Madhu Limaye
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Madhu Limaye was an India
n Socialist essayist and activist, particularly active in the 1970s. A follower of Ram Manohar Lohia
and a fellow-traveller of George Fernandes
, he was active in the Janata
coalition that gained power at the Centre following the Emergency; he, with Raj Narain
and Krishan Kant
was also responsible for the collapse of the Morarji Desai
government installed by that coalition, by insisting that no member of the Janata party could simulataneously be a member of an alternative social or political organisation. This attack on dual membership was directed specifically at members of the Janata party who had been members of the Jan Sangh, and continued to be members of the right-wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
, the Jan Sangh's ideological parent. The issue led to fall of Morarji Desai
government in 1979, and the destruction of the Janata coalition
In retirement, through the 1980s, he continued to write; he was especially caustic on Constitutional issues, where he set himself the task of defending the Constitution in the media against those who would seek to modify it to centralise power, or to replace the Westminster system with a Presidential one, fearing a 'slow slide to despotism.
He showed less antipathy to the memory of Mrs. Gandhi than could have been expected, reserving his anger for Jawaharlal Nehru
, who he seemed to think "could have set a standard beyond reproach, but did not."
Term as Member of Parliament
.A street in Chankyapuri, New Delhi
is named in his honour.
and was imprisoned in 1955. He wrote a book by name of 'Goa Liberation Movement and Madhu Limaye' as a prison diary. The book was published in 1996 on occasion of golden jubilee of the launch of the movement in 1946.
MADHU LIMAYE ELOCUTION COMPETITION
To commemorate his contribution to parliamentary debate, every year MADHU LIMAYE INTER COLLEGIATE ELOCUTION COMPETITION is organized on his death anniversary i.e. on 8 January. The competition is funded by “Madhu Limaye Smriti Nyas’ a trust formed by Late Smt. Champatai Limaye and is organised by Kirti college, (Dadar W). The main purpose of this event is to make the college going students think and brood over the contemporary topics and current issues, which may not be in the realm of their textbooks.MADHU LIMAYE memorial rotating trophy is awarded to the winning college The competition is now exerting a favorable influence on student community.Kirti college has organised this competition relentlessly since last seven years.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n Socialist essayist and activist, particularly active in the 1970s. A follower of Ram Manohar Lohia
Ram Manohar Lohia
Rammanohar Lohia was an Indian freedom fighter and a socialist political leader.-Early life:Lohia was born in a village Akbarpur in Ambedkar Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, in India to Hira Lal, a nationalist and Chanda,a teacher. He was born to Marwari Maheshwari family. His mother died when he...
and a fellow-traveller of George Fernandes
George Fernandes
George Mathew Fernandes is an Indian trade unionist, politician, journalist, agriculturist, and member of Rajya Sabha from Bihar. He is a key member of the Janata Dal , and was the founder of the Samata Party...
, he was active in the Janata
Janata
Janata, is a Hindi word for 'the populace; or the people'. Following the first Janata coalition in the 1970s between the Lok Dal, the Congress and the Socialist Party, it has become part of the name of a number of federal - and state-level, present and historical, political parties in India or...
coalition that gained power at the Centre following the Emergency; he, with Raj Narain
Raj Narain
Raj Narain was an Indian politician who, as a candidate of Janata Party for the Lok Sabha in 1977, ran for office in Rae Bareli constituency and defeated Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India...
and Krishan Kant
Krishan Kant
Krishan Kant was the tenth Vice President of India from 1997 until his death.Kant's first brush with politics came when he plunged into the Quit India movement, while he was still a student in Lahore. He took part in the Indian Independence Movement as a youth and continued to be involved in...
was also responsible for the collapse of the Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian independence activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977–79. He was the first Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress...
government installed by that coalition, by insisting that no member of the Janata party could simulataneously be a member of an alternative social or political organisation. This attack on dual membership was directed specifically at members of the Janata party who had been members of the Jan Sangh, and continued to be members of the right-wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or National Patriotic Organization), also known the Sangh, is a right-wing Hindu nationalist, paramilitary, volunteer, and allegedly militant organization for Hindu males in India...
, the Jan Sangh's ideological parent. The issue led to fall of Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian independence activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977–79. He was the first Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress...
government in 1979, and the destruction of the Janata coalition
In retirement, through the 1980s, he continued to write; he was especially caustic on Constitutional issues, where he set himself the task of defending the Constitution in the media against those who would seek to modify it to centralise power, or to replace the Westminster system with a Presidential one, fearing a 'slow slide to despotism.
He showed less antipathy to the memory of Mrs. Gandhi than could have been expected, reserving his anger for Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
, who he seemed to think "could have set a standard beyond reproach, but did not."
Family and Early life
Shri Madhu Limaye, Son of Shri Ramchandra Mahadev Limaye Born at Poona on May 1, 1922. Educated at Fergusson College, Poona (now Pune). Married to Professor Smt. Champa Limaye. One son. Previously associated with the Indian National Congress, 1938—48 and the Congress Socialist Party, 1938—1948. Studies interrupted due to participation in the freedom movement. Imprisoned for 4 years 1940-45.Socialist
Attended Socialist International’s Antwerp conference as a sole delegate of Indian Socialist Movement, 1947. Elected, Member National Executive of the Socialist Party at Nasik Conference, 1948. Joint Secretary, Socialist Party, 1949—52. Secretary Asian Socialist Bureau, Rangoon, 1953. Elected, Joint Secretary, Praja Socialist Party at its first Conference at Allahabad, 1953.Goa Liberation Movement
Sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in the Goa Liberation Movement in 1955. Spent over 19 months in Portuguese captivity.Parliamentarian
Chairman, Socialist Party 1958-59. Chairman Samyukta Socialist Party Parliamentary Board, 1967-68. Leader, Socialist Group in Fourth Lok Sabha, 1967.Term as Member of Parliament
- (i) Third Lok Sabha, 1964—67
- (ii) Fourth Lok Sabha, 1967—70
- (iii) Fifth Lok Sabha, 1973—77
- (iv) Sixth Lok Sabha 1977-79.
Janata Party
Played an active part in the JP movement and in the effort to create a united opposition party. He was detained under MISA from July 1975 to February 1977 in various Madhya Pradesh Jails. Resigned in protest, from membership of the fifth Lok Sabha, on immoral extension of its term by Smt. Indira Gandhi through abuse of constitutional provisions about emergency. General Secretary, Janata Party 1 May 1977-79. General Secretary, Janata Party (S) and Lok Dal,1979-82. Retired from active politics in 1982 after the formation of Lok Dal (K). Wrote more than 60 books in English, Hindi and Marathi.Social activities
Associated with youth organisations, study groups, seminars, libraries, social reform movement and periodicals.In English
- Where is the left going?
- Tito's Revolt against Stalin
- Communist Party: Facts and Fiction
- Socialist Communist Interaction in India
- Evolution of the Socialist Policy
- Political Horizons
- Indian Polity in Transition
- India and the World
- Madhu Limaye on Famous Personalities
- Galaxy of Indian Socialist Leaders
- The Age of Hope: Phases of the Socialist Movement
- Politics After Freedom
- The Sino-Indian War: Its Historical and International Background
- Goa Liberation Movement and Madhu Limaye
- Manu, Gandhi, Ambedkar and other Essays
- Religious Bigotry: A Threat to the Ordered State
- Parliament, Judiciary, and Parties - An Electrocardiogram of Politics
- Janata Party Experiment - Part I & II
- Limits to Authority
- Political Controversies and Religious Conflicts in Contemporary India
- Decline of a Political System
- Indian Politics at Crossroads
- Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru: A Historic Partnership 1916-1948 (Vol. I—Vol. IV)
- Cabinet Government in India
- Problems of India's Foreign Policy
- Indian National Movement: Its deological and Socio-Economic Dimensions
- Decline of a Political System: Indian Politics at Crossroads
- Birth of Non-Congressism: Opposition Politics (1947–1975), Musings on Current Problems and Past Events
- Contemporary Indian Politics
- President Vs Prime Minister
- Prime Movers: Role of the Individual in History
- Barren Path
- Four Pillar State
- The New Constitutional Amendments
- A Self Liquidating Scheme for Reservation
- Supreme Court's Decision on Backward Class Reservation
- August Struggle - An Appraisal of Quit India Movement
- Dear Popat
- Last Writings
- Madhu Limaye in Parliament (A Monograph on Madhu Limaye containing many of his important speeches in Lok Sabha, Published by Lok Sabha Secretariat - Parliament of India).
In Hindi
- Atmakatha
- Sardar Patel - Suvyavasthit Rajya Ke Preneta
- Baba Saheb Ambedakar - Ek Chintan
- Sankramankaleen Rajneeti
- Dharam Aur Rajneeti
- Rashtrapati Banam Pradhanmantri
- Swatantrata Andolan Ki Vichardhara
- Samasyein Aur Vikalp Marxvaad Aur Gandhivaad
- Aarakshan Ki Neeti
- Bhartiya Rajneeti Ke Antarvirodh
- Bhartiya Rajneeti Ka Sankat
- Sarvajanik Jeevan Main Naitikata Ka Lop
- August Kranti Ka Bahuaayami Paridrashya
- Ayodhya - Vote Bank Ki Vidhwansak Rajneeti
- Communist Party: Kathni Aur Karni
- Mahatma Gandhi - Rashtrapita Kyoon Kehlate Hain
- Rajneeti Ki Shatranj - VP Se PV Tak, Bharatiya Rajneeti Ka Naya Mod
- Aapatkaal: Samvaidhanik Adhinayakvad Ka Prashast Path
- Chaukhamba Raj - Ek Rooprekha.
In Marathi
- Trimantri Yojna
- Communist Zahirnamyachi Shambhar Varshey
- Pakshantar Bandi? Navhey Aniyantrit Neteshahichi Nandi
- Swatantraya Chalvalichi Vichardhara
- Communist Paksachey Antrang
- Samajwad Kaal, Aaj Vva Udya
- Chaukhamba Rajya
- Rashtrapita
- Doctor Ambedkar - Ek Chintan
- Pech Rajakaranatale
- Atmakatha.
Legacy
He was responsible for personally grooming many of the names that dominate Bihar politics today, including Laloo Prasad Yadav and Sharad YadavSharad Yadav
Sharad Yadav, a politician from the Janata Dal party, is currently a Member of the Parliament of India representing the Madhepura constituency of Bihar in the Lok Sabha...
.A street in Chankyapuri, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
is named in his honour.
Goa Liberation movement
He participated in the Goa liberation movementGoa liberation movement
The Goa liberation movement was a movement that sought to end the Portuguese colonial rule in Portuguese India. It began in the early 20th century and gained strength between 1940 to 1961. It was preceded by many smaller revolts...
and was imprisoned in 1955. He wrote a book by name of 'Goa Liberation Movement and Madhu Limaye' as a prison diary. The book was published in 1996 on occasion of golden jubilee of the launch of the movement in 1946.
MADHU LIMAYE ELOCUTION COMPETITION
To commemorate his contribution to parliamentary debate, every year MADHU LIMAYE INTER COLLEGIATE ELOCUTION COMPETITION is organized on his death anniversary i.e. on 8 January. The competition is funded by “Madhu Limaye Smriti Nyas’ a trust formed by Late Smt. Champatai Limaye and is organised by Kirti college, (Dadar W). The main purpose of this event is to make the college going students think and brood over the contemporary topics and current issues, which may not be in the realm of their textbooks.MADHU LIMAYE memorial rotating trophy is awarded to the winning college The competition is now exerting a favorable influence on student community.Kirti college has organised this competition relentlessly since last seven years.