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Narayan Hari Apte
Narayan Hari Apte, popularly known as Nanasaheb Apte (11 July 1889 – 14 November 1971) was a Marathi popular novelist, writer of advice books and editor from Maharashtra, India.
Apte was born on 11 July 1889 in the village of Samdoli in Sangli District of Maharashtra.
After finishing his 4th-grade education in Samdoli and Satara. He joined the New English School, Satara, for his high school studies [2]. He left home in 1904 to participate in India's freedom movement by joining Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's Abhinav Bharat Society.
He was influenced as a writer of novels and collections of short stories by the great writer Hari Narayan Apte and was also influenced by the ideas of social reform movements of the 19th century in Maharashtra. His stories cover historical and social themes, which are based on the everyday life of the Marathi middle class.
He travelled extensively throughout northern India's parts like Rajasthan, Bengal (before partition in 1905) & Nepal; and while travelling, he gained knowledge of Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali, and English languages. He stayed at Jaipur (Rajasthan) and taught in the school run by the freedom fighter Arjunlal Sethi. (Maharashtra state "Swatantyra Sainik Kosh-Paschim Vibhag"). He returned to Satara in 1913 and worked with Dattātraya Baḷavanta Pārasanīs (co-writer with Charles Augustus Kincaid), who wrote "a history of the Maratha people". He was tasked with translating the old Marathi documents in Modi script to standard Marathi and the English language, respectively.
In 1932, he met K. B. Hedgewar, the founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at Koregaon during the latter's visit to Koregaon, Aundh state, in August 1932 (संघ निर्मात्याचे हितगुज, पान १३) and joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Although the RSS opposed it, Apte participated in the 1942 Quit India Movement.
Apte worked for some time as a co-editor of Kirloskar Khabar (किर्लोस्कर खबर). He founded a book publishing house, Ajinkyatara Pustkalay, in 1913. He started a literary and political journal named "Alhad" (आल्हाद) in 1915 and later, another magazine named Madhukar (मधुकर). He started a printing press, Shriniwas Mudranalay, in 1920, and he founded the publishing house "Apte & Co" in 1924.
Apte wrote over providing advice on ways to experience a happy family life. He also published two collections of his short stories. He propagated traditional Hindu values and beliefs through his writings. His first short story was published in Karamanuk (करमणूक) magazine, which was then edited by Hari Narayan Apte. His first novel Ajinkyatara (अजिंक्यतारा) was published in 1909. He wrote his last novel Javanancha Jiwandharma (जवानांचा जीवनधर्म), in 1962.
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Narayan Hari Apte
Narayan Hari Apte, popularly known as Nanasaheb Apte (11 July 1889 – 14 November 1971) was a Marathi popular novelist, writer of advice books and editor from Maharashtra, India.
Apte was born on 11 July 1889 in the village of Samdoli in Sangli District of Maharashtra.
After finishing his 4th-grade education in Samdoli and Satara. He joined the New English School, Satara, for his high school studies [2]. He left home in 1904 to participate in India's freedom movement by joining Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's Abhinav Bharat Society.
He was influenced as a writer of novels and collections of short stories by the great writer Hari Narayan Apte and was also influenced by the ideas of social reform movements of the 19th century in Maharashtra. His stories cover historical and social themes, which are based on the everyday life of the Marathi middle class.
He travelled extensively throughout northern India's parts like Rajasthan, Bengal (before partition in 1905) & Nepal; and while travelling, he gained knowledge of Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali, and English languages. He stayed at Jaipur (Rajasthan) and taught in the school run by the freedom fighter Arjunlal Sethi. (Maharashtra state "Swatantyra Sainik Kosh-Paschim Vibhag"). He returned to Satara in 1913 and worked with Dattātraya Baḷavanta Pārasanīs (co-writer with Charles Augustus Kincaid), who wrote "a history of the Maratha people". He was tasked with translating the old Marathi documents in Modi script to standard Marathi and the English language, respectively.
In 1932, he met K. B. Hedgewar, the founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at Koregaon during the latter's visit to Koregaon, Aundh state, in August 1932 (संघ निर्मात्याचे हितगुज, पान १३) and joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Although the RSS opposed it, Apte participated in the 1942 Quit India Movement.
Apte worked for some time as a co-editor of Kirloskar Khabar (किर्लोस्कर खबर). He founded a book publishing house, Ajinkyatara Pustkalay, in 1913. He started a literary and political journal named "Alhad" (आल्हाद) in 1915 and later, another magazine named Madhukar (मधुकर). He started a printing press, Shriniwas Mudranalay, in 1920, and he founded the publishing house "Apte & Co" in 1924.
Apte wrote over providing advice on ways to experience a happy family life. He also published two collections of his short stories. He propagated traditional Hindu values and beliefs through his writings. His first short story was published in Karamanuk (करमणूक) magazine, which was then edited by Hari Narayan Apte. His first novel Ajinkyatara (अजिंक्यतारा) was published in 1909. He wrote his last novel Javanancha Jiwandharma (जवानांचा जीवनधर्म), in 1962.