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Rao Bahadur '''Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani''' ([[Marathi language|Marathi]]: विष्णु मोरेश्वर महाजनी) (12 November 1851 – 16 February 1923) was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] poet and playwright from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Mahajani was born on 12 November 1851 in [[Pune]]. He studied at [[Deccan College (Pune)|Deccan College]] in Pune to receive his master's degree in 1873. He then served for a few years as a teacher in [[Akola city|Akola]]. He was awarded [[Rao Bahadur]] in 1913.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/secondsupplement00luckrich/secondsupplement00luckrich_djvu.txt |title= Who's who in India, second Supplement |year= 1914 |editor=Rai Bahadur Prag Narain Bhargava |publisher=Newul Kishore press, Lucknow |page=74}}</ref><br />
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The liberal views of Justice [[Mahadev Govind Ranade]] had highly influenced Mahajani's thinking. He used to attend several meetings of [[Prarthana Samaj]], where [[abhang]] of Sant [[Tukaram]] would often be recited. The recitations developed his deep interest in the works of Tukaram. In 1902, he delivered lectures on the works of Tukaram at the ''Hemantotsav Vyakhanmala'' in [[Mumbai]]. Later he translated 900 Marathi [[abhang]] of Sant [[Tukaram]] into English. (They remain unpublished.)<br />
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Mahajani wrote 12 [[Marathi language|Marathi]] books which comprise plays and collections of his poems, the latter including translations of some English poems. (Three of Mahajani's works remain unpublished.)<br />
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He chaired <ref>N C Kelkar - Lokmanya Tilak Yanche Charitra - Uttarardh - Khand 2 - Bhag 2 - Vibhag 13</ref> Regional Social Conference, a conference related with conference of Indian National Congress, held in Dharwad in 1903.<br />
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He chaired in 1907 [[Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]] held in [[Pune]].<br />
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* ''Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani - Vykati Ani Vangmay'' : Biography by Pushpa Limaye<br />
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