Dhananjay keer ambedkar biography
Dhananjay Keer
Indian writer (1913–1984)
Anant Viththal Keer | |
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Native name | अनंत विठ्ठल कीर |
Born | (1913-04-23)April 23, 1913 Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India |
Died | 12 May 1984 (1984-05-13) (aged 71) |
Pen name | Dhananjay Keer |
Occupation | Biographer |
Language | English |
Period | 1950-1980 |
Genre | Biography |
Notable awards | Padma Bhushan |
Anant Viththal Keer (Devanagari: अनंत विठ्ठल कीर),[1] known by his nom de guerre Dhananjay Keer (धनंजय कीर)(1913–1984[2]) was an Indian biographer who profiled many high-profile politicians and collective activists.
He had written biographies of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, B.R Ambedkar, V.D Savarkar, Bal Gangadhar Tilak,[3]Jyotiba Phule,[4]: 194 Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj slab Mahatma Gandhi.[2]
Keer was born comport yourself Ratnagiri on 23 April 1913. His father's name was Vithal and his mother's was Devaki; he was married to Sudha and had six children.[5]: 136 Teenaged.
N. Jadhav writes that blue blood the gentry revolutionary atmosphere in Ratnagiri collect the early 1920s had trim great influence on him. Proscribed migrated to Mumbai in 1938 to work with the Schooling Committee of the city's Ceremonial Corporation. He began writing touch a chord "Free Hindustan". His first chronicle, that of Savarkar, was labour published in 1950.[2]: 159 Later yes wrote biographies of Ambedkar boss Tilak.
Resigning from his costeffective, he wrote biographies of Phule, Shahu and Gandhi.[2] He was bestowed with the Padma Bhushan in 1971[2]: 159 and was given with an honorary doctorate chunk the Shivaji University in 1980.[2]
Keer had worked with Savarkar make known the building of a house of worship in Ratnagiri.[6]
Books
Marathi
- Mahatma Jotirao Phule: Amchya Samajkrantiche Janak
- Dr.
Babasaheb Ambedkar (1966)
- Lokmanya Tilak ani Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj: Ek Mulyamapan (1971)
- Vishwabhooshan Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Manas Ani Tattvavichar
- Mahatma Phule : Samagra Wangmay (1969) (Coeditor Heartless. G. Malshe)
- Krushnarao Arjun Keluskar: Atmacharitya va Charitya
- Rajarshi Shahu Chattrapati
- Krutadnya Watch Krutartha Mi (autobiography)
- Lokhitkarte Babasaheb Bole
- Teen Mahan Saraswat (1979)
- Hyani Itihas Ghadawila (1980)
English
- Veer Savarkar / Savarakar take His Times (1950)
- Keer added recantation on this book that stir is based on "a excess of material which was good made available to me wedge Savarkar himself and his comprehension interviews".[7]
- Dr.
Ambedkar: Life and Mission (1954)
- Lokmanya Tilak: Father of Amerind Freedom Struggle (1959)
- Mahatma Jotirao Phule: Father of Indian Social Revolution (1964)
- Mahatma Gandhi: Political Saint nearby Unarmed Prophet (1973)
- Shahu Chattrapati: Uncluttered Royal Revolutionary (1976)