Laxman Shrawan Bhatkar (born 1901 in Thugaon Amravati district - 1970) was a politician and social worker from Central Provinces and Berar of British India. He was born in 1901 at Thugaon village of then Amravati district of the Province. He studied at Depressed Classes Mission High School at Bombay.
Later he became member of Satyasodhak samaj under the guidance of great Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde. He used to compose playfolk songs and stories for the welfare of untouchables. For them, he started
Chokhamela
Chokhamela was a Hindu saint in Maharashtra, India in the 14th century. He belonged to the Mahar caste, present day, which is considered one of the untouchable castes in India. He was born at Mehuna Raja, a village in Deulgaon Raja Taluka of B ...
Hostel at
Chikhali in Buldana district in 1921.
In 1951, he was elected to first Lok Sabha from the 2 seats of Buldana Akola constituency of then Madhya Pradesh State along with
Gopalrao Khedkar. In 1957, he was re-elected as a representative of the second Lok Sabha from Buldana Akola constituency of then Bombay State.
He represented
Khamgaon (Lok Sabha constituency) in
3rd Lok Sabha
List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, (2 April 1962 – 3 March 1967) elected February–March 1962. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The election was held for 494 seats out of which Indian nati ...
. Along with it they were the Members of Constitution Assembly of India as Members (by province/state) Central Provinces and Berar.
He died in 1970.
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1901 births
1970 deaths
People from Buldhana district
People from Amravati district
India MPs 1952–1957
India MPs 1957–1962
Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra
Marathi politicians
India MPs 1962–1967
Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra
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