Shankarrao Deo (4 January 1894 - 30 December 1974)[1] also known as Nanasaheb Deo was an Indian freedom fighter and social activist.
[2][3] He participated in Quit India Movement and was arrested.
[4] He served as general secretary of Congress in 1947.
[5] He was a member of Constituent Assembly of India in 1949.
[6] He was First Secretary of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee, 1920, and General secretary of the Congress, 1946–50, where he played a key role during the drafting of the Constitution of India and the transfer-of-power negotiations.