Raja Sir Raghunathrao Shankarrao Gandekar (also known as Babasaheb Pandit Pant Sachiv) KCIE, KGSJM, KECM, KGCM, DD (20 September 1878 – 27 August 1951) was the 11th ruler of the princely state of Bhor of British Raj during the reign (1922–1951).

[5] Raghunathrao Shankarrao was born to Pant Sachiv Shankarao II Chimnajirao (10th Raja of Bhor) and Jijibai Ranisaheb on 20 September 1878.

[8] On the advice of the then Political agent of Bhor Mr. L. C. Swifte, he used to attend the court of H. F. Carvalho, the city magistrate of Poona in order to gain some knowledge of the practical working of Law in 1905.

The modesty and the gentility of his disposition and behavior had always won for him the good opinions of the successive Governors of Bombay, the commissioners and the Political agents.

[10] Mr. W. D. Sheppard the political agent and the Collector of Poona wrote a letter addressing Shrimant Babasaheb to his father His Highness Shankarrao Raosaheb: He is held in high esteem by all who have been brought in contact with him, as an honourable and unassuming young nobleman of the highest character, actuated my strong desire to get for himself, by such steady habit, such experience as is open to him.Raja Ragunathrao received two coronation medals as Yuvaraja, the first at the time of Coronation Darbar of King Edward VII in 1903 and the second at the time of coronation darbar of Imperial King George V in 1911.

[12] In the year 1916 the Honorable Mr. W. D. Sheppard, Member of the executive council in his speech before proceeding to England, observed with the reference to Shrimant Babasaheb as follows: You were Young when you were first introduced to me and although at that time you were in poor state of health, you were studious and I have now very great pleasure to find that you have fulfilled the expectation that I had formed of you that time you have justified what I had then thought of you.

The dejection made him never to think of marriage again but at the Express and solicitous wish of his parents he married Laxmibai Ranisaheb, the daughter of Vasudeorao G. Puranik of Poona in 1909.

At the very outset, Rajasaheb removed the longstanding and legitimate grievances of his subjects by giving them the freedom of thought, speech, and association and by abolishing certain invidious medieval type of taxes.

[7][16] He also established a Lokpaksh to resolve conflicts between the common-folk and the gentry of the State, with the help of Chandrashekhar Agashe, who had been appointed by his father, the 10th Raja, as chief justice to the royal court in 1920.

[18] In order to facilitate the speedy disposal of the routine work of the various departments and to derive the help and advantage of joint views and deliberations in deciding important matters, an Executive council or Cabinet of five members, including Shrimant Rajasaheb was created in 1925.

The liberal-minded ruler also set apart a sum of Rs.20,000 from his ancestral charitable fund, the interest on which is being utilised in giving scholarships to most promising but poorly circumstanced students of the State irrespective of consideration of caste, creed and religion, to enable them to pursue higher education.

[22] During his life he acquired several titles and honorific-prefix names: (Ribbon bar, as it would look today; UK decorations only)[citation needed]