Hey Infinities, in this article you will read about Madhu Limaye, a veteran socialist who fought for the liberation of Goa, never compromised on values even under unusual circumstances.
Madhu Limaye was one of the most eminent personalities of modern India, who played an important role in the independence movement and later liberated Goa from the Portuguese into India. He was the charismatic leader of the country's democratic and socialist movement and never compromised with his ideology. Endowed with honesty, simplicity, austerity, high moral qualities, he was greatly influenced by Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of peace and non-violence, which he followed throughout his life. A hundred years ago, Madhu Limaye was born on 1 May, 1922 in Poona, Maharashtra. From the time of his higher education at Ferguson College, Poona, he started participating in student movements. Later he came in contact with SM Joshi, NG Gore, etc. and was attracted to the national movement and socialist ideology along with his contemporaries.
In 1939, when the Second World War broke out, he thought that this was an opportunity to free the country from colonial rule. So in October 1940, he started a campaign against World War I and was arrested for his anti-war speeches. In August 1942, Mahatma Gandhi called for the 'Quit India' movement, then Madhu Limaye was present there. This was the first time he saw Gandhi ji closely. At the same time, many senior Congress leaders including Gandhi ji was arrested. Madhu went underground with some of his colleagues and played a key role in the underground movement.
Madhu Limaye participated in the Goa liberation movement in the 1950's, started in 1946 by his leader, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya. Madhu Limaye, a staunch critic of colonialism, led a major satyagraha in 1955 and entered Goa. Portuguese police violently attacked satyagrahis in Parana. He was kept in police custody for five months. In December 1955, the Portuguese Military Tribunal sentenced him to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment. But Madhu Limaye neither offered any defence nor appealed against the punishment. Once when he was in Goa jail, he wrote, 'I have realized how profoundly Gandhiji has changed my life, how deeply he has shaped my personality and will'.
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He wrote a book in the form of a diary, 'Goa Liberation Movement and Madhu Limaye', which was published on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the launch of the Goa Movement in 1966 and has now been republished. Even after being released from Portuguese custody in 1957, Madhu Limaye continued to mobilize the public for the liberation of Goa and sought support from various sections and urged the Government of India to take concrete steps in this direction. In December 1961, Goa became independent and became an integral part of India.
Madhu Limaye, a scholar of Indian constitution and parliamentary affairs, was elected to the Lok Sabha four times from 1964 to 1979. He had a deep understanding of the procedure and use of parliamentary rules and various subjects. Today, as his birth century begins, it can be underlined that he never compromised on his values even under unusual political circumstances. His opposition from jail against the extension of the term of the fifth Lok Sabha during the Emergency is a testimony to this. He was active in the formation of the Janata Party and the coalition that gained power at the Center after the Emergency, he was also offered a ministerial position in the Morarji government, but he declined it.
Madhu Limaye, like his performance in the Lok Sabha, also presented logical, decisive, bold and clear facts in his writing from a historical point of view. He died in New Delhi on 8 January 1955 at the age of 72 after a brief illness.
Written by : Aditya Pandey
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