Vasukaka Joshi

Vasudev Ganesh Joshi
Born	28 April 1856 Dhom, near Wai, Bombay Presidency
Died	12 January 1944(1944-01-12) (aged 87)
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Vasukaka Ganesh Joshi, Vasudeo Ganesh Joshi
Known for	Indian Freedom Struggle

Vasudev Ganesh Joshi ( 28 April 1856 - 12 January 1944), popularly known as Vasukaka Joshi, was an Indian Freedom Fighter.[1]

Joshi was the owner of Chitrashala press after Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar.[2]

During the freedom struggle of India, Joshi with Krushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar were close associates of Lokmanya Tilak and tried to establish contact with Japan via Nepal government.[1][3] Joshi was also a member of Indian Home Rule League's delegation to England.[1]

Life

Vasudeo Ganesh Joshi was born in a middle-class Deshastha Brahmin family on 28 April 1856 at Dhom near Wait in Satara district.[4] His father Ganukaka Joshi was a priest, farmer, trader and moneylender. The family originally hails from Aurangabad. Vasukaka had three brothers and three sisters.[4]

References

1. Wolpert, Stanley (1962). Tilak and Gokhale: Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India. University of California Press. p. 326. vasukaka.
2. Hulsurkar, Tejaswini (27 April 2008). "Denarya Hatancha Udtyojak: Vasukaka Joshi". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Mumbai. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
3. Ganachari, Aravind (2005). Nationalism and Social Reform in Colonial Situation. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 9788178353517.
4. Sen 1973, p. 345.

Bibliography

• Sen, S.P. (1973). Dictionary of National Biography. Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta.