About Rajashri Shahu Maharaj
Rajashri Shahu Maharaj was a visionary ruler, a crusader for social justice and pillar of social democracy. He ushered in a new era of social movements. The dalits, peasants, non-Brahmins, laborers and women fought their educational social and economic struggles under his guidance. He cherished the idea of bringing about a casteless society. He was against all kinds of exploitation and slavery. He abolished untouchability, within his domain his attempt to abolish mahar watan, imparting education to illiterate masse, giving land and jobs to non-Brahmins, dalits, tribal's and nomadic tribes has set the agenda of social transformation in Maharashtra. He initiated the co-operative movement, which not only increased production but also carried out equitable distribution leading towards empowerment of all toiling castes and women. He was a harbinger of social justice who introduced caste-based reservations in India.
His developmental vision combined people’s participation and state initiatives and evolved developmental thought based on social justice He made concrete efforts to alleviate the poverty of the poverty of the masses and introduced practical economic measures against the exiting laissez-faire policy of classical economist. He introduced famine relief programmes, carried out experiments in agriculture, improved agriculture, set up industries in co-operative and public sector, generated employment-oriented public projects. His development strategy avoided centralization and evolved a multi-centered developmental model where regional and social disparities were eliminated. He took a keen interest in the socio-cultural and economic up liftmen of dalits, peasants, tribal's, nomadic tribes and women. His developmental model based on social justice was later on emulated by Maharashtra Government. His passionate Endeavour to educate the illiterate masses. Provide health facilities to them and his commitment to women’s reform to be later on substantiated by amartya sen (Nobel Laureate) in his economic thought.
He introduced compulsory and free primary education in Kolhapur principality. He built hostels, started schools in remote villages, awarded scholarships. He took innovative measures in spreading education aiming to the create capabilities, which has enabled the toiling masses to transcend caste barriers and elevate themselves; He remained an ardent supporter of democracy and strived hard to create democratic institutions. He wanted to liberate all toiling masses from the clutches of religious slavery, he encouraged Satyashodhak and dalit movements.
About Us About Us
Rajarshi shahu Maharaj center Established as one of the integral part of the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University in 2002-2003.it was started with Dr. Umesh Bagade from 2002 to 2010.After that Now days In charge of centre is Dr. Rajesh karpe from 2011 to up to till date. The renowned social worker, Senate Member, Management council member of BAMU university, and National Award Winner by president Pranav Mukharji 2015.
The Centre is located within Tourism and Administration department. The area of centre is an open pollution free, secure, safe and peaceful locality.
Vision and Mission Vision & Mission
Vision:
“To develop Enlightened and human society by education the children from privileged classes.”
Mission:
- To provide students with an environment for all round development of their intellectual, socials potentials.
- To Built up empathetic know legible and responsible citizen among the students by high quality educations and skills.
- To equip the student community, through academic autonomy to face future challenges.
Aims and Objectives Aims and Objectives
Following are the objectives of the Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj Research Centre:-
- To inculcate the spirit of dignity of the individual, excellence and service.
- To Develop the opportunities of higher education for up liftmen and empowerment of rural women.
- To increase the finest opportunities and environment for teaching, learning and research.
- To organize various extension activities for cultivation of democratic and human values
Activities of the Research Center Activities of the Research Center
- The center promotes integrated studies over broadly defined interdisciplinary mono-disciplinary research. Its research programmed has three main foci: Life, Work and thoughts of Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj. Caste movements (non-Brahmin and dalit Movements of Maharashtra).
- Shahu Studies :-The centere intends to take up study of Rajrshi Shahu Maharaj's life, works & thought. it will peruse Shahu studies from contemporary setting with caste-subaltern standpoint. It will probe Shahu Maharaj's critique of cast and his method of mass mobilization, his contribution to education, his patronage to art sports, literature specifically art forms of toiling subalterns, his vision of social reconstruction, his attempt of establishing pro people administration, his efforts towords women's liberation. his contribution in building the institutes of art literature and knowledge. attempt will be made to contextualize Shahu Maharaja's life, works and thught in the socio-economicand cultural milicu of his times. the center welcomes all attempts, which will take up Shahu studies with fresh and critical approach. The center wants to probe various sites of shahu in peoples memory, and culture, It will promote Shahu studies by co-ordinating researches taking in vaarious Univercities.
- Studies of caste movements (Non-Brahmin movement and dalit movements) :-The colonial setting structured a space for class moralities; movements for upward caste moralities began in Maharashtra. The Radical philosophy of Mahatma phule gave birth to anti-caste movements Like Satyashodhak and dalit movements. Shahu Maharaj gave impetus to anti-caste movements in Maharashtra. Satyashodhak-non-brahmins and Dalit movements sparing up under his leadership. center will take up the studies of caste movements in Maharashtra. It will approach the study of caste movements by locating caste-class motilities, (upward caste mobility), caste conflicts, (caste competition, caste contentions, and counter-cultural revolts) anti-caste struggles (economic, socio-cultural),caste polities, and gender aspect of caste system. It will probe the language of abuse used in caste rivalries, hegemonic and counter hegemonic polities of that era, hierarchical codes based on caste and gender systems. It will explore expansion of education and democratization carried by caste movements.
- Developmental studies (special reference to Maharathwada Region):-The center wants to offer a criticism of conventional development thinking in the light of Rajrshi Shahu’s development thinking and will engage researches which will be focusing on both philosophical and empirical studies of alternative development and alternatives to development. It will address itself to a broad range of issue; Rajshri Shahu Maharaj’s vision of development, Regional and social disparities and development in Marathawada region, critiques of nations of developmental thought and movement. It will study co-operative movement in Maharashtra. It will open up dialogues with new agencies of social change and vision of desirable futures. It will moot the issue of development in the arena of social justice. The ideas initiate discussion among researchers, politician, policy makers and recipients of development the grassroots activists is to democratic developmental thoughts. As must be obvious that it will probe socio-cultural aspect of development with taking help from local and the vernacular insights and woke in this domain by offering inputs of developmental thought based on social justice.
- The Marathwada region has a specific history as having been part of state of Hyderabad ruled by Nizam, one of the largest regions that did not come directly under British rule. It become the part of Indian union in 1948 and subsequently absorbed into the linguistic state of Maharashtra in1960. Even today the region is under the caste feudal reins, instances of caste discrimination and atrocities are numerous. Backwardness remained stark future or Marathwada region; industries are not developed with exception of Aurangabad agriculture remained backward, and infrastructural development is being very slow. Gender related indicators such as early marriage, literacy, total fertility rate and enrolment and retention of girls in the schools reveals the whole region is lagging behind the rest of Maharashtra. Centre will plan the research focusing the specificity of developmental problems of Marathwada region.
- Documentation Center: The research center plans to establish documentation center aiming to collect and provide documents/information regarding life and thought of Rajrshi Shau Maharaj, Caste movements (Non-Bramin movement, dalit moement), peasants movents, developmental studies (specific to Marathwada region) As a part of establishment of documentation center we want to begin with digitalization of Non-brahmin Newspaper. Non-brahmin newspaper played important role in shaping radical politics of caste and peasant movements in Maharashtra. Mukundarao Patil edited Deeinmitra with exemplary commitment and vision from the remote villlage of tarawadi situated in Ahmadnagar district. palekar edited Jagriti from Badoda. Shripatrao Shinde edited Vijayi Maratha. Deeinkarrao Jawalkar edited Majur and kaiwari newspaper. Dinbhandu,the first newspaper of satyashodhak movements id kept in Shivaji University Kolhapur. Issue of Deeinmitra preserved in Tarawadi. Jagriti is preserved in pune. Vijayi Maratha can be found in Kolhapur. All these Satyashodhak-Non-Brahmin newspapers shed important light on the social history of Maharashtra. the center has embarked upon its project with the digitalization of Non-Brahmin newspaper. The also wants to preserve other documents of the Non-Brahin movement, Dalit movement peasants movements movements, through Digitalization. It will compile and process the data of development of Marathwada region.
Programmes and Activities Programmes and Activities
Center has organized varous seminars workshop and conferences on various themes like 'Writing social History', Shahu Maharaja's vision of development and development of Marathwada Region' 'Methodologies of Studying Caste system'. Center wants to hold various seminars for the research students, teachers, social activists and administrators on various thees for building knowldge and disseminating it in society.
Scholarship/Fellowship Scholarship/Fellowship
The Center is presently awarding Four scholarship. It wants to award Four scholarships for M. phil and Ph.D. students per Year. It will evolve scheme of fellowships permanent, visit, honorary and affiliated.
Our Achievements
Our centre giving fellowship to the students from academic year 2015 to 2019. List of students as follows:
| Sr.No | Name of Student | Year | Degree |
| 1. | Yogesh Babasaheb Kawde | 2015-16 | M. Phil |
| 2. | Rameshwar Mahadev Wadhekar | 2015-16 | M. Phil |
| 3. | Ashvini Ganeshrao Kadam | 2016-17 | M. Phil |
| 4. | Vithhal shinde | 2016-17 | M. Phil |
| 5. | Ajay pawar | 2017-18 | M. Phil |
| 6. | Savita Kalbande | 2017-18 | M. Phil |
| 7. | Ram dalve | 2018-19 | M. Phil |
| 8. | Rahul Naik | 2018-19 | M. Phil |
| 9. | Sambhaji Ankushrao Tambe | 2018-19 | Ph. D |
| 10. | Rameswar Mahadev Wadhekar | 2018-19 | Ph. D |
Library
In this centre, we are providing library Facilities for the students there are variety types of books available in it.
| Sr.No | Name of Books | Author |
| 1 | Rajarshi Shahu Gaiurav Granth | Ramesh jadhav |
| 2 | Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati | Dhanjay Keer |
| 3 | Shahunchhya Athavani | Prof.Nanasaheb salunke |
| 4 | Rajarshi Shahu ani Karmveer Bhaurav patil | Dr.Jaysingarao Pawar |
| 5 | Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapatin che Jahirname | Dr.Jaysingarao Pawar |
| 6 | Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati ek magova | Dr.Jaysingarao Pawar |
| 7 | Chhatrapati Smbhaji ek chikista | Dr.Jaysingarao Pawar |
| 8 | Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati ek Abhyas | Vasudha Pawar |
| 9 | Amachya Itihasacha Shodh Ani Bodh | Dr.Jaysingarao Pawar |
| 10 | Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati patravyavahar | Dr.Jaysingarao Pawar |
| 11 | Rajarshi Shahuchi Arthaniti | Dr. J.K. Pawar |
| 12 | Rajarshi shahu Maharaj vichar ani kary | Dr. Shirish Pawar |
| 13 | Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj | T.B. Naik |
| 14 | Kranti Sukte Rajarshi Chatarpati Shahu | Dr.S.S.Bhoale |
| 15 | Satyashodhakiy Niyatkalike | Arun Shinde |
| 16 | Savitribai phule Samgra Vandgmay | Prof Hari Narake |
| 17 | Mahatma Phule Gaurav Granth | Prof.Hari Narake |
| 18 | Sambhaji | Vishwas Patil |
| 19 | Sriman Yogi | Ranjit Desai |
| 20 | Mrutunjay | Shivaji Savant |
| 21 | Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati jeevan aani kary | Dr.Jaysingarao Pawar |
Visit by Emeritus Persons
| Sr.No | Emeritus Persons |
| 1 | Dr.Jaysingarao Pawar |
| 2 | Dr.Uttam Kamble |
| 3 | Amar Habib |
| 4 | Vijay Anna Borade |
| 5 | Mr.Chandrakant Wankhede |
| 6 | Shri. Shrimant Kokate |
| 7 | Jemini Kadu |
| 8 | Dr.Bahusaheb Shinde |
| 9 | Principal N.K Bagul |
| 10 | Pasha Patel |
| 11 | Jalpurush Rajendrsnih |
| 12 | Co.Govind Pansare |
| 13 | Prakash N kamardi. President of Krushi Ayog, karnataka. |
| 14 | Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, Kolhapur |
| 15 | Prof.Shyam Agale |
| 16 | Shri.S.V.Gunjal |
| 17 | Principal T.S.Patil |
| 18 | Adv.Mahesh Muthal |
| 19 | Dr.Umakant Rathod |
| 20 | Dr.Umakant Dangat |
| 21 | Shahir Samadhan Ingle |
| 22 | Amol Mitkari |
| 23 | Shamir Amol Jadhav |
Co-ordinator Coordinator
Dr. Mrs.Kaveri Lad
Director, Rajashri Shahu Maharaj Study Center,
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada
University, Aurangabad, Pin: 431004
Phone No : 9423705081
Email : kaveri_lad@yahoo.com