Bal Samant

Male, Deceased Person

1924 – 2009

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Who was Bal Samant?

Bal Gangadhar Samant was an Indian writer. He wrote around 80 books in Marathi on a wide range of topics from fiction, biography, Marathi dramas and history. His books include a biography of Richard Francis Burton, Hitler, Deenanath Mangeshkar, Marathi natyasangeet, reincarnation, Bal Gandharva, elephants, death and many more.

Saprem Namaskar and Shapit Yaksha are two of his works.

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004 for Literature and education.

Samant died on January 18, 2009 after prolonged illness.

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Born
May 27, 1924
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Died
Jan 18, 2009

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on July 23, 2013

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