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GORAY, SHRI NARAYAN GANESH B.A.,LL.B.,P.S.P.,(Bombay—Poona—1957): S. of Shri Ganesh Govind Gore; B. .Hindla village, Ratnagiri Distt., June 15, 1907; ed. at Ferguson College, Bombay University; m. Shrimati Sumati, June, 1935; 1 D.; Social worker; One of those who started a branch of Youth League in Maharashtra in 1928; Joined Satyagraha campaign in 1930 and was sentenced to four months’ R.I.; Same year joined the Congress; Sentenced in 1932 to two years’ imprisonment; Member of the National Executive of the Congress Socialist Party when it started its work in 1934 and also a Member of the All India Congress Party; Was continuously in jail from 1941 to 1946 except for an interval of four months when he participated in the underground movement against the British; Worked as the Joint Secretary of the Socialist Party in 1948 when it severed its connection with the Congress; General Secretary of the Praja Socialist Party, 1953-54; Was President of the Sakhar Kamgar Federation (Sugar Workers Federation); President of Poona Electric Supply Company’s Employees Union; President, Hind Oil Kamgar Sabha (H.M.S.) and Oil Companies Depot Superintendents Association, India; Elected to the Court of the University of Poona from the Trade Unions’ Constituency for two consecutive terms, 1949-54 and 1954 onwards; Led the first batch of Satyagrahis in Goa in May 1955; Was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment by the Portuguese Government; Was released in February, 1957; Active on the Literary front in Marathi; Critic, essayist, story writer and top-ranking translator.
Publications: Has written a number of books in Marathi.
Permanent Address: 823/17, Sadashiv Peth, Poona-2.
[Voting results at the Election:
Electorate: 3,57,242
Shri N. G. Goray . . 1,43,822
Shri N. V. Gadgil .. 99,586]
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