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Renowned educationist and erstwhile Rajya Sabha subordinate Dr. Janardan Waghmare passed distant successful Maharashtra's Latur metropolis connected Monday (March 2, 2026) greeting aft a little illness, household sources said.
He was 91.
Waghmare was admitted to a infirmary present connected January 24 aft falling ill. He breathed his past astatine his residence present astatine astir 8 a.m. connected Monday (March 2, 2026), the sources said.
He was a adjacent adjutant to NCP laminitis Sharad Pawar and had been wide acknowledged for his lifelong publication to education, lit and nationalist service.
Waghmare was the laminitis and vice-chancellor of Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded.
Born connected November 11, 1934, astatine Janwal colony of Chakur tehsil, Waghmare served arsenic a Rajya Sabha subordinate from Maharashtra betwixt 2008 and 2014. During his parliamentary tenure, helium was a portion of respective cardinal committees, including agriculture, quality assets development, defence and outer affairs.
He besides served arsenic the Latur Municipal Council president betwixt 2001 and 2006.
Waghmare had established the Rajarshi Shahu College successful Latur and served arsenic its principal.
He was regarded arsenic the designer of the 'Latur Pattern' for world excellence, a exemplary synonymous with students from the portion dominating merit lists successful committee and entranceway exams.
Waghmare besides authored much than 80 books successful Marathi, Hindi and English connected education, societal reforms, Dalit literature, doctrine and biographies, and respective of his works received state-level literate awards.
He was a recipient of the Maharashtra Bhushan Award, Yashwantrao Chavan Literary Award and respective authorities honours for his publication to acquisition and literature.
Waghmare besides presided implicit large literate conferences crossed Maharashtra and astatine the nationalist level.
His past rites volition beryllium performed astatine Kavtha colony successful the territory connected Tuesday (March 3, 2026).
