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| | #REDIRECT [[Mama Warerkar]] |
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| | name = Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar
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| | birth_date = {{birth-date|1883}}
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| | birth_place = Chiplun
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| | death_date = {{death year and age|1964|1883}}
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| | office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]<br>{{small|(Nominated)}}
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| | termstart = 3 April 1956 | |
| | termend = 1964 {{small|(his death)}}
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| |module = {{Infobox writer <!--For more information, see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]].-->
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| | occupation = Writer
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| | language = Marathi
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| | nationality = Indian
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| | citizenship = Indian
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| | subject = Laborers under the dominance of their employers and the plight of women under male dominance
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| | notableworks = Widhawa Kumari, Parat Bhet, Dhawata Dhota
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| '''Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar''' (1883–1964) was a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] writer from [[Maharashtra]], India.
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| Varerkar was born in 1883 in [[Chiplun]] in the [[Konkan]] region. He attended high schools in [[Malvan]], [[Dapoli]] and [[Ratnagiri]]. Before graduating he left his studies, worked for a while as a postal clerk, then migrated to [[Mumbai]].
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| Varerkar wrote the play ''Kunjawihari'' (कुंजविहारी) in 1907. He wrote other plays with historic, mythological and social themes; he wrote many novels, short stories and film scripts. His writings strongly reflected his empathy for laborers under the dominance of their employers and the plight of women under male dominance.
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| He translated into Marathi many novels of [[Bengali people|Bengali]] writer [[Sharat Chandra Chatterji]].
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| Varerkar presided over [[Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]] in [[Dhule]] in 1944. Later, he was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament.
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| ==Works==
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| ===Novels===
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| * Widhawa Kumari (विधवा कुमारी) (1928)
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| * Parat Bhet (परत भेट) (1933)
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| * Dhawata Dhota (धावता धोटा)
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| * Godu Gokhale (गोदू गोखले)
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| * Tarate Polad (तरते पोलाद)
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| * Petate Pani (पेटते पाणी)
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| * Sat Lakhatil Ek (सात लाखातील एक)
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| * Drawidi Pranayam (द्राविडी प्राणायाम)
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| * Bhangad Galli (भानगडगल्ली)
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| * Kuldaiwat(कुलदैवत)
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| ===Plays===
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| * Kunjawihari (कुंजविहारी) (1907)
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| * Hach Mulacha Bap (हाच मुलाचा बाप) (1917)
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| * Satteche Gulam (सत्तेचे गुलाम) (1922)
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| * Sonyacha Kalas (सोन्याचा कळस) (1932)
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| * Saraswat (सारस्वत) (1942)
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| * Bhumikanya Sita (भूमिकन्या सीता) (1955)
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| {{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1954–59}}
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| [[Category:Marathi-language writers]]
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| [[Category:1964 deaths]]
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| [[Category:1883 births]]
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| [[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in public affairs]]
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| [[Category:Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha]]
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| [[Category:Presidents of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]]
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