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'''Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar''' ([[Devanagari]]: रामचंद्र भिकाजी गुंजीकर) (10 April 1843 – 18 June 1901) was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].<br />
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He was born on 10 April 1843 in the town of Jamboti in [[Belgaum District]].<br />
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He graduated in 1864 from Elphinstone High School in [[Mumbai]], and started teaching in the same school three years later. In 1888, he assumed the headmaster's position in the Anglo-vernacular High School in [[Hubli]], and moved on four years later to be an assistant deputy educational inspector for Belagaum district.<br />
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In 1867, Gunjikar became the first editor of the monthly ''Wiwidha Dnyan Wistar'' (विविधज्ञानविस्तार)<br />
which was founded with the objective of disseminating information on varied topics, including sciences, biographies, literary criticisms, and philosophical/ethical ideas. He stayed in that position for seven years to turn the magazine into a prestigious monthly. His proficiency in [[Sanskrit]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Kannada]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], and [[English language|English]] languages helped him in his editorial and literary works. His articles included ones on Marathi poetry, Marathi grammar, and Marathi as a language.<br />
He also invented a Marathi shorthand script.<br />
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Gunjikar became the first [[historical fiction|historic novelist]] in Marathi literature when he wrote the novel ''Mochangad'' (मोचनगड) in 1871. The novel vividly describes life in Maharashtra in the first half of the 17th century. He died before he could finish his second historic novel ''Godawari'' (गोदावरी) pertaining to [[Portugal|Portuguese]] rule in [[Goa]].<br />
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==Literary work==<br />
The following is a list of titles of Gunjikar's major works:<br />
* मोचनगड (1871)<br />
* रोमकेतुविजया (Translation of [[Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'') (1872)<br />
* कौमुदीमहोत्साह (Translation of Bhattoji Dikshit's Sanskrit volumes titled ''सिद्धान्तकौमुदी'' concerning Sanskrit grammar) (1877–79)<br />
* लाघवी लिपी किंवा अतित्वरेने लिहिण्याची युक्ती (1878)<br />
* सरस्वती मंडळ (1884)<br />
* भ्रमनिरास (1884)<br />
* सुबोधचंद्रिका (A critique in Marathi on Sanskrit ''[[Bhagavad Gita]]'' (1884)<br />
* सौभाग्यरत्नमाला (1886)<br />
* कन्नडपरिज्ञान (1895)<br />
* अभिज्ञान शाकुंतल (Translation of [[Kālidāsa|Kalidas]]'s [[Sanskrit]] play ''[[Abhijñānaśākuntalam]]'')<br />
* रामचंद्रिका<br />
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==References==<br />
* ''रामचंद्र भिकाजी गुंजीकर : संकलित लेख'' - संपादक : अ.का.प्रियोळकर (Book in Marathi containing a compilation of Gunjikar's essays)<br />
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