Pandit Raghunath Dhulekar was a practicing
pleader prominent in civil and revenue matters at the District court, Jhansi and later in the Divisional Court,
Jhansi. Babu Narayan Das Shrivastava, notable pleader and a social leader of
Bundelkhand region was his associate during his early days at District Court,
Jhansi. From 1920 to 1925, he published the Hindi newspapers
Swaraja Prapti and
Free India. As a result of his involvement with the India freedom movement, Dhulekar was arrested by British forces in 1925. In 1937, he was elected as Congressman for the
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The support by leading public figure of Lucknow ,Chaubey Mukta Prasad ,helped him sail through the election. From 1937 to 1944, he was imprisoned for continuing to participate with the freedom movement. In 1946, he presented a bill to establish Hindi as India's national language. The bill was passed and ruled that Hindi would become the nation's official language in 1965. However, Hindi was never made the national language as a result of the
Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu. In 1946, Dhulekar was elected as a member of
Constituent Assembly of India. From 1952 to 1957, he served one term as a member of the
Parliament of India,
1st Lok Sabha. From 1958 to 1964, he was also elected as Chairman of
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.He conducted the proceedings and efficiently presided over the House by seeking support and guidance from senior Congress Leader Nirmal Chandra Chaturvedi, MLC. == Books ==