Jambuwantrao Dhote

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Bhau Jambhuwantrao Dhote also known as The Lion of Vidharbha. He was Member of Parliament from Nagpur (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1971 to 5th Lok Sabha.^[1] He was again elected for second time from Nagpur in 1980 to 7th Lok Sabha.

Being one of the founder members of Indira Congress, Bhau was the one to register the ""Panja"" symbol of the party. Bhau founded Vidharbha Janta Congress (VJC) Party on 9 September 2002. He was also 5 times MLA of Maharashtra Assembly elections. He was elected from Yavatmal in 1962 ^[2] and 1967 elections,^[3] 1978 elections.^[4] A true leader of the masses. He is son-in-law of veteran Congress leader late Ramrao Adik.He is one of vidarbhian leaders who devotes his whole life for the movemment free vidarbha and struggling for it about 4-5 decades.

You can visit www.facebook.com/vidarbhaveer for more information on Bhau

Notes

↑ "General Election of India 1971, List of Successful Candidate". Election Commission of India. p. 71. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Maharastra_1962.pdf
↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201967.pdf
↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%201978%20Maharashtra.pdf page=9

Persondata
Name	Dhote,Jambuwantrao
Alternative names	vidarbhaveer, lion of vidarbha, vidarbha ka sher, bhau jambuvantrao dhote, jambhuwant, bhau, vidarbha
Short description	Indian Politician
Date of birth	Not known
Place of birth	Yavatmal
Date of death
Place of death

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