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Persistent Karmayogi
Kashinathrao Bagwade

We can witness a wonderful systematic life in Kashinath. He was
at all times punctual in his daily routine, priority to work, pre-
planning, information gathering, and the like. An extremely
systematic life was his chief characteristic.

Even the most ordinary people have something
extraordinary about them. It is chance or opportunity which
makes an individual experience his extraordinary faculties.
There are a few people who mould their lives themselves, just
like a sculptor moulds his image.

Before the onset of independence, the youth was curious
to do something in the world. Kashinath motivated the youth
in order to arouse this curiosity at the opportune time, and thus,
he himself became a part of the movement.

Born in a very ordinary family of Vishnupant Bagwade in
a small village called Vai in Satara district (Maharashtra), he
was filled to the brim with a spirit to do something for the
country’s freedom. This love for the country inclined him
towards the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Due to poor
financial condition of the family, he arrived in Nadiad with his
brothers. He was employed in the New Shorok Mill. The district
of Kheda in Gujarat was an expanse which infused the spirit of
freedom in the people. Therefore, it was natural for the seed of
the Sangh culture lying in Kashinath to bloom. Kashinath was
matriculate, and possessed a lean and thin stature. His
disposition and action displayed his love for the country. He