Rajarshi Shahu, Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil Ani Prabodhankar Thakaray

"WE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE RELATION BETWEEN SHAHU CHHATRAPATI, PRABODHANKAR AND KARMAVEER. FOR MAHARAJ, PRABODHANKAR WAS ONE OF HIS ESTEEMED ASSOCIATES IN HIS FIGHT AGAINST THE BRAHMANSHAHI, THE DOMINATION OF BRAHMANS. HE WAS THE SOLE FIGHTER IN THIS BATTLE. THEIR FRIENDSHIP AND LONG-LASTING RELATIONSHIP WAS BASED ON THE FIRM FOUNDATION OF MAHARAJ'S SINCERE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO PRABODHANKAR. ALTHOUGH PRABODHANKAR LOOKED UPON MAHARAJ AS THE RESCUER OF THE NEGLECTED STRATA OF THE SOCIETY, HE WAS NEVER MAHARAJ'S DISCIPLE. IT WAS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TALE WHEN IT CAME TO KARMAVEER BHAURAO PATIL. TO HIM, BOTH, MAHARAJ AND PRABODHANKAR WERE HIS MENTORS. PRABODHANKAR WAS A SENIOR ASSOCIATE, A GUIDE, FRIEND-PHILOSOPHER IN HIS MISSION OF SPREADING EDUCATION. HOWEVER, IN BHAURAO'S MIND, HE ALWAYS REMAINED MORE OF A GURU. MAHARAJ TOO HAD A FONDNESS TOWARDS BHAURAO. HE WAS AWARE AND HEARTBROKEN ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS YOUNG MAN WAS TREATED UNFAIRLY IN THE TAR INCIDENT. HIS EMOTIONS AND FONDNESS GREW DEEPER AFTER WITNESSING BHAURAO'S ABILITY TO FORGET ALL THE ATROCITIES WHILE MOVING TOWARDS ACHIEVEMENT OF HIS MISSION SINCERELY. HE WAS EXTREMELY PROUD OF BHAURAO FOR FULFILING HIS DREAM OF SPREADING EDUCATION AMONG THE DOWNTRODDEN CLASSES DURING THE BRITISH REGIME. "