Ramrao Deshmukh
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2015}}
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| caption = Deshmukh, during his tenure as the High Commissioner for British India in the Union of South Africa.
| name = Ramrao Alias Annasaheb Madhavrao Deshmukh
| birth_date = 25 November 1892
| birth_place = Pimplod, Berar Province, British India
| death_date = 20 April 1981 (Aged 89)
| death_place = Amravati, Maharashtra, Republic of India
| nationality = Indian
| education = M.A., L.L.B (Cantab)
| alma_mater = King Edward's College Amraoti, University of Cambridge
| spouse = Smt. Shashikalabai Kadam
| children = One son & four daughters:
- Snehalata Shitole
- Vanamala Mohite
- Pushpamala Deshmukh
- Shashikumar a.k.a. Shankarrao Deshmukh (Founder member of and former president of the Vidharbha Youth Welfare Society.)
- Neelam Naik Nimbalkar
|father=Shri. Madhavrao Shankerrao Deshmukh|office=Member of Parliament|awards=Padma Bhushan|term=3-4-1952 to 2-4-1964|term1=|office2=High Commissioner of India to the Union of South Africa|office3=Prime Minister of Rewa State
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Ramrao Madhavrao Deshmukh was a prominent political and academic personality from Amravati, Maharashtra. He was one of the very few barristers from the region at that time.http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/d.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
Political life
He has been a member of and has presided over many important political establishments during and after the British Rule. Some of the important establishments that he has been associated with and his position in those establishments are stated below:
- Central Provinces and Berar Legislative Council, Member. Time Frame: 1920–25, 1927–30 and 1937–41
- Government Of Central Provinces and Berar, Minister. Time Frame: 1927–28, 1929–30 and 1937–38.
- Gwalior State, Minister. Time Frame: 1941–44
- High Commissioner for India in the Union of South Africa. Time Frame: 1945–47{{Cite web |url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/chronology/general/1940s.html#1946 |title=General South African History timeline |access-date=22 May 2010 |archive-date=25 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325090420/http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/chronology/general/1940s.html#1946 |url-status=dead }}
- Rewa State, Prime Minister. Time Frame: 1947–48
- Central Legislative Assembly, Member. Time Frame: 1926–27
- Rajya Sabha, Member. Time Frame: 3-4-1952 to 2-4-1958 and 3-4-1958 to 2-4-1964
- Padmabhushan – 1971.{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}
References
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Category:Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra
Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in trade and industry