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Madhuram Madhukar
Madhukarrao Bhagwat

Madhukarrao himself was a Pracharak, and he dedicated his son,
Sri Mohanrao Bhagwat as a Pracharak at the feet of the nation
and thus provided a new light in this tradition of sacrifice. Iron
can turn into gold when it comes into touch with a philosopher’s
stone, but it cannot become a philosopher’s stone. The concept of
philosopher’s stone was belied by the examples of Madhukarrao
and Mohanrao. Madhukarrao, the philosopher’s stone, moulded
his son into another philosopher’s stone. Madhukarrao was the
living university of the science of organisation.

He served Mother India for three generations yet presented
himself before none. He did not allow his presence to be given
any importance. He did not make anyone feel the great tradition
of sacrifice. The farewell news of such Madhukarrao Bhagwat
brought to memory a number of anecdotes.

His dress displayed an impression of Maharashtra and
Gujarat. He wore a Gujarati dhoti of Gandhi tradition, a rural
shirt of Vidarbha, holding a tin of betel leaves and eternally
laughing well-known face – such was his disposition that
anybody could like him at first sight. He met a large number of
people and left his impression on all of them. After you met
Madhukarrao, you would feel as if he has blended within us.
His entire personality harmonized within us much like sugar
that mixes into milk.

Gujarat will ever remain indebted to the Man.
Madhukarrao. How can we forget his patriotic actions that he
undertook during the calamitous period of freedom struggle