Shankar Trimbak Dharmadhikari (18 June 1899 – 1 December 1985; ), better known as Dada Dharmadhikari, was an
Indian freedom fighter, and a leader of social reform movements in India. He was a strong adherent of
Mahatma Gandhi's principles.
His eldest daughter (Usha) was married to Adv. G Y Tamaskar of Bemetara, now in Chhattisgarh. His second child, son by name Pradyumna was also a freedom fighter and lived life as a common man. His third child, a son by name Yashwanth Shankar Dharmadhikari served as the Advocate-general of
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...
and his youngest son
Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari served as judge of Bombay High Court. He died in
Sevagram, Wardha on 1 December 1985.
Early life and work
Shankar Trimbak Dharmadhikari was born on 18 June 1899 at Madhya Pradesh, in the district of Betul. He studied at Indore Christian College and afterwards studied at Morris College in Nagpur. He also studied Adi Shankaracharya's vedantic works for about a year. He left in the middle of his studies to join the independence movement.
See also
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Gandhism
Gandhism is a body of ideas that describes the inspiration, vision, and the life work of Mohandas K. Gandhi. It is particularly associated with his contributions to the idea of nonviolent resistance, sometimes also called civil resistance.
The ...
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Sarvodaya
Sarvōdaya ( ''wikt:सर्व, sarv-'' "all", ''wikt:उदय, uday'' "rising") is a Sanskrit term which generally means "universal uplift" or "progress of all". The term was used by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi as the title of ...
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Indian independence activists from Madhya Pradesh
Betul, Madhya Pradesh
20th-century Indian philosophers
1899 births
1985 deaths
Gandhians
Members of the Constituent Assembly of India