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Congress leader, state fighter, cooperative assemblage pioneer and erstwhile Transport Minister Bheemanna Khandre passed distant astatine his residence successful Bhalki, Bidar district, connected Friday nighttime (January 16).
He was 103. He breathed his past astir 10.50 p.m. aft battling age-related ailments and respiratory complications implicit the past fewer days.
He is survived by 2 sons — Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre and Bidar DCC Bank president Amar Kumar Khandre — and 4 daughters. His younger son, erstwhile legislator Vijaykumar Khandre, passed distant successful 2019.
Mr. Bheemanna Khandre volition beryllium laid to remainder connected Saturday (January 17).
Lingayat leader
Mr. Khandre, a towering fig successful the nationalist beingness of Kalyana Karnataka and a elder person of the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community, had been admitted to a backstage infirmary successful Bidar earlier and was aboriginal shifted home, wherever attraction continued. Confirming the death, Mr. Eshwar Khandre said the seasoned person passed distant peacefully astatine home.
Over the past week, seers of assorted mutts, Ministers, legislators, leaders crossed enactment lines and members of the nationalist visited Bhalki to enquire astir his health, portion peculiar prayers were held astatine temples for his recovery.
Lawyer by profession
A lawyer by profession, Mr. Khandre entered nationalist beingness successful 1953 arsenic the archetypal elected president of the Bhalki Municipality. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the archetypal clip successful 1962 and went connected to service 4 presumption arsenic an MLA and 2 presumption arsenic a subordinate of the Legislative Council. He besides served arsenic Transport Minister successful the M. Veerappa Moily Ministry.
As a state fighter, helium actively participated successful the Hyderabad Liberation Movement, opposed the excesses of the Razakars and played a cardinal relation successful ensuring that Bidar territory remained portion of Karnataka during linguistic reorganisation workout and Karnataka Unification Movement, for which helium was honoured with the Karnataka Ekikarana Award.
Co-op. movement
Mr. Khandre made a lasting publication to the cooperative and acquisition sectors. He was the founder-president of the Bidar Cooperative Sugar Factory astatine Hallikhed and the Mahatma Gandhi Sugar Factory astatine Hunaji, and played an important relation successful the implementation of the Naranja and Karanja irrigation projects.
As president of Shantivardhak Education Society, helium established institutions, including Akkamahadevi College successful Bidar and an engineering assemblage successful Bhalki, contributing importantly to higher acquisition successful the region.
