Shankarrao Deo (4 January 1894 - 30 December 1974)[1] also known as Nanasaheb Deo was an Indian freedom fighter and social activist. He was the founder of Satkaryottejak Sabha.[2][3]
He was a member of Constituent Assembly of India in 1949.[6] He was First Secretary of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee,1920,and General secretary of the Congress,1946–50,where he played a key role during the drafting of the Constitution of India and the transfer-of-power negotiations.[7]
↑ Kunasekaram Nesiah (1983). Education and Human Rights in Sri Lanka: Selections from Writings and Addresses, 1930-1983. Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society. p.232. The death in Poona on December 30 of Shri Shankarrao Deo at the age of 80 removes another prominent personality of the Gandhian era. Born on January 4, 1894 and educated in Poona and Baroda
↑ Quit India Revolution: The Ethos of Its Central Direction, p. 49-67, K. K. Chaudhari, Popular Prakashan, 1996
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