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Rao Bahadur Rai Bahadur (in North India) and Rao Bahadur (in South India), R.B., was a title of honour bestowed during British Raj, British rule in India to individuals for outstanding service or acts of public welfare to the British Empire, Empire. From ...
Shripad Subrao Talmaki (25 December 1868 - 28 January 1948) was a
social reformer Reformism is a type of social movement that aims to bring a social or also a political system closer to the community's ideal. A reform movement is distinguished from more radical social movements such as revolutionary movements which reject t ...
and early pioneer of the
Cooperative movement in India The cooperative movement in India plays a crucial role in the agricultural sector, banking and housing. The history of cooperatives in India is more than a hundred years old. Cooperatives developed very rapidly after Indian independence. According ...
and is known as the father of India's cooperative movement. He was a member of the Chitrapur Saraswat community. He was the main architect for the founding of The Shamrao Vithal Co-operative Bank Ltd (now known as SVC Cooperative Bank Limited), which was registered on 27 December 1906, and he named it after Late Shamrao Vithal Kaikini, who was his main guiding force and Guru. It was set up with the primary objective of assisting the less fortunate members of the community in its economic enterprises, to encourage savings and to create funds for providing financial aid to deserving members. On 28 March 1915, he co-founded the Saraswat Cooperative Housing Society in Gamdevi,
Bombay (Mumbai) Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5& ...
, Asia's first Cooperative Housing Society.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Talmaki, Rao Bahadur Shripad Subrao People from Uttara Kannada Indian social reformers 1868 births 1948 deaths People from British India People from the Madras Presidency