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{{Short description|Indian writer}}
{{Short description|Indian writer (1928–1992)}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1992|03|06|1928|04|08}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Novelist, Writer
| occupation = Novelist, Writer
| awards = [[Padma Shri]],<br/>[[Sahitya Akademi Award]],<br/>Maharashtra Rajya Award,<br/>Hari Narayan Apte Award,<br/>Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1964)<br/> [[Padma Shri]] (1973)
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'''Ranjit Desai''' (8 April 1928 – 6 March 1992) was a popular [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. He is best known for his historical novels [[Swami (novel)|Swami]] and Shriman Yogi. He was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1964 and the [[Padma Shri]] in 1973.<ref name=pad>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2013)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|quote= 1973: 30: Shri Ranjit Ramchandrarao Desai|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf}}</ref>
'''Ranjit Ramchandra Desai''' (8 April 1928 – 6 March 1992) was an Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi-language]] writer from [[Maharashtra]], India. He is best known for his historical novels ''Swami'' and ''Shriman Yogi''. He was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1964 and the [[Padma Shri]] in 1973.<ref name=pad>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2013)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|quote=1973: 30: Shri Ranjit Ramchandrarao Desai|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|access-date=23 December 2013|archive-date=15 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
==Biography==
Desai was born in 1928 in the town of [[Kowad]] in Chandgad Taluka in [[Kolhapur district]] of Maharashtra.


==Works==
==Works==
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===Novels===
===Novels===
* Radheya - A Story narrating the life of 'Karna' - The Eldest of all Pandav's and his tyranny.
* Radheya - A Story narrating the life of 'Karna' - The Eldest of all Pandav's and his tyranny.
*[[Swami (novel)|Swami]] - Received  Sahitya Akademi award
*Swami - Received  Sahitya Akademi award
* Shrimaan Yogi - Based on [[Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj]]<ref name="Katamble2003">{{cite book|author=V. D. Katamble|title=Shivaji the great|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5mIVt_Zd-0C&pg=PA50|access-date=29 June 2011|year=2003|publisher=Balwant Printers Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-902000-0-4|pages=50–}}</ref>
* Shriman Yogi - Based on [[Shivaji I]]<ref name="Katamble2003">{{cite book|author=V. D. Katamble|title=Shivaji the great|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5mIVt_Zd-0C&pg=PA50|access-date=29 June 2011|year=2003|publisher=Balwant Printers Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-902000-0-4|pages=50–}}</ref>
* Shekhara
* Baari
* Baari
* Kaanchan Mrug
* Raja Ravi Varma
* Raja Ravi Varma
* Pavankhind<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.menakabooks.com/literature-and-fiction/1235-pavankhind-ranjit-desai-mehta-publishing-house-buy-online.html?nosto=nosto-page-product2|title=Pavankhind written by Ranjit Desai published by Mehta Publishing House {{!}} Buy Marathi Books Online|website=www.menakabooks.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Pavankhind|last=Desai|first=Ranjit|publisher=Mehta Publishing House|year=1981|isbn=9788177661835|location=India}}</ref>
* Pavankhind<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.menakabooks.com/literature-and-fiction/1235-pavankhind-ranjit-desai-mehta-publishing-house-buy-online.html?nosto=nosto-page-product2|title=Pavankhind written by Ranjit Desai published by Mehta Publishing House {{!}} Buy Marathi Books Online|website=www.menakabooks.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Pavankhind|last=Desai|first=Ranjit|publisher=Mehta Publishing House|year=1981|isbn=9788177661835|location=India}}</ref>
*Lakshavedh
* Lakshavedh
* Maza Gaon
* Shekara
* Pratiksha
* Abhogi
* Samidha


===Collections of short stories===
===Collections of short stories===
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* Mekh Mogari
* Mekh Mogari
* Sneha Dhara
* Sneha Dhara
* Abhogi
* Majha Gaav
*Gammat karu naka


===Plays===
===Plays===
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* Dhan Apure
* Dhan Apure
* Pankh Zale Vairi
* Pankh Zale Vairi
* Swar Samrat Tansen
* Sangeet Samrat Tansen
* Garud Zep
* Garud Zep
* Ram Shashtri
* Ram Shashtri
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* Swami
* Swami
* Warasa
* Warasa
* Pangulwda
* Pangulgada
* Lok Nayak
* Lok Nayak
* He Bandh Reshmache
* He Bandh Reshmache
* Tuzi Wat Wegali
* Tuzi Wat Wegali
* Sawali Unnhachi
* Sawali Unnhachi
* prapat
* Raja Ravi Varma
* Bari
* Maza Gaon


===Movie scripts===
===Movie scripts===
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* Nagin
* Nagin
*Sangoli Rayana
*Sangoli Rayana
* Rang Rasiya
* [[Rang Rasiya]]


==Awards==
==Awards==
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[[Category:People from Kolhapur district]]
[[Category:People from Kolhapur district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education]]
[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:1992 deaths]]
[[Category:1992 deaths]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:Novelists from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Novelists from Maharashtra]]


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Ranjit Desai
Born
Ranjit Ramchandra Desai

(1928-04-08)8 April 1928
Kowad, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Died6 March 1992(1992-03-06) (aged 63)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationNovelist, Writer
AwardsSahitya Akademi Award (1964)
Padma Shri (1973)

Ranjit Ramchandra Desai (8 April 1928 – 6 March 1992) was an Indian Marathi-language writer from Maharashtra, India. He is best known for his historical novels Swami and Shriman Yogi. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 and the Padma Shri in 1973.[1]

Works[edit | edit source]

Desai's most prominent creations are "Swami" and "Shriman Yogi". His other works are as below.

Novels[edit | edit source]

  • Radheya - A Story narrating the life of 'Karna' - The Eldest of all Pandav's and his tyranny.
  • Swami - Received Sahitya Akademi award
  • Shriman Yogi - Based on Shivaji I[2]
  • Baari
  • Raja Ravi Varma
  • Pavankhind[3][4]
  • Lakshavedh
  • Maza Gaon
  • Shekara
  • Pratiksha
  • Abhogi
  • Samidha

Collections of short stories[edit | edit source]

  • Roop Mahal
  • Madhumati
  • Jaan
  • Kanav
  • Gandhali
  • Aalekh
  • Kamodini
  • Morpankhi Sawalya
  • Katal
  • Babulmora
  • Sanket
  • Prapat
  • Megh
  • Vaishakh
  • Ashadh
  • Mekh Mogari
  • Sneha Dhara

Plays[edit | edit source]

  • Kanchan Mrug
  • Dhan Apure
  • Pankh Zale Vairi
  • Sangeet Samrat Tansen
  • Garud Zep
  • Ram Shashtri
  • Shriman Yogi
  • Swami
  • Warasa
  • Pangulgada
  • Lok Nayak
  • He Bandh Reshmache
  • Tuzi Wat Wegali
  • Sawali Unnhachi

Movie scripts[edit | edit source]

  • Rangalya Ratri Ashya
  • Sawal Maza Aika
  • Nagin
  • Sangoli Rayana
  • Rang Rasiya

Awards[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2013. 1973: 30: Shri Ranjit Ramchandrarao Desai
  2. ↑ V. D. Katamble (2003). Shivaji the great. Balwant Printers Pvt. Ltd. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-81-902000-0-4. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Pavankhind written by Ranjit Desai published by Mehta Publishing House | Buy Marathi Books Online". www.menakabooks.com. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Desai, Ranjit (1981). Pavankhind. India: Mehta Publishing House. ISBN 9788177661835.
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