Achyut patwardhan biography of abraham lincoln

Indian activist (1905–1992)

Achyut Patwardhan (5 February 1905 – 5 August 1992) was an Indian independence activist and political leader and founder of the Socialist Party of India.

Achyut patwardhan biography of abraham lincoln

He was also a philosopher who believed fundamental change in society begins with man himself.^[1]

Early life

Achyut's father, Hari Keshav Patwardhan, was a prosperous legal practitioner at Ahmednagar.

He had six sons of whom Achyut was the second. When Achyut was a boy of four years, Sitaram Patwardhan, a retired Deputy Educational Inspector, adopted him. Sitaram died in 1917, leaving considerable property for Achyut.^{[clarification needed]}

After finishing his primary and secondary education at Ahmednagar, Achyut passed the B.

A. and M. A. examination from the Central Hindu College of Benares. His subject was economics and he obtained a first class. Achyut's own and adoptive fathers were both Theosophists and, therefore, he was sent to the college founded