Moropant Vishvanath Joshi
Sir Moropant Vishvanath Joshi KCIE (1861–1962)[1] was a leading barrister of Amravati, Central Provinces and Berar.[2]
Joshi was born in an eminent Chitpavan Brahmin family.[1] In 1925, the tenure of Moropant Joshi as Home Member from the Central Province was about to end. The Governor of the Province, Sir Montagu Butler offered Seth Govind Das the post, but he refused the offer and Mr S. B. Tambe from the Berar region was appointed.[3] Joshi was knighted in the 1923 Birthday Honours,[4] and appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in the 1926 New Year Honours.[5] He was the chairman of the committee of ten, to which the Hindu Child Marriage Bill was referred and was passed as Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929 on 28 September 1929.
His daughter Sarwasati (b. 3 June 1929) married Sir Chintamanrao Dhundirajrao Patwardhan "Appa Sahib", Raja of Sangli, KCSI, KCIE, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
Joshi retired in 1933 and died aged 101 in 1962.
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- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32830. p. 3943. 2 June 1923.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33119. p. 6. 1 January 1926.
