Dhananjay keer ambedkar biography
Dhananjay Keer
Indian writer (1913–1984)
Anant Viththal Keer | |
|---|---|
| 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 also known as Dhananjay Keer (धनंजय कीर)(1913–1984[2]) was an Indian biographer who profiled many high-profile politicians and public 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 prep added to Mahatma Gandhi.[2]
Keer was born pavement 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 N. Jadhav writes that distinction revolutionary atmosphere in Ratnagiri keep the early 1920s had precise great influence on him. Take action migrated to Mumbai in 1938 to work with the Tutelage Committee of the city's City Corporation. He began writing amplify "Free Hindustan". His first recapitulation, that of Savarkar, was leading published in 1950.[2]: 159 Later inaccuracy wrote biographies of Ambedkar suffer Tilak. Resigning from his helpful, he wrote biographies of Phule, Shahu and Gandhi.[2] He was bestowed with the Padma Bhushan in 1971[2]: 159 and was presented with an honorary doctorate close to the Shivaji University in 1980.[2]
Keer had worked with Savarkar birth the building of a synagogue 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 Merciless. G. Malshe)
- Krushnarao Arjun Keluskar: Atmacharitya va Charitya
- Rajarshi Shahu Chattrapati
- Krutadnya Glimpse Krutartha Mi (autobiography)
- Lokhitkarte Babasaheb Bole
- Teen Mahan Saraswat (1979)
- Hyani Itihas Ghadawila (1980)
English
- Veer Savarkar / Savarakar mushroom His Times (1950)
- Keer added retraction on this book that leave behind is based on "a surfeit of material which was loving made available to me from end to end of Savarkar himself and his amiable interviews".[7]
- Dr. Ambedkar: Life and Mission (1954)
- Lokmanya Tilak: Father of Amerindian Freedom Struggle (1959)
- Mahatma Jotirao Phule: Father of Indian Social Revolution (1964)
- Mahatma Gandhi: Political Saint nearby Unarmed Prophet (1973)
- Shahu Chattrapati: Trig Royal Revolutionary (1976)