Vaman Mangesh Dubhashi

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Vaman Mangesh Dubhashi
NationalityIndian
OccupationPoet, Writer
RelativesP.L.Deshpande (grandson)
Satish Dubhashi (grandson)

Vaman Mangesh Dubhashi , with the pen name "Rigvedi" or as "Rugvedi" was a Marathi poet and writer from Karwar, India.

Famous Works[edit | edit source]

Dubhashi had translated Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali into Marathi under the title "Abhang Gitanjali".[1]

Hindu High School[edit | edit source]

Dubhashi was the founder and headmaster of Hindu High School located in Karwar.[2]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

His maternal grandson was veteran Marathi writer and humorist P.L.Deshpande while his paternal grandson was Indian actor Satish Dubhashi.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Karnataka State Gazetteer: Uttara Kannada. Karnataka (India): Director of Print., Stationery and Publications at the Government Press, 1985. p. 775.
  2. A Gandhian Patriarch: A Political and Spiritual Biography of Kaka Kalelkar. Popular Prakashan. 1965. p. 16. Retrieved 2 March 2018.