Raghnath Keshav Khadilkar was an Indian National Congress politician from Pune

Pune

Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

 Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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. He was Deputy Sepaker of 4th Lok Sabha

4th Lok Sabha

List of Members of the 4th Lok Sabha, elected February–March 1967. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:**N...

 during 03-28–67 to 11-01–69.

He was born at Naringa in Taluka Devgad of Ratnagiri

Ratnagiri

Ratnāgiri is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri district in the southwestern part of Maharashtra, India. The district is a part of Konkan.The Sahyadri mountains border Ratnagiri to the east...

 district of then Bombay Province on 15 December 1905. He studied at Fergusson college

Fergusson College

Fergusson College is a degree college in western India, situated in the city of Pune. It was founded in 1885 by the Deccan Education Society and at that time was the first privately governed college in India. It is named after Sir James Fergusson, the Governor of Bombay, who donated a then...

 and Law College at Pune under University of Bombay. He was Secretary of Maharashtra Youth Congress in 1931. He was one of the founder Members of the Congress Socialist Party

Congress Socialist Party

The Congress Socialist Party was founded in 1934 as a socialist caucus within the Indian National Congress. Its members rejected what they saw as the anti-rational mysticism of Mohandas Gandhi as well as the sectarian attitude of the Communist Party of India towards the Congress Party...

 in 1934. He worked as Publicity Secretary for Faizpur

Faizpur

Faizpur is a city and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.- Geography :Faizpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 226 metres .-History:...

 Session of the Indian National Congress in 1936. He was Member of Indian National Congress between 1930–48 and 1962 onwards.

He left Congress in 1948 and formed the "All India Peasants" and Workers' Party" with other colleagues. In 1953 he was elected as its General Secretary in 1953. He was member of second Lok Sabha elected from Ahmednagar as Mazdoor Kisan Party candidate in 1957. As Congress candidate he won third and fourth Lok sabha elections from Khed

Khed

Khed is an industrial city with a municipal council in Ratnagiri district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is surrounded by a number of villages, including Khopi, Savnas, Bahirwali, Furus, Karji, Tise, Rajawel, Panhalje, Lote, Kondivali, Shiv, Mani, Nandgaon, Ashti, Shirgaon, Sakhroli,...

 in 1962 and 1967. In 1971 he won fifth Lok Sabha elections from Baramati

Baramati

Baramati is a city and a municipal council in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India.Agriculture is the main occupation of the people of Baramati. The main food crops grown include sugarcane, grapes, and cotton...

. He was Minister of Supply and Minister in the Ministry of Finance during November 1969-June, 1970 and later Minister of Supply during June 1970-March, 1971. After 1971 he was Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation.

He died in 1979 and survived by four daughters.