In 1943 , the Bombay Presidency decreed the plantation of food crops as mandatory for private sugar manufacturers in order to support British troops during World War II . Agashe founded the Laxmi Narayan Farmers ' Union so as to meet the demand for food crops from the British Raj without disrupting the sugar cane processing ; this move was not popular with many of Agashe 's employed farmers because of low profitability . After Indian independence in 1947 , Agashe was able to expand the syndicate 's production to 1000 tonnes of sugar cane processed per annum by 1950 . After Gandhi 's assassination by Nathuram Godse in 1948 , Agashe nor the syndicate were victimized or vandalized in the immediate aftermath of riots against Brahmin houses and businesses
Gandhi 's assassination
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
Chandrashekhar Agashe