WRITER

Ravindra Kelekar

1925 - 2010

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Ravindra Kelekar (7 March 1925 – 27 August 2010) was a noted 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ravindra Kelekar has received more than 155,059 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ravindra Kelekar is the 6,039th most popular writer (down from 4,984th in 2019), the 804th most popular biography from India (down from 576th in 2019) and the 114th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 17

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  • 2.72

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Notable Works

Ujavāḍāce sūra
1973
Pānthastha
Biography, Politics and government, Authors, Konkani
Autobiographical reminiscences of Konkani author and freedom fighter from Goa.
2000
Othāmbe
1999
Jñānanidhīcyā sānnidhyānta
1970
Muktī, Pisoḷẽ, ānī Līga
1975
Tathāgata
On Gautama Buddha.
1998

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ravindra Kelekar ranks 6,039 out of 7,302. Before him are Scott Turow, Ľudmila Podjavorinská, Sandro Veronesi, Fredy Perlman, René Benjamin, and Danièle Sallenave. After him are Kenneth Rexroth, Izaak Walton, Buchi Emecheta, Crane Wilbur, Armistead Maupin, and Su Tong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Ravindra Kelekar ranks 463. Before him are Antonio Spallino, Axel Schandorff, Joan Leslie, Gene Ammons, Janet Rowley, and Heinz Ulzheimer. After him are Václav Machek, Betty McKinnon, Doc Pomus, Corinne Calvet, Howard Baker, and Tage Henriksen. Among people deceased in 2010, Ravindra Kelekar ranks 385. Before him are Jean Boiteux, Eduard Novák, Antoinette Meyer, Susanna Amatuni, Clive Donner, and Bobby Smith. After him are Gianni Bonichon, Franco Ballerini, Ted Stevens, Kazimierz Paździor, Pentti Linnosvuo, and Joe Mantell.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ravindra Kelekar ranks 804 out of 1,861. Before him are Tarsem Singh (1961), Johnny Lever (1957), Sharat Saxena (1950), Shobhna Samarth (1916), Kapil Dev (1959), and R. K. Laxman (1921). After him are R. D. Burman (1939), Murli Manohar Joshi (1934), Shyamala Gopalan (1938), R. H. Tawney (1880), Karisma Kapoor (1974), and Boman Irani (1959).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Ravindra Kelekar ranks 114. Before him are Nambi Narayanan (1941), Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872), Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907), Ruskin Bond (1934), Gurdial Singh (1933), and Bano Qudsia (1928). After him are Vikram Seth (1952), Varsha Adalja (1940), Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944), Gita Mehta (1943), Mah Laqa Bai (1768), and Fareed Zakaria (1964).

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