Durga Bhagwat

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1910 – 2002

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Who was Durga Bhagwat?

Durga Narayan Bhagwat, popularly known as Durga Bhagwat, was an Indian scholar, socialist and writer. She studied Sanskrit and Buddhist literature, roamed jungles of Madhya Pradesh to study tribal life, later returned to Mumbai as a researcher and wrote books in Marathi. Being a rebel by nature, she highly opposed Government during The Emergency and was subsequently imprisoned. She also had refused to accept literary honors like Padma Shree and Jnanapeeth.

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Born
1910
Also known as
  • Durga Narayan Bhagwat
Nationality
  • India
Profession
Died
2002

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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