1. Balwant Moreshwar Purandare, popularly known as Babasaheb Purandare, was an Indian historian and writer of books and plays from Maharashtra, India.
15 Facts About Babasaheb Purandare
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Babasaheb Purandare's works are mostly based on the life of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the 17th-century founder of the Maratha Empire; as a result he is called Shiv-Shahir.
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Babasaheb Purandare is mostly known for his popular play on Shivaji, Jaanta Raja.
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Babasaheb Purandare was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's highest second-civilian award on 25 January 2019.
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In 1930, when he was seven, the Purandare family had to move out from Pune as a wave of plague had returned to the city.
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Babasaheb Purandare made several contributions in the formative years of the Shiv Sena as a senior party leader.
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Babasaheb Purandare participated in the Liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli from Portuguese rule.
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Babasaheb Purandare had started writing stories related to the period of Shivaji's reign at a very young age, which were later compiled and published in a book titled Thinagya.
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Babasaheb Purandare has worked immensely in the field of historical archiving as well as proper restoration of historical documents and artifacts from the Maratha Period.
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Babasaheb Purandare's wife, Nirmala Purandare, was a veteran social activist.
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Babasaheb Purandare was known for working amongst rural women, and in the area of child development.
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Babasaheb Purandare has a daughter, Madhuri, and two sons, Amrut and Prasad.
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Madhuri Babasaheb Purandare, his daughter, is a renowned writer, painter, and singer.
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Babasaheb Purandare died from pneumonia on 15 November 2021, at the age of 99 in a hospital in Pune.
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One of their biggest criticisms has been that Babasaheb Purandare has portrayed Dadoji Kondadeo as Shivaji's guru.