Keshav Rao Jadhav was an activist for separate state of

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

. He is now the convener of Telangana Jana Parishad.

Early life and career

Keshav Rao Jadhav was the president of Osmania University Teachers Association before he got retired as the Professor in English Department of

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farman to establish OSMANIA UNIVERSITY on the day of 28 August 1918. It ...

. He was actively involved in the separate

Telangana movement The Telangana movement refers to a movement for the creation of a separate state, Telangana, from the pre-existing state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The new state corresponds to the Telugu-speaking portions of the erstwhile princely state of H ...

in 1969 and was also associated with the People's Union of

Civil Liberties Civil liberties are guarantees and freedoms that governments commit not to abridge, either by constitution, legislation, or judicial interpretation, without due process. Though the scope of the term differs between countries, civil liberties may ...

. He stood for the dialogue with the Maoists to end violence. He worked closely with socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia. He calls himself Mr. Telangana. He is the participant in Mulki War held in 1953, while he was studying in

Nizam college The Nizam College is a constituent college of Osmania University established in 1887 during the reign of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, in Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana. History The Nizampur University College was originally the "Mirsar ...

References

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