Govindbhai Shroff

{{Short description|Indian activist (1911–2002)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Govindbhai Shroff

| image = Govinbhai shroff.jpg

| alt = Govinbhai shroff image

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| birth_name =

| birth_date ={{Birth date|1911|7|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bijapur, Karnataka

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|11|21|1911|7|24|df=y}}

| death_place = Aurangabad, Maharashtra

| nationality =

| awards = Padma Vibhushan (1992)

| known_for = Liberation of Marathwada from Nizam rule
Work in field of Literature and Education

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Govinddas Mannulal Shroff (1911–2002), was an Indian freedom fighter who led people of Marathwada region in a fight against the Nizam of Hyderabad during the Hyderabad Campaign of 1948. As a result, the Marathwada region was liberated from the Hyderabad State on 17 September 1948.{{cite thesis |last1=Koranne |first1=S. D. |title=Contribution of Shri Govindbhai Shroff in Hyderabad freedom struggle 1938 to 1948 |date=26 November 2003 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/146889 |access-date=14 January 2022 |publisher=Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University |language=English}}

Shroff served as the longest serving secretary and president of the Saraswati Bhuvan Education Society.{{cite news |title=Move to downsize portrait of Govindbhai Shroff sparks row |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/storm-brews-over-sb-college-move-to-downsize-govindbhais-portrait/articleshow/70792442.cms |access-date=14 January 2022 |work=Times of India |date=August 23, 2019 |language=en}} He was awarded the second highest civilian award of India the Padma Vibhushan in 1992 for his work in the field of literature and education.{{Cite web|url = http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmavibhushan_awards_list1.php?start=120|title = Padma Vibhushan Awardees|date = |accessdate = |website = Know India - National Portal of India|publisher = archive.india.gov.in|last = |first = |archive-date = 4 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024123/http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmavibhushan_awards_list1.php?start=120|url-status = dead}}

Later in 1966, people responded to the call of Shroff by taking part in hunger strikes, morchas, rail rokos, bandhs and other form of protests to press for a broad gauge train routes.{{cite news|last=Shaikh|first=Arif|title=Marathwada is ready to chug|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1125101/report-marathwada-is-ready-to-chug|access-date=22 June 2013|newspaper=DNA India}}{{cite web|title=Marathwada to celebrate Hyderabad liberation jubilee|url=http://www.rediff.in/news/1998/aug/31hyd.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624220752/http://www.rediff.in/news/1998/aug/31hyd.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 June 2013|publisher=Rediff In|access-date=22 June 2013}}