Ranjit desai biography

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ranjit Desai was born in 1928 in Kolhapur, India.

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He is a well-known Marathi author and was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award and Padma Shri.

Desai has authored several short stories, plays, and novels. He was particularly renowned for his mastery of the historical-fiction genre. Two of his best-known historical novels are Swami and Shriman Yogi.

Desai breathed his last in 1992.

Vikrant Pande translated Desai’s Marathi novel, Shriman Yogi, into English.

It was titled Shivaji: The Great Maratha.

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An IIM-B alumnus, Pande is credited with the translation of several historical novels. After pursuing a successful corporate career, he is now working in the education sector.

SYNOPSIS

Shivaji: The Great Maratha is a fictionalized biography of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj based on historical events.

The novel chronicles the life of Shivaji from his birth to death.

The story begins from Shivaji’s tumultuous childhood and depicts how he became the greatest Toggle share options RYGI