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Sane Guruji Biography 

Pandurang Sadashiv Sane was a Marathi writer, teacher, social activist and freedom fighter from Maharashtra,

India. He was known by his students and followers as "Sane Guruji". He was called The National Teacher of India.

Full name - Pandurang Sadashiv Sane

Nickname - Sane Guruji

Birth - 24 December 1899

Place of birth - Palgad, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, India

Died - 11 June 1950

Father's name - Sadashiv Sane

Mother's name - Yashodabai Sane

Movement - Indian freedom struggle

Organization All India Congress

Birth, family and early life of Sane Guruji -

Sane was born on 24 December 1899 in the village of Palgad, Ratnagiri district, near Dapoli city in the state of Maharashtra, India. His father Sadashiv Rao was a revenue collector who was traditionally called Khot. He assessed and collected the crops in the village on behalf of the government and allowed the farmers to get 25% of their share. His financial situation was good during his childhood, but later for some reason, Sane's financial situation deteriorated. After that, his mother Yashodabai passed away in 1917.

Sane Guruji's education -

Sane's primary education was in Palgad village in Dapoli taluka. After that, he was sent to his maternal uncle in Pune for further education. But Pune did not suit him, he came back to Palgad to live in the missionary school in Dapoli. While in Dapoli, he was quickly recognized as a brilliant student who mastered both Marathi and Sanskrit. He was also interested in poetry. While in Dapoli, he was quickly recognized as a brilliant student who mastered both Marathi and Sanskrit. He was also interested in poetry. While studying in Dapoli, his family's financial situation deteriorated further, so he could not afford to pursue further education. Therefore, Sane decided to work to help the family financially. However, his father admitted him to the Aundh Institute to complete his further education, in which poor students were given free education and food. Despite facing many hardships in Aundh, he continued his education. Then, due to a disease called bubonic plague in Aundh, all the students were sent home. His father wanted his son to get a good education. To fulfill his father's wish, Sane returned to Pune to enroll as a student in the Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya. While studying in Pune, he had to endure a lot of hardships, he did not get enough food on time. Still, despite all these hardships, he performed excellently in the field of education. He obtained his matriculation certificate from high school in 1918. After that, he completed his further education from Sir Parashurambhau College. There he obtained a B.A. degree. Later, he completed his master's degree of M.A. in Marathi and Sanskrit literature.

Career as a teacher -

After completing his education, he worked as a teacher at Pratap High School in Amalner for six years. He took charge of the hostel of Pratap High School. He also worked as the hostel warden. Sane was a gifted orator and attracted people with his effective speeches on civil rights and justice. He taught the students of the hostel lessons of self-reliance and service through his own example. He also studied philosophy at Pratap Philosophy Center in Amalner. While in school, he published a magazine called “Vidyarthi” which became very popular among the students. After working for six years, he decided to dedicate his life to the Indian freedom struggle. Participation in the Indian freedom struggle After that, he resigned from his school job to join the Indian freedom movement. At that time, Mahatma Gandhi had started the Dandi March in 1930. He was imprisoned for fifteen months in Dhule Jail by the British authorities for his work in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Between 1930 and 1947, Sane Guruji participated in various movements and was imprisoned eight times. He was imprisoned in different places in Dhule, Trichinapalli, Nashik, Yerawada and Jalgaon for a total of six years and seven months. While Sane Guruji was imprisoned in Trichinapalli jail, he learned Tamil and Bengali. He did most of his writing while in prison. He wrote the famous novel Shyamchi Aai while in prison in Nashik. Sane played an important role in the presence of the Indian National Congress in rural Maharashtra, especially in Khandesh. He was actively involved in the organization of the Faizpur session of the Congress. He worked a lot to ensure the success of the Congress session at Faizpur (1936) in Jalgaon district. He participated in the Quit India Movement of 1942 and was imprisoned for 15 months. Following the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi at the Faizpur convention, he carried out 'garbage collection' and other village cleanliness activities. He founded the Rashtra Seva Dal.

Fight for caste discrimination in society

Sane Guruji always opposed many customs and traditions such as caste discrimination in society, treatment of Dalits, untouchability. He toured Maharashtra during 1946 to get Harijans admitted to the Vitthal temple in Pandharpur, finally he resorted to a fast on this issue, this fast lasted for 11 days and the doors of the Vitthal temple were finally opened to the untouchables. 'One Pandurang has truly liberated another Pandurang,' it was said at that time.

Death

In the post-independence period, Sane became disillusioned with the possibility of eliminating inequality in Indian society. The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi had a profound effect on him. His response to this tragedy was to fast for 21 days. Sane Guruji became very depressed after the country's independence for many reasons. On June 11, 1950, he committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills.