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Ravindra Kelekar

1925 - 2010

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Ravindra Kelekar (7 March 1925 – 27 August 2010) was an Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language, though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi. A Gandhian activist, freedom fighter and a pioneer in the modern Konkani movement, he was a well known Konkani scholar, linguist, and creative thinker. Kelekar was a participant in the Indian freedom movement, Goa's liberation movement, and later the campaign against the merger of the newly formed Goa with Maharashtra. He played a key role in the founding of the Konkani Bhasha Mandal, which lead the literary campaign for the recognition of Konkani as a full-fledged language, and its reinstatement as the state language of Goa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ravindra Kelekar is the 6,534th most popular writer (down from 6,039th in 2019), the 1,001st most popular biography from India (down from 805th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Ravindra Kelekar ranks 6,534 out of 7,302. Before him are Studs Terkel, Éric Vuillard, Muhsin al-Ramli, Gertrude Atherton, Jodi Picoult, and John P. Marquand. After him are Reiko Yoshida, Norman Podhoretz, Graciano Rocchigiani, Lidija Dimkovska, George Peele, and Michael Arlen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Ravindra Kelekar ranks 520. Before him are George MacDonald Fraser, Tage Henriksen, Morgan Woodward, William Steinkraus, Albert Paulsen, and Alexei Guryshev. After him are John Compton, Nina Bawden, Roy Brown, Raja Ramanna, Swami Rama, and Philip Carey. Among people deceased in 2010, Ravindra Kelekar ranks 451. Before him are Mitch Miller, Malcolm Allison, Khattiya Sawasdipol, Jerry Bock, Dorothy Provine, and Nan Martin. After him are John Dankworth, Jimmy Dean, Kate McGarrigle, Anna Samokhina, Nodar Kumaritashvili, and Gil Merrick.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ravindra Kelekar ranks 1,001 out of 1,861. Before him are Kapil Dev (1959), Anuradha Paudwal (1954), Varun Gandhi (1980), Mira Nair (1957), Margaret Alva (1942), and Nimmi (1933). After him are Richard Allen (1902), Nasir Hussain (1931), Kishori Amonkar (1932), Murli Manohar Joshi (1934), Jayam Ravi (1980), and Nambi Narayanan (1941).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Ravindra Kelekar ranks 123. Before him are Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Vikram Seth (1952), Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907), Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938), Rohinton Mistry (1952), and Sahir Ludhianvi (1921). After him are Nambi Narayanan (1941), Kaifi Azmi (1919), Nayantara Sahgal (1927), Geetanjali Shree (1957), Toru Dutt (1856), and Rahat Indori (1950).

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