Narhar Vishnu Gadgil

Narhar Vishnu Gadgil
Gadgil in 1958
3rd Governor of Punjab
In office
15 September 1958 – 1 October 1962
Chief MinisterPartap Singh Kairon
Preceded byChandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
Succeeded byPattom Thanu Pillai
1st Minister of Power
In office
15 August 1947 – 12 December 1950
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byGulzarilal Nanda
Personal details
Born10 January 1896
Malhargarh, British India (Now in Madhya Pradesh, India)
Died12 January 1966(1966-01-12) (aged 70)
Political partyIndian National Congress
EducationFergusson College
N.V. Gadgil at Bharatpur Railway Station for the inauguration of the Matsya States Union (March 1948)

Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (10 January 1896 – 12 January 1966) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician from Maharashtra, India. He was also a writer. He wrote in both Marathi and English.[1] His son Vitthalrao Gadgil represented Congress later as minister and ideologue. His grandson Anant Gadgil also went on to become a politician.[2]

Gadgil graduated from Fergusson College in Pune in 1918, and obtained a degree in Law in 1920.[3]

  1. ^ "Narhar Vishnu Gadgil". Indian Postage Stamp Site. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. ^ Marpakwar, Prafulla (18 June 2014). "Congress plays Brahmin card: Congress plays Brahmin card in Maharashtra, makes governor nominate Anant Gadgil to Vidhan Parishad | Mumbai News". The Times of India. TNN.
  3. ^ Who's who on Indian stamps. Sushma Suresh, Mohan B. Daryanani. Pune: Mohan B. Daryanani. 1999. ISBN 84-931101-0-8. OCLC 44128237.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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