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Shivrampant Damle ( mr, शिवरामपंत दामले; April 14, 1900 in

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– July 25, 1977 in

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) was an Indian educationist. He is best remembered for founding the Maharashtriya Mandal in 1924.

Biography

Damle was born on April 14, 1900 to Vishnu (d. 1928) and Lakshmi (née Chimnatai Modak; d. 1934) of the

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'' of

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. He was one of eight children born to his parents; he had six brothers and one sister. His family was

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. Damle was educated at the

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. He graduated with a

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degree from

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before going on to found the

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in 1924, serving as its first secretary. Beginning in 1930, he served as the governor of the Maharashtra Mandal. From 1942 to 1948, he joined the

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. During

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, he was posted in

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. From 1951 to 1975 he again took up governorship of the Mandal. Beginning in 1963, he founded the Seth Dagduram Kataria High School, founding the Indirabai Karandikar Primary School on Tilak road in Pune in 1964, and founding schools for primary education in

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in 1968 and 1970, focusing on

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. On July 1, 1977, he founded the

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in Gultekdi, Pune, having begun work for its founding in 1938. Damle married Kamlabai Bapat, who predeceased him in 1968. The couple had two children, a son named Ramesh (b. 1935) and a daughter named Sunanda (b. 1937). Damle died on July 25, 1977, with his son succeeding him as governor of the Mandal.

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