Narayan Hari Apte
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| Born |
11 July 1889 Samadoli, Bombay State, India |
| Died | 14 November 1971 Koregaon, Satara, India |
| Nationality | India |
| Occupation | Novelist, film story writer |
| Years active | 1909–62 |
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 7th grade education in Samdoli and Satara.He joined the Satara New english School for his high school studies [4]. He left home in 1905 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 also was 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 Arjun Lal Sethi. (Maharashtra state "Swatantyra sainik kosh-Paschim Vibhag"). He returned to Satara in 1911 and worked with Dattātraya Baḷavanta Pārasanīs (co-writer with Charles Augustus Kincaid), who wrote "a history of the maratha people". The main work was to convert Modi daftar to Marathi/English language.
In 1939, he met K. B. Hedgewar, the founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at Koregaon during later's visit to Aundh, and joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He also participated in the 1942 Quit India Movement.
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