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He also worked as Director of the Colaba Observatory. He wrote books like Neetikatha (stories on morality), Encyclopedic History of England, English grammar, History of India and Mathematics based on Zero. He was active during the years 1830 to 1846 and worked for the betterment of Maharashtra and India. He had a very short life span of just 34 ...
Wren & Martin refers to a single book High School English Grammar and Composition or collectively, a series of English grammar textbooks written jointly by P. C. Wren and H. Martin. [1] Written primarily for the children of British officers residing in India, these books were widely adopted by Indian and Pakistani schools in the post-colonial ...
Marathi (/ m ə ˈ r ɑː t i /; [13] मराठी, Marāṭhī, marathi pronounced [məˈɾaːʈʰiː] ⓘ) is a classical Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra and is also spoken in other states like in Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and the territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman ...
Established. May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04) Pustakanch Gaav (English: Village of Books) is a special library in Bhilar, Maharashtra that opened on May 4, 2017. [ 1 ] The initiative was conceptualized and led by Vinod Tawde, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Marathi Language [ 2 ] and inaugurated by Devendra Fadnavis, Ex.Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Sushila Shinde. Religion. Hinduism. Ahilyabai Holkar (Marathi pronunciation: [əɦɪljɑbaɪ]; 31 May 1725 – 13 August 1795), [ 1 ] also spelled Ahalya Bai, [ 2 ] was the Rajamata and later the ruling queen of Indore within the Maratha Confederacy. She established Maheshwar (in Madhya Pradesh) as the seat of the Holkar Dynasty. [ 3 ]
Yayati, Kraunchwadh, Ulka. Notable awards. Padma Bhushan (1968) Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (1970) Jnanpith Award (1974) Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar (11 January 1898 – 2 September 1976) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was the first Marathi author to win the prestigious Jnanpith Award. [1][2][3]
Front page of the book Sarvajanik Satya Dharma Pustak by Jyotiba Phule. The British colonial period saw standardisation of Marathi grammar through the efforts of the Christian missionary William Carey. Carey's dictionary had fewer entries and Marathi words were in Devanagari script instead of the Modi script prevalent at that time. [18]
Wainganga River near Bhandara district. Maharashtra with a total area of 307,713 km 2 (118,809 sq mi), is the third-largest state by area in terms of land area and constitutes 9.36 per cent of India's total geographical area. The State lies between 15°35' N to 22°02' N latitude and 72°36' E to 80°54' E longitude.