Dadasaheb Rupwate

{{short description|Indian politician, newspaper editor, and Ambedkarite activist}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Dadasaheb Rupwate

| image =

| office = Cabinet Minister Of Housing, Social Welfare, Cultural Affairs, Fisheries and Slum Development Government of Maharashtra

| term_start1 = 1972

| term_end1 = 1975

| office1 =

| term_start = 1977

| term_end = 1978

| office2 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council

| term_start2 = 1968

| term_end2 = 1978

| party = * Scheduled Caste Federation,

• Republican Party of India,
• Indian National Congress

| birth_date = 28 February 1925

| birth_place = Maharashtra, India

| death_date = 23 July 1999

| death_place = Maharashtra, India

| occupation = Activist, Journalist, Legislator

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| website =

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Damodar Tatyaba Rupwate (28 February 1925 – 23 July 1999), commonly known as Dadasaheb Rupwate was an Indian politician, Ambedkarite social activist and newspaper editor from Maharashtra.{{Cite web|url=https://rupwate.com/Dadasaheb_Rupwate.html|title=Dadasaheb Rupwate|website=rupwate.com}} Initially he was a member of the Scheduled Caste Federation and the Republican Party of India, and later the Indian National Congress. Dadasaheb Rupwate was a colleague and follower of B. R. Ambedkar, human rights leader.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/its-shirdi-ls-nominee-convicted-sena-eyes-ambedkar-aides-son-to-do-the-fighting/|title=Its Shirdi LS nominee convicted, Sena eyes Ambedkar aide's son to do the fighting|date=March 23, 2014}}

He was a founder-member of the Republican Party of India (1957). He was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council for the period 1968 to 1978. He served as twice Cabinet Minister State of Maharashtra for the period 1972 to 1975 and 1977 to 1978; and He had Departments: Social Welfare, Housing, Cultural, Fisheries, Slum Development. He was the general secretary of All India Congress Committee.{{Cite web|last1=Merchant|first1=Minhaz|date=March 14, 2014|title=Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar's problems|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19790331-maharashtra-sharad-pawars-problems-821912-2014-03-14|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208170817/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19790331-maharashtra-sharad-pawars-problems-821912-2014-03-14 |archive-date=2021-02-08 |access-date=|website=India Today}} He is a committee members of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writing and Speeches, a 22-volume series.{{Cite journal |last=Mhaske |first=Chandrakant Laxman |date=2021 |title=Social and political work of Dadasaheb Rupwate |url=https://www.journalofpoliticalscience.com/uploads/archives/3-1-25-607.pdf |journal=International Journal of Political Science and Governance |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=6–7 |doi=10.33545/26646021.2021.v3.i2a.93 |s2cid=259607344 |issn=2664-6021 |eissn=2664-603X}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.jaibheem.com/MV-Page-3.htm|title=Our Mission, India Once Again A Buddhist Nation !|website=www.jaibheem.com|access-date=29 January 2021|archive-date=17 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517130952/http://www.jaibheem.com/MV-Page-3.htm|url-status=dead}}

He was an editor of weekly "Prabuddha Bharat" and Marathi Encyclopedia, Vai (1962–1966). He was a sub-editor of "The Republican" (1960–1962). He was a trustee of weekly "Sadhana" Trust (1968 – 1978 and from 1997 onwards).

Inspired by Ambedkar's Dalit Buddhist movement, Rupwate and his family converted to Buddhism in 1956.{{Cite web|url=https://www.saamana.com/dadasaheb-rupwate-memorial-program/|title=कालकथित दादासाहेब रुपवते स्मृतिदिनानिमित्त विशेष कार्यक्रमाचे आयोजन|website=www.saamana.com|access-date=29 January 2021|archive-date=8 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208045931/https://www.saamana.com/dadasaheb-rupwate-memorial-program/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/mumbai-news/premanand-rupwate-passed-away-in-mumbai/articleshow/65274161.cms|title=ज्येष्ठ आंबेडकरी कार्यकर्ते प्रेमानंद रुपवते यांचे निधन|website=Maharashtra Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/875573/how-indias-dalits-had-to-cope-when-the-backlash-began-after-ambedkars-death|title=How India's Dalits had to cope when the backlash began after Ambedkar's death|first=J. V.|last=Pawar|website=Scroll.in|date=14 April 2018 }} His son Premanand Rupwate was a social activist and politician.

Dadasaheb Rupwate Vidyalay And Junior College, in Ahmednagar is named after him.[https://www.justdial.com/Ahmednagar/Dadasaheb-Rupwate-Vidyalay-And-Junior-College-Near-Tophkhana-And-Siddhi-Bugh-Chitale-Road/9999PX241-X241-130726122440-J8I1_BZDET Unknown]{{Dead link|date=March 2023|fix-attempted=yes}}