Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil 9.5.1988

Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil (September 22, 1887 - May 9, 1959), born in Kumbhoj, Kolhapur, was a social activist and educator in Maharashtra, India. A strong advocate of mass education, he founded the Rayat Education Society. Bhaurao played an important role in educating backward castes and low income people by coining the philosophy earn and learn. He was a prominent member of Satyashodhak Samaj(Truth seeker's society), founded by Mahatma Jotirao Phule. 

The people of Maharashtra honoured him with the sobriquet Karmaveer (King of actions) and the Government of India awarded him with Padma Bhushan in 1959.