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Vidyadhar Gokhale | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1989–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Sharad Dighe |
| Succeeded by | Sharad Dighe |
| Constituency | Mumbai North Central |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Shiv Sena |
Vidyadhar S. Gokhale (Devanagari: विद्याधर गोखले) (4 January 1924 – 26 September 1996) was a political activist, a Marathi playwright, and an editor of a Marathi newspaper, Loksatta (लोकसत्ता), from Maharashtra, India. He was originally from Amravati.
Writing career[edit | edit source]
He wrote novel Jhanjhawat (झंझावात ) and the following musical plays:
- Suvarna Tula (सुवर्णतुला) (1960)
- Panditraj Jagannath (पंडितराज जगन्नाथ) (1960)
- Mandarmala (मंदारमाला) (1963)
- Madanachi Manjiri (मदनाची मंजिरी) (1965)
- Jai Jai Gauri Shankar (जय जय गौरीशंकर)
- Bawannkhani (बावन्नखणी)
He formed Ranga Sharada Pratishthan (रंगशारदा प्रतिष्ठान) to stage the above plays.
He presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Satara in 1993.
Political career[edit | edit source]
He had represented Mumbai North Central in 9th Lok Sabha in 1989–91 as Shiv Sena candidate. Throughout his life, he was affiliated with socio-political organizations like RSS, Hindu Mahasabha which are proponents of Hindutva ideology, and was associated with their leaders like Veer Savarkar, Pu Bha Bhave, Balasaheb Deoras.
Personal life[edit | edit source]
He had married two sisters before polygamy was outlawed, and thus had two wives. Gokhale's grandson, Omkar Dadarkar, was among the upcoming singers in the early 2010s.
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