Shripad Balwant Tambe was a pledger from
Amravati
Amravati (/Marathi phonology, əmᵊɾɑʋᵊt̪iː/) is a city in Maharashtra located in the Vidarbha region. It is the ninth largest city in Maharashtra, India & second largest city in the Vidarbha region in terms of population. It is the ...
in Berar division of Central Provinces. He was a member of the
Swaraj Party
The Swaraj Party, established as the Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party, was a political party formed in India on 1 January 1923 after the Gaya annual conference in December 1922.
Chauri Chaura
The Swaraj Party was formed on 1 January 1923 by Indi ...
and President of the
Central Provinces Legislative Council.
He was appointed member of the Government of
Central Provinces
The Central Provinces was a province of British India. It comprised British conquests from the Mughals and Marathas in central India, and covered parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra states. Nagpur was the primary ...
after
Moropant Vishvanath Joshi's tenure ended in 1925. His appointment created political interest throughout India and the Swaraj Party. He was opposed by
Motilal Nehru
Motilal Nehru (6 May 1861 – 6 February 1931) was an Indian lawyer, activist, and politician affiliated with the Indian National Congress. He served as the Congress President twice, from 1919 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1929. He was a patriarch ...
and others, but Mr.
M R Jayakar from Bombay Legislative Council supported the move citing similarity with
V J Patel.
As of 1927 he inaugurated "The Poona Sevasadan Society, Nagpur Branch" on 2 January, when he was a member of Government of Central Provinces and Berar.
In 1931, Tambe attended the 2nd
Round Table Conference
The three Round Table Conferences of 1930–1932 were a series of peace conferences, organized by the British Government and Indian political personalities to discuss constitutional reforms in India. These started in November 1930 and ended in De ...
.
References
People from Amravati
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