19 Nov 2021 Babasaheb Purandare
- Babasaheb Purandare, the famous historian and writer of India, passed away.
Introduction:
- Balwant Moreshwar Purandare was born on July 29, 1922 in Maharashtra, popularly known as Babasaheb Purandare.
- He was a writer and historian and was famous for his writings on the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
- He was popularly known as ‘Shiva-Shaheer’.
- He had authority in writing work on the Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji and started writing (stories) work on Shivaji’s life and achievements at a very young age.
- These stories were later compiled and published as a book called Thinagya/Sparks which details Shivaji’s reign.
- Babasaheb Purandare’s other works include Biography of Narayanrao Peshwa, Raja Shiv Chhatrapati and books called Kesari.
- Apart from this, he is known for his popular play ‘Janata Raja’, which was published in 5 languages since 1985. It was originally written in Marathi.
- The Government of Madhya Pradesh honored him with the Kalidas Samman in 2007-08 for his works in the field of drama.
- In the year 2019, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian award.
- He was also awarded the Maharashtra Bhushan Award in the year 2015. It is the highest civilian award of Maharashtra.
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