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| caption = Bhaurao Patil | | caption = Bhaurao Patil | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1887|09|22}} | | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1887|09|22}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Kumbhoj]], [[Kolhapur]] | | birth_place = [[Kumbhoj]], [[Kolhapur State]], [[Kolhapur]], [[British India]]<br/>(Now [[Kolhapur]], [[Maharashtra|Maharashtra, India]]) | ||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1959|05|09|1887|09|22}} | | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1959|05|09|1887|09|22}} | ||
| organization = [[Rayat Shikshan Sanstha|Rayat Education Society]] | | organization = [[Rayat Shikshan Sanstha|Rayat Education Society]] | ||
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==Social Work== | ==Social Work== | ||
Bhaurao garnered political interest and decided to express his role in the fight for Indian freedom struggle by working in other beneficial fields like public education. While he worked for companies such as Ogale | Bhaurao garnered political interest and decided to express his role in the fight for Indian freedom struggle by working in other beneficial fields like public education. While he worked for companies such as Ogale glassworks, [[Kirloskar Group|Kirloskars]] and Coopers, he participated in the | ||
activities of Satya Shodhak Samaj. He had realized by then that the only remedy for the social evils of those times was the education of the masses. In 1919, he started a hostel where children from lower castes and poor families could stay and get an education while working to pay the expenses. This was the foundation of what later became Rayat Shikshan Sansthan. | |||
As Bhaurao started working on his program to educate the masses, Gandhiji had also launched his campaign to free India (independence movement). During a public meeting in 1921, Bhaurao happened to come across Gandhiji at Mumbai. He was highly impressed by Gandhi's appearance in a | As Bhaurao started working on his program to educate the masses, Gandhiji had also launched his campaign to free India (independence movement). During a public meeting in 1921, Bhaurao happened to come across Gandhiji at Mumbai. He was highly impressed by Gandhi's appearance in a loincloth and his philosophy of Khadi. Following this encounter, Bhaurao decided to adopt Khadi attire and follow Gandhian principles in everyday living. Eventually, he vowed to see it to completion, establishing 101 schools in Gandhi's name. However, Gandhiji and Bhaurao had a difference of opinion on the subject of accepting grants from the government for educational activities in post-independence India. Gandhiji believed that even if the government wanted to give grants in aid to an educational institute (or institutes) without putting any restrictions on the institutes, this would eventually devolve into edicts and oversight. No one can expect to receive money without conditions forever. Bhaurao saw no such problem with accepting grants from the government. ''The Bountiful Banyan Tree | ||
'' is Patil's biography, written by Pandurang Ganapati Patil. | |||
==Rayat Education Society== | ==Rayat Education Society== | ||