Madhukar Katre

Madhukar Katre (born 5 February 1927, Pune, d. 16 January 2009, Ahmednagar) was an Indian politician and trade unionist.

Katre joined the freedom struggle during his school days in Kolhapur.

He later became a communist and an activist of the Praja Parishad ('People's Assembly', an organization that struggled for the abolition of the Kolhapur Princely State).

He was General Secretary of the Maharashtra Rajya Sahakari Kamgar Mahasangh, a union of sugar plantation workers.

[1] Politically, Katre had been a leading member of the Lal Nishan Party.