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Ramrao Deshmukh

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Nationality
  
Indian

Education
  
M.A., L.L.B (Cantab)

Name
  
Ramrao Deshmukh


Ramrao Deshmukh

Died
  
20 April 1981 (Aged 89) Amravati, Maharashtra, Republic Of India

Spouse(s)
  
Smt. Shashikalabai Kadam

Children
  
One Son & four Daughters: Snehalata Shitole Vanamala Mohite Pushpamala Deshmukh Shashikumar a.k.a. Shankarrao Deshmukh (Founder member of and former president of the Vidharbha Youth Welfare Society.) Neelam Naik Nimbalkar

Alma mater
  
King Edward's College Amraoti, University of Cambridge

Ramrao Madhavrao Deshmukh was a prominent political and academic personality from Amravati, Maharashtra. He was one of the very few Barristers from the region at that time.

Political life

He has been a member of and has presided over many important political establishments during and after the British Rule. Some of the important establishments that he has been associated with and his position in those establishments are stated below:

  • Central Provinces and Berar Legislative Council, Member. Time Frame: 1920-25, 1927–30 and 1937–41
  • Government Of Central Provinces and Berar, Minister. Time Frame: 1927-28, 1929–30 and 1937-38.
  • Gwalior State, Minister. Time Frame: 1941-44
  • High Commissioner for India in the Union of South Africa. Time Frame: 1945-47
  • Rewa State, Prime Minister. Time Frame: 1947-48
  • Central Legislative Assembly, Member. Time Frame: 1926-27
  • Rajya Sabha, Member. Time Frame: 1952-64
  • Padmabhushan-1971.

    • References

    Ramrao Deshmukh Wikipedia
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