Bhaskar Vishwananth Ghokale

Bhaskar Vishwanath Gokhale (1903 to 1962), also called Vaidya Bhaskar Vishwanath Gokhale and popularly Mama Gokhaleji, was an Indian Ayurveda practitioner, Ayurvedic teacher, freedom fighter and philosopher. Born in Kolhapur, he left the National Medical College in Mumbai to support the Indian independence movement and was imprisoned three times. He trained at Tilak Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya in Pune, later served as chief physician of Tarachand Ramnath Hospital, became principal of Tilak Ayurveda Vidyalaya in 1946, and in 1956 became the first principal of the postgraduate institute at Jamnagar. He wrote textbooks on Ayurvedic pathology and treatment. This entry records what he held and taught, and is not medical advice.