Vishwanath Vaman Bapat, known as Vasant Bapat, was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.
16 Facts About Vasant Bapat
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Vasant Bapat was born on July 25,1922, in Karad in Satara district of Maharashtra.
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Vasant Bapat then taught Sanskrit and Marathi until 1976, first, National College and then Ramnarain Ruia College, both in Mumbai.
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Vasant Bapat was a part of freedom struggle and participated in the Quit India Movement of 1942.
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Vasant Bapat was incarcerated in jail from August 1943 to January 1945.
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Vasant Bapat completed his education after his release and began his career as a Professor of Sanskrit and Marathi.
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Vasant Bapat served as professor of Gurudev Tagore comparative literature at the Bombay University from 1974 to 1982.
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Vasant Bapat was the editor of a socialist magazine Sadhana from 1983 to 1988.
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Vasant Bapat wrote some literature for children, including a play, Bal Govind.
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Vasant Bapat has penned 30 poetry books, including immensely popular Bijlee, Sethu, Akrav Disha, Sakina and Manasi.
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Vasant Bapat was the president of regional Sahitya Sammelan at Jalgaon, Mumbai, South Maharashtra and other places.
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Vasant Bapat served for ten years as an appointed member of Sahitya Akademi in New Delhi.
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Vasant Bapat chaired Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Mumbai in 1999.
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Vasant Bapat died in pune at a private hospital following a brief illness at the age of 80.
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Vasant Bapat underwent an operation on Thursday last for a clot in the brain and since then his condition had been deteriorating.
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Vasant Bapat was actively associated with Rashtra Seva Dal since its inception by Sane Guruji in 1948.