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Vidyadhar Gokhale

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Vidyadhar Gokhale
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1989–1991
Preceded bySharad Dighe
Succeeded bySharad Dighe
ConstituencyMumbai North Central
Editor of Loksatta
Succeeded byMadhav Yeshwant Gadkari[1]
Personal details
Born(1924-01-04)4 January 1924[1]
Amravati, Maharashtra[1]
Died26 September 1996(1996-09-26) (aged 72)[1]
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh[1]
Political partyShiv Sena
ChildrenVijay Gokhale[1]
Source: [1]

Vidyadhar S. Gokhale (4 January 1924 – 26 September 1996) was a political activist, a Marathi playwright, and an editor of a Marathi newspaper, Loksatta, from Maharashtra, India.

Early life

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Vidyadhar Gokhale was born in Amravati, Maharashtra. His father Sambhajirao Gokhale was a leader of the Indian National Congress and a Minister in the Central Provinces Government. Vidyadhar was influenced by the writings and thoughts of Veer Wamanrao Joshi.[2]

He studied in Amravati and went to Mumbai in 1944. He was a post graduate in Marathi and Sanskrit.[1] He taught in the General Education Society's School at Kurla.[2]

Career

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Literature

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After teaching in Kurla, Gokhale became a journalist. Initially, he was the editor of a Marathi weekly. Between 1960 and 1983, he wrote about 60 plays and 66 songs for Sangeet Nataks.[2] He is credited for the revival of the Sangeet Nataks.[1] His plays consist of varied themes like historical, mythical and social issues. He also established an organisation called "Rangasharada" for the purpose of launching plays.[1]

He wrote novel Jhanjhawat (झंझावात ). Some of his prominent plays[3] are:[1]

  • Suvarna Tula (सुवर्णतुला) (1960)
  • Panditraj Jagannath (पंडितराज जगन्नाथ) (1960)
  • Mandarmala (मंदारमाला) (1963)
  • Madanachi Manjiri (मदनाची मंजिरी) (1965)
  • Jai Jai Gauri Shankar (जय जय गौरीशंकर)
  • Bawannkhani (बावनखणी) (१९८३)
  • Swarsamradni (स्वरसम्राज्ञी’ (१९७३)

He presided over the Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Satara in 1993.

Political career

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He had represented Mumbai North Central in 9th Lok Sabha in 1989–91 as Shiv Sena candidate. Throughout his life, he was affiliated with socio-political organizations like RSS, Hindu Mahasabha which are proponents of Hindutva ideology, and was associated with their leaders like Veer Savarkar, Pu Bha Bhave, Balasaheb Deoras.

Personal life

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He had married two sisters before polygamy was outlawed, and thus had two wives. His son Vijay Gokhale is an actor. Gokhale's grandson, Omkar Dadarkar, is a singer.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "सव्यसाची अण्णा". Archived from the original on 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "विविधा : विद्याधर गोखले". 26 September 2020. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Article about vidyadhar gokhale two different plays on occasion of birth centenary ZWS 70". January 2023. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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