NANA PATIL WAS BORN IN A WARKARI FAMILY. ON THE DAY OF NAMING CEREMONY, HIS GRANNY LAID AROUND HIS NECK A `HOLY-BASIL MAAL (NECKLACE)`. HIS NATIVE PLACE WAS `YEDE MACCHHINDRA` WHERE HE STUDIED TILL SEVENTH STANDARD. LATER, HE BECAME A TALATHI. SINCE CHILDHOOD, HE HAD A KEEN INTEREST IN SOCIAL WELFARE. HE HAD IMMENSE EMPATHY TOWARDS THE POOR PEOPLE. RATHER, WELFARE OF THE POOR WAS HIS LIFE MOTTO. HE ALSO WISHED TO CARRY FORWARD THE WORK OF SATYASHODHAK MOVEMENT INITIATED BY MAHATMA JYOTIBA PHULE. HE HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE `CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT` INITIATED BY MAHATMA GANDHI. LATER, MAHATMA GANDHI WARNED THE BRITISH WITH THE SLOGAN `GO BACK` IN 1942 WHILE ASKED THE INDIANS TO `DO OR DIE`. NANA PATIL, WHO WAS IN SATARA, WAS INSPIRED BY THIS. HE QUIT HIS JOB AS A TALATHI TO GET ENROLLED IN THE CONGRESS PARTY, BECOMING A FREEDOM FIGHTER THEREAFTER. MANY A TIME, HE WAS PUT BEHIND THE BARS FOR HIS REVOLUTIONARY EFFORTS AGAINST THE BRITISH. HE WENT UNDERGROUND FOR FOUR YEARS OR SO TO COMPLETE HIS TASK. ALONG THE WAY, HE GATHERED MANY HONEST CO-WORKERS WHO HELPED HIM TO FORM PATRI SARKAR IN SATARA DISTRICT. THROUGH THIS VENTURE, PATIL BROUGHT INTO REALITY THE DREAM SEEN BY MAHATMA GANDHI, THAT OF `VILLAGE RAJ`.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT TODAY`S YOUTH GET TO KNOW THE WORK DONE BY THE GREAT FREEDOM-FIGHTER, THE FOUNDER OF PATRI SARKAR AND THE SUCCESSFUL PERSON WHO IMPLEMENTED `GRAM-RAJYA` IN A TRUE MANNER.
THE SAID BOOK IS A PERFECT ONE, INTRODUCING US TO THE LIFE AND WORK OF NANA PATIL.
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