Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar

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{{Short description|Indian writer}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|5|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
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| death_place = Maharashtra, India
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| occupation = writer, historian, museologist and art critic
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] ([[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2000–2009)|2003]])
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'''Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar''' (31 May 1933<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eoNmAAAAMAAJ&q=Sadashiv+Vasantrao+Gorakshkar+31+May+1933|title=Who's who in India|date=July 15, 1986|publisher=Guide Publications.|via=Google Books}}</ref> – 13 July 2019) was an Indian writer,<ref name="Worldcat">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Sadashiv+Gorakshkar&qt=notfound_page&search=Search | title=Worldcat Profile | publisher=Worldcat | date=2015 | access-date=February 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="University of Chicago">{{cite web | url=https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/alphabrowse/results?source=author&from=Sada%CC%84s%CC%81iva,%20active%2017th%20century&page=-1 | title=Listing on University of Chicago, Library Catalog | publisher=University of Chicago | date=2015 | access-date=February 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="ABES">{{cite web | url=http://www.idref.fr/156485818 | title=ABES Listing | publisher=ABES | date=2015 | access-date=February 13, 2015}}</ref> art critic, historian, [[museologist]]<ref name="Lakshmibai Pitre Kalasangrahalaya">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/new-lease-of-life-for-paintings-of-the-bombay-school/article6042876.ece | title=Lakshmibai Pitre Kalasangrahalaya | publisher=The Hindu | date=24 May 2014 | access-date=February 13, 2015}}</ref> and a director of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, erstwhile [[Prince of Wales Museum]], Mumbai. He is credited with the restoration of ''Lakshmibai Pitre Kalasangrahalaya'',<ref name="Devrukh Museum">{{cite web | url=http://www.devrukhmuseum.org/contact.html | title=Devrukh Museum | publisher=Devrukh Museum | date=2015 | access-date=February 13, 2015}}</ref> a museum in [[Devrukh]], Maharashtra to its present state.<ref name="Lakshmibai Pitre Kalasangrahalaya" />

== Birth ==
Born on 31 May 1933<ref name="University of Chicago"/><ref name="ABES"/> and brought up in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].
== Works ==
Gorakshkar was the author of several books and articles<ref name="Sculptural Activity of the Gupta Period in Western India - Mirpur Khas, Devnimori, Kanheri The Golden Age: Gupta Art Empire, Province and Influence">{{cite journal | url=http://www.kamat.com/database/?CitationID=10117 | title=Sculptural Activity of the Gupta Period in Western India - Mirpur Khas, Devnimori, Kanheri The Golden Age: Gupta Art Empire, Province and Influence | author=Gorakshkar, Sadashiv | journal=Marg | volume=42 | issue=3 | pages=81–84}}</ref> such as:
* Raj Bhavans in Maharashtra<ref name="Raj Bhavans in Maharashtra">{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/raj-bhavans-in-maharashtra/oclc/243776792&referer=brief_results | title=Raj Bhavans in Maharashtra | publisher=Directorate General of Information & Public Relations | author=Sadashiv Gorakshkar | year=2002 | oclc=243776792}}</ref>
* Animal in Indian Art<ref name="Animal in Indian Art">{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/animal-in-indian-art/oclc/13610263&referer=brief_results | title=Animal in Indian Art | publisher=Prince of Wales Museum of Western India | author=Sadashiv Gorakshkar | year=1979 | oclc=13610263}}</ref>
* The Maritime Heritage of India<ref name="The Maritime Heritage of India">{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/maritime-heritage-of-india/oclc/22595574&referer=brief_results | title=The Maritime Heritage of India | publisher=Western Naval Command | author=Sadashiv Gorakshkar, Kalpana Desai | year=1989 | oclc=22595574}}</ref>
* Karle Caves of Western India.<ref name="Karle Caves of Western India">{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/karle-caves-of-western-india-desk-diary-1977/oclc/236137093&referer=brief_results | title=Karle Caves of Western India | publisher=Tata Services | author=Sadashiv Gorakshkar | year=1977 | oclc=236137093}}</ref>
==Awards==
Gorakshkar was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2003 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Padma Awards | date=2015 | access-date=February 6, 2015}}</ref>
==Death==
Died on 13 July 2019 in [[Maharashtra]] and last rites were conducted in [[Vasind]].<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/sadashiv-gorakshkar-founding-father-of-mumbais-heritage-movement-passes-away-at-86/articleshow/70209072.cms Sadashiv Gorakshkar, founding father of Mumbai's heritage movement passes away at 86], ''Times of India'', 13 July 2019</ref>

==See also==
* [[Prince of Wales Museum]]
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/karle-caves-of-western-india-desk-diary-1977/oclc/236137093&referer=brief_results | title=Karle Caves of Western India | publisher=Tata Services | author=Sadashiv Gorakshkar | year=1977 | oclc=236137093}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/animal-in-indian-art/oclc/13610263&referer=brief_results | title=Animal in Indian Art | publisher=Prince of Wales Museum of Western India | author=Sadashiv Gorakshkar | year=1979 | oclc=13610263}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/maritime-heritage-of-india/oclc/22595574&referer=brief_results | title=The Maritime Heritage of India | publisher=Western Naval Command | author=Sadashiv Gorakshkar, Kalpana Desai | year=1989 | oclc=22595574}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/raj-bhavans-in-maharashtra/oclc/243776792&referer=brief_results | title=Raj Bhavans in Maharashtra | publisher=Directorate General of Information & Public Relations | author=Sadashiv Gorakshkar | year=2002 | oclc=243776792}}
* {{cite journal | url=http://www.kamat.com/database/?CitationID=10117 | title=Sculptural Activity of the Gupta Period in Western India - Mirpur Khas, Devnimori, Kanheri The Golden Age: Gupta Art Empire, Province and Influence | author=Gorakshkar, Sadashiv | journal=Marg | volume=42 | issue=3 | pages=81–84}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Sadashiv+Gorakshkar&qt=notfound_page&search=Search | title=Worldcat Profile | publisher=Worldcat | date=2015 | access-date=February 13, 2015}}
* {{cite web | url=https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/alphabrowse/results?source=author&from=Sada%CC%84s%CC%81iva,%20active%2017th%20century&page=-1 | title=Listing on University of Chicago, Library Catalog | publisher=University of Chicago | date=2015 | access-date=February 13, 2015}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.idref.fr/156485818 | title=ABES Listing | publisher=ABES | date=2015 | access-date=February 13, 2015}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian historians]]
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