Mangaldas M. Pakvasa, મંગળદાસ પક્વાસ (

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, 7 May 1882 – 6 November 1968) a

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and one of the first five Indian

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s, served as the first President of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from 1953 to November 1960. In the first years after India's independence, leading politicians, including

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and Mangal Das Pakvasa, as well as Scout leaders tried to unify India's Scouts and Guides. He was Governor of

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and

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, and a confidante of

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. His daughter-in-law is Poornima Pakvasa, and his granddaughter is

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* http://www.bsgindia.org/ * * https://web.archive.org/web/20071116175511/http://www.4to40.com/legends/print.asp?id=953 * http://ijg.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/15/1/51?ck=nck * http://www.ivu.org/congress/wvc60/india.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20061201015235/http://www.nagpuronline.com/history/modern8.html * http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/WARDHA/his_post_ind.html
Biography: Mangaldas M. Pakvasa
Governors of Madhya Pradesh Scouting pioneers Scouting and Guiding in India Indian independence activists from Maharashtra 1882 births 1968 deaths Chairs of the Maharashtra Legislative Council {{Karnataka-politician-stub