Shankar Dattatraya Javdekar (1894–1955, alternatively Javadekar or Jawadekar), popularly known as Acharya Javdekar, was a Marathi writer from Bombay State, India.
degree, he set aside his studies to join Mahatma Gandhi's non-cooperation movement against the British Raj.
During 1923–26, he operated a dormitory for students belonging to the untouchable community in the Indian society of his times.
He also attempted to reconcile the views of Tilak and Gandhi in his book लो.
[4] In his literary work "आधुनिक भारत" (Adhunik Bharat) (1938), he described the philosophical evolution of India through its struggle for freedom from the British rule.