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Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, ( mr, पुणे सार्वजनिक सभा) (Also knows as Sarvajanik Sabha ), was a sociopolitical organisation in British India which started with the aim of working as a mediating body between the government and people of India and to popularise the peasants' legal rights. It started as an elected body of 95 members elected by 6000 persons on April 2, 1870. The organisation was a precursor to the
Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, ( mr, पुणे सार्वजनिक सभा) (Also knows as Sarvajanik Sabha ), was a sociopolitical organisation in British India which started with the aim of working as a mediating body between the government and people of India and to popularise the peasants' legal rights. It started as an elected body of 95 members elected by 6000 persons on April 2, 1870. The organisation was a precursor to the Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...
which started with its first session from Maharashtra itself. In 1875 the Sabha sent a petition to the House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. T ...
demanding India's direct representation in the British Parliament. The Pune Sarvajanik Sabha provided many of the prominent leaders of national stature to the Indian freedom struggle including Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
It was formed in 1867 by Ganesh Vasudeo Joshi
Ganesh Vasudeo Joshi (9 April 1828 – 25 July 1880), popularly known as ''Sarwajanik Kaka'', was a lawyer, social reformer, and political activist. He was a founding member of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha. He was a great support system for the noble ...
.
It was also formed by S. H. Chiplunkar, Mahadev Govind Ranade.
The ruler of the Aundh State
Aundh State was a Maratha princely state in the British Raj, in the Deccan States Agency division of the Bombay Presidency.
The Principality of Aundh covered an area of 1298 square kilometers with the population of 88,762 in 1941.
The capital ...
, Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi was the first President of the organisation. Many eminent personalities such as Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Hari Deshmukh, ''Maharshi'' Annasaheb Patwardhan, etc. served as the Presidents of the organisation.
In 2016, Meera Pavagi was elected as the first woman President of the organisation.
See also
*Madras Mahajana Sabha
Madras Mahajana Sabha was an Indian nationalist organisation based in the Madras Presidency. Along with the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, Bombay Presidency Association and the Indian Association, it is considered to be a predecessor of the Indian Nati ...
Notes and references
*The Pune Sarvajanik Sabha: the early phase, 1870-1880 - S. R. Mehrotra * * Indian independence movement in Maharashtra Organizations established in 1870 {{India-hist-stub