12 Facts About Bhaurao Patil

Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, born in Kumbhoj, Kolhapur, was a social activist and educator in Maharashtra, India.

Bhaurao Patil was a prominent member of Satyashodhak Samaj, founded by Mahatma Jyotirao Phule.

Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil was born in a Marathi Jain farming family at Kumbhoj in Kolhapur district.

Bhaurao Patil's father was a clerk in the revenue department for East India company.

Bhaurao Patil was one of the first few Jains known to have passed 8th class of secondary school.

Bhaurao Patil 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.

Bhaurao Patil had realized by then that the only remedy for the social evils of those times was the education of the masses.

Bhaurao Patil was highly impressed by Gandhi's appearance in a loincloth and his philosophy of Khadi.

However, Gandhiji and Bhaurao Patil had a difference of opinion on the subject of accepting grants from the government for educational activities in post-independence India.

Bhaurao Patil saw no such problem with accepting grants from the government.

The Bountiful Banyan Tree is Bhaurao Patil's biography, written by Pandurang Ganapati Bhaurao Patil.

Accordingly, Bhaurao Patil established Rayat Shikshan Sanstha at a small village named Kale, on 4 October 1919.