On the occasion of Sahakar Bharati’s Foundation Day, Satish Marathe, one of the founding members, recalled the origins and growth of the organisation.
“It was on this day in 1979 that Sahakar Bharati was formally registered in Mumbai. Earlier, on the auspicious Anant Chaturdashi Day in 1978, a small meeting of co-operators held in Pune decided to form Sahakar Bharati,” Marathe said.
He highlighted the organisation’s journey, noting that over the years it has emerged as the only and largest pan-India body in the cooperative sector.
Marathe paid respectful tributes to the late Adv. Madhavrao Godbole, Sahakar Bharati’s first president who conceived the idea of the organisation, and to mentors Late Man Laxmanrao Inamdar and Late Man Shivarayji Telang, both RSS Pracharaks, for their guidance in building a strong, non-partisan cooperative body with the motto: “Bina Sanskar, Nahi Sahakar; Bina Sahakar, Nahi Sahakar.”
