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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
'''Rao Bahadur Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar''' was an Indian politician who served as the President of the [[Indian National Congress]] for one term, succeeding Pandit [[Bishan Narayan Dar]]. He presided over 27th session of Indian National Congress at [[Bankipur (Bihar)|Bankipore (Patna)]] in 1912.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.congress.org.in/congress-sessions.php |title=Indian National Congress Session and its President |publisher=AICC, New Delhi |accessdate=24 February 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>▼
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{{Infobox office holder
| name = R. N. Mudholkar
| birth_name = Raghunath Narsinha Mudholkar
| image = R_N_Mudholkar.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| birth_place = [[Dhule]], [[British India]]
| honorific_prefix = [[Rao Bahadur]]
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]]
| birth_date = 16 May 1857
| death_date = 13 January 1921 (aged 64)
| alma_mater = [[Elphinstone College]]
| occupation = Politician
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| children = [[Janardan Raghunath Mudholkar]] (son)
| awards = [[Order of the Indian Empire]] (1914) <br/> [[Rao Bahadur]]
| office = [[List of Presidents of the Indian National Congress|President of the Indian National Congress]]
| term_start = December 1912
| term_end = December 1913
| predecessor = [[Bishan Narayan Dar]]
| successor = [[Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur]]
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He was leading Lawyer practising at [[Amravati]] along with [[G. S. Khaparde]] and [[Moropant V Joshi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://court.mah.nic.in/courtweb/static_pages/courts/amravati.htm |title=Judicial History of Amravati |accessdate=8 February 2010}}</ref> He was made Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in January 1914, in recognition of his public services.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.archive.org/stream/secondsupplement00luckrich/secondsupplement00luckrich_djvu.txt |title= Who's who in India, second Supplement |year= 1914 |editor=Rai Bahadur Prag Narain Bhargava |publisher=Newul Kishore Press, Lucknow |page=169}}</ref>▼
Raghunath Mudholkar was born in [[Dhule]], Khandesh, in a respectable middle-class [[Deshastha Brahmin]] family<ref>{{cite book|title=Jejurīcā Khaṇḍobā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zGcRAQAAIAAJ|author=Shankar Ganesh Dawne|publisher=Jayasiṃha Priṇṭinga Presa|year=1963|page=2|quote=महाराष्ट्रांतील पुष्कळ देशस्थ ब्राह्मण घराण्यांतून खंडोबाची उपासना आढळून येते.त्यांत मुधोळकर, मुतालिक, मुजुमदार, विंचूरकर, पंतसचिव या सरदार घराण्यांचा प्रामुख्यान उल्लेख करावा लागेल.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Provincial Legislatures and the National Movement: A Study in Interaction in Central Provinces and Berar, 1921-37|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TWEkVfiIo_gC|page=15|author=Raghaw Raman Pateriya|publisher=Northern Book Centre|year=1991|isbn=978-8185119588}}</ref> on 16 May 1857. He had his education partly at Dhulia and partly in [[Vidarbha]]. Then he went to Bombay and graduated from [[Elphinstone College]] where he was granted a Fellowship.
▲He was leading Lawyer practising at [[Amravati]] along with [[G. S. Khaparde]] and [[Moropant V Joshi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://court.mah.nic.in/courtweb/static_pages/courts/amravati.htm |title=Judicial History of Amravati |
He was a devout Hindu, advocated social reforms like [[female education]], widow remarriage and removal of [[Untouchability]]. As a follower of [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale|Gokhale]], he believed that developing nationalism required British cooperation and therefore the national movement should be constitutional and nonviolent. He was in the Congress from 1888 to 1917, and thereafter joined the Liberals. He was in the Congress delegation of 1890 sent to England to voice the grievances of the Indians. He was President of the Indian National Congress held at Bankipur in 1912.
He admired Parliamentary democracy but opposed British bureaucracy. He criticised the economic policy of the Government, helped to establish a number of industries in Vidarbha and advocated technical education. He founded several social organisations and worked for the uplift of the poor. He died on
His son [[J. R. Mudholkar|Janardhan]] became Judge at the Supreme Court of India during
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