, Norway, Egypt, United Kingdom and Italy.He also served as the Political Officer for India in the Kingdom of Sikkim .<ref name="Benegal" /> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 1954, with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the society,<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |year=2015 |accessdate=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 October 2015 }}</ref> placing him among the first recipients of the award. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Appa Sahib Bala Saheb Pant was born on 11 September 1912<ref name="WMF Labs">{{cite web | url=http://tools.wmflabs.org/persondata/p/Apasaheb_Balasaheb_Pant | title=WMF Labs | publisher=WMF Labs |year=2015 | accessdate=30 March 2015}}{{user-generated source|date=November 2021}}</ref> in the [[Aundh State|princely state of Aundh]] in the [[British India]], presently near [[Pune]] in the Indian state of Maharashtra, as the second son of [[Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi]],<ref name="Free Library">{{cite web | url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Shivaji+designs+for+stained-glass+windows%3A+the+art+of+Ervin+Bossanyi.-a0253862098 | title=Free Library | publisher=Free Library |year=2015 | accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref> the ruler of the state.<ref name="Benegal" /> After schooling at local institutions, he graduated (BA) from the [[University of Mumbai]] and | Appa Sahib Bala Saheb Pant was born on 11 September 1912<ref name="WMF Labs">{{cite web | url=http://tools.wmflabs.org/persondata/p/Apasaheb_Balasaheb_Pant | title=WMF Labs | publisher=WMF Labs |year=2015 | accessdate=30 March 2015}}{{user-generated source|date=November 2021}}</ref> in the [[Aundh State|princely state of Aundh]] in the [[British India]], presently near [[Pune]] in the Indian state of Maharashtra, as the second son of [[Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi]],<ref name="Free Library">{{cite web | url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Shivaji+designs+for+stained-glass+windows%3A+the+art+of+Ervin+Bossanyi.-a0253862098 | title=Free Library | publisher=Free Library |year=2015 | accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref> the ruler of the state.<ref name="Benegal" /> After schooling at local institutions, he graduated (BA) from the [[University of Mumbai]] and studied [[philosophy, politics and economics]] at [[Brasenose College, Oxford]].<ref name="Awaaz Magazine" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bowers|first=John|author-link=John Bowers (lawyer)|date=2021-02-16|title=Principal's Blog: 16th February 2021|url=https://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/about-brasenose/princblog/2361-principal-s-blog-16th-february-2021|access-date=2022-02-02|publisher=[[Brasenose College, Oxford]]}}</ref> He continued his studies in London and passed Barrister at Law from [[Lincoln's Inn]] and returned to India in 1937 when the [[Indian freedom movement]] was gathering pace.<ref name="Benegal" /> | ||
Pant married Nalini Devi,<ref>Gaurav Desai, [https://books.google.com/books?id=K9WrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA75 Commerce with the Universe: Africa, India, and the Afrasian Imagination], p. 75</ref> a medical doctor and a [[Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons|fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons]] in 1942 and the couple had three children, Aditi, Aniket and Avalokita.<ref name="Awaaz Magazine" /> He died, aged 80, on 5 October 1992,<ref name="WMF Labs" /> succumbing to old age illnesses.<ref name="Benegal" /> | Pant married Nalini Devi,<ref>Gaurav Desai, [https://books.google.com/books?id=K9WrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA75 Commerce with the Universe: Africa, India, and the Afrasian Imagination], p. 75</ref> a medical doctor and a [[Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons|fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons]] in 1942 and the couple had three children, Aditi, Aniket and Avalokita.<ref name="Awaaz Magazine" /> He died, aged 80, on 5 October 1992,<ref name="WMF Labs" /> succumbing to old age illnesses.<ref name="Benegal" /> | ||