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The Pioneer

Life & Times of Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Founder of the Co-op. movement in Indian Sugar Industry


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Famines, natural calamities, brutal exploitation by traders, moneylenders, and private factories had all conspired to nearly destroy the peasntry in the Deccan area of Maharashtra in early decades of the 20th Century. The co-operative sugar factory of small farmers that Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil (1897-1984) built against all odds at a remote village of Loni set a trend and rescued the small farmers from this calamity. Vitthalrao was the authentic and creative proponent of peasants power. A quintessential farmer with native wisdom, Vitthalrao employed innovative systems to use a small share of the accumulated wealth created by co-operative factory for public activities including education. The book narrates the exciting story of this extraordinary Indian peasant’s long fight with rural elite and vested interests to build the co-operative, of his frustrations, perseverance and his never-say-die spirit.


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196 978-93-80361-68-0 The Pioneer Life & Times of Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Founder of the Co-op. movement in Indian Sugar Industry Arun Sadhu Famines, natural calamities, brutal exploitation by traders, moneylenders, and private factories had all conspired to nearly destroy the peasntry in the Deccan area of Maharashtra in early decades of the 20th Century. The co-operative sugar factory of small farmers that Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil (1897-1984) built against all odds at a remote village of Loni set a trend and rescued the small farmers from this calamity. Vitthalrao was the authentic and creative proponent of peasants power. A quintessential farmer with native wisdom, Vitthalrao employed innovative systems to use a small share of the accumulated wealth created by co-operative factory for public activities including education. The book narrates the exciting story of this extraordinary Indian peasant’s long fight with rural elite and vested interests to build the co-operative, of his frustrations, perseverance and his never-say-die spirit. Hard Bound Books Rohan Prakashan English 623 24.5 16.9 4.5 1250
Life & Time of Vitthalrao
Vikhe Patil. Founder of
the co-op. movement in
Indian Sugar Industry
Biographical चरित्र-आत्मचरित्र Political राजकीय 875 ThePioneer.jpg The PioneerBC.jpg
Weight 1250 g
Dimensions 24.5 × 16.9 × 4.5 cm

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