[1] Initially he was a member of the Scheduled Caste Federation and the Republican Party of India, and later the Indian National Congress.
[1] Dadasaheb Rupwate was a colleague and follower of B. R. Ambedkar, human rights leader.
He served as twice Cabinet Minister State of Maharashtra for the period 1972 to 1975 and 1977 to 1978; and He had Departments: Social Welfare, Housing, Cultural, Fisheries, Slum Development.
[1] Inspired by Ambedkar's Dalit Buddhist movement, Rupwate and his family converted to Buddhism in 1956.
[2][7][8] Dadasaheb Rupwate Vidyalay And Junior College, in Ahmednagar is named after him.