Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje
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Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje (7 November 1884 – 22 January 1967) was an Indian revolutionary, scholar, agricultural scientist and Statesman who was among the founding fathers of the
Early life
Khankhoje was born in November 1884 to a Marathi Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin (DRB) family at Wardha, where his father worked as a petition-writer.[2][3] Young Khankhoje spent his childhood in Wardha, where he completed his primary and middle school education before moving to Nagpur for higher education. He was at the time inspired by the nationalist work of Bal Gangadhar Tilak.[4] At some time in the first decade of the 1900s, Khankhoje left India on a voyage that ultimately saw him settle in the United States. Here he enrolled in the Washington State College (now called Washington State University), graduating in 1913.His grand father was Vyankatesh Khankhoje . Brother's name was chaphekar.
Indian independence activities
Khankhoje's earliest nationalist work abroad dates back to the time around 1908 when he, along with
Activities during World War I
Through World War I, Khankhoje was intricately involved in the
Academic career
Khankhoje later moved to Mexico in the 1920s, where he was the professor of Botany and Crop Breeding in the National School of Agriculture of Mexico. In 1936, Khankhoje married Jean Alexandrine Sindic, a Belgian woman in Mexico by whom he had two daughters. He led the Mexican corn breeding programme and was appointed director to the Mexican Government's department of Agriculture.
Khankhoje features on a mural at Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico) painted by Diego Rivera, which is almost reminiscent of the Last Supper. He heads a table and breaks the bread with a big knife. A farmer and a soldier stand on the either side with people from different nations sitting around the table. Mexico is represented by the child wearing overalls.[5]
Return to India and later years
Both Khankhoje and Jean returned to India after 1947. His application for visa was initially rejected by the Indian government due to the ban by the British Indian Government, but was eventually overturned. He settled in Nagpur and subsequently embarked on a political career. Pandurang Khankhoje died on 22 January 1967.
Legacy
In August 2022, Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla unveiled Khankhoje's statue during his visit to Mexico.[4][6]
References
- ISBN 9780143063766. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ Sen 1973, p. 408.
- ^ Gajānana Viśvanātha Ketakara (1966). Raṇajhuũnjhāra Dô : Pã. Kāḷa Prakāśana. p. 1.
पांडुरंग सदाशिव खानखोजे हे देशस्थ ऋग्वेदी ब्राह्मण कुळातले आहेत.
- ^ a b "विश्लेषण : महाराष्ट्राच्या सुपुत्राचा मेक्सिकोत पुतळा, कोण होते स्वातंत्र्यसैनिक पांडुरंग खानखोजे?". Loksatta (in Marathi). 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Pandurang Khankhoje | Archive". Science Gallery Bengaluru. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Singh, Rishika (22 August 2022). "Explained: Who was Pandurang Khankhoje, Ghadarite revolutionary and a hero of Mexico?". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- Sen, S.P. (1973). Dictionary of National Biography. Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta.
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- The White Woman's Other Burden: Western Women and South Asia. Kumari Jayawardena. p226
- India-Mexico : Similarities and Encounters. Eva Alexandra Uchmany.
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- Har Dayal, Hindu Revolutionary and Rationalist. Emily Clara Brown. p 136
- Dictionary of national biography. Sibapada Sen. p333
- Freedom to Breathe: The Revolutionaries' Legacy to India. Tribhuvan Nath.p69.
- The Soviets and the Indian Revolutionary Movement, 1917-1929. Ashok Kumar Patnaik- Page 89
- Bulletin of the Hindusthan Association, No. 1 August 1913, p16