Vinayak Sitaram Sarwate

{{Short description|Indian politician (1884–1972)}}

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| birth_date = 1884

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| death_date = 1972

| nationality = Indian

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| children = Shalini Moghe, Nalini Moghe, Dr Malini Harmalkar, Kalindi Sarwate], Vasudev, Vishnu and Vasant Sarwate

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Vinayak Sitaram Sarwate (1884-1972) was a Marathi freedom fighter, political leader, and author from Indore.

{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Rodney W. |publisher=University of California Press |date=1974 |title=Urban Politics in India: Area, Power, and Policy in a Penetrated System |url=https://archive.org/details/urbanpoliticsini0000jone |url-access=registration |quote=vinayak sitaram sarwate. |page = [https://archive.org/details/urbanpoliticsini0000jone/page/78 78] |isbn=9780520025455 | access-date=September 20, 2016}}

{{cite web

| title = Vinayak Sitaram Sarwate Works

| publisher = Open Library

| url = https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL1855395A/Vinayak_Sitaram_Sarwate

| access-date = September 21, 2016

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He was appointed Sarsanghchalak of RSS in 1940. He clearly stated his alignment with Congress. He was also the member of Constituent Assembly of India representing the Madhya Bharat state.

He founded with his daughter, Shalini Moghe, "Bal Niketan Sangh", an organization in social service and education.

{{cite web

| title = Our Founders

| publisher = Bal Niketan Sangh, Indore

| url = http://www.balniketansangh.org/founders.html

| access-date = September 20, 2016

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He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, third highest civilian honour of India by the President of India, in 1966.{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|page=22|access-date=19 September 2016}}