Balkrishna Ganesh Khaparde (1882–1968) was a leader of the

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from

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, India. He was a lawyer by profession like his father Ganesh Shrikrishna Khaparde who was a close ally of

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. He belonged to ‘Tilak School of Thought’ and was a prominent leader in Swarajya Party. He was twice elected to the Second and Third Provincial

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in 1923 and 1927. He was minister of

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state. He used to write under the pen name ''Baba Bharti'' in the Marathi Magazine Prasad, published from Pune and wrote the book ‘From Science to Samadhi’. He was the chief trustee of the Badrinath Temple and as such he had to walk 120 miles from Dehradun to the interior of the Himalayas to open the gates of

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after winter every year. His name is still adorned in the temple. In 1968, he courted death by Prayopaweshan, meaning to liberate the immortal soul from the mortal body by voluntary fasting unto death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Khaparde, Balkrishna Ganesh People from Amravati 1968 deaths 1882 births Marathi politicians Hindu Mahasabha politicians Swaraj Party politicians