Jaganath Rao Bhonsle
Jaganath Rao Bhonsle | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Ratnagiri North | |
In office 1952–1963 | |
Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Personal details | |
Born | Tiroda, Maharastra, India) | April 20, 1906
Died | 14, May 1963 Saiska Alwar, Rajasthan, India |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Military service | |
Allegiance | British Raj (1926–1941) Free India (1941–1945) |
Years of service | 1926–1945 |
Rank | Major General |
Unit | 5th Mahratta Light Infantry (1929–1941) Hindustan Field Force (1942–1943) Indian National Army (1943–1945) |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Major General Jaganath Rao Bhonsle, also known as Jagannathrao Krishnarao Bhonsle[1] (20 April 1906[1] – 14 May 1963) was an Indian military officer, independence activist, and politician. As a member of the Indian National Army, Bhonsle served as the Azad Hind's minister for armed forces in the Azad Hind. After the war, he was a minister and MP in India after independence.[2][3][4]
Bhonsle was born in the village of Tiroda in
He was one of the first volunteers to the
Following Indian independence in 1947, Bhonsle was appointed Minister for Rehabilitation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, helping Hindu immigrants from the newly-founded Pakistan find life in India. Working for the rehabilitation of the Sindhi migrant community, he was honoured by the Sindhi community and thanked for his work in an open letter. Bhonsle was also elected as Member of Parliament with a 40,940-vote landslide in the first Lok Sabha election, serving the Ratnagiri North electoral district of Bombay. He was the main proponent of the National Service Scheme, although he never lived to see it, for he would die 6 years before its establishment in 1969.
Notes
- ^ a b October 1939 Indian Army List
- ^ Nehru 1982, p. 86
- ^ Sareen 1988, p. 378
- ^ Pan-Asia Newspaper Alliance, Hong Kong 1957, p. 143
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