Vidyadhar Gokhale

Vidyadhar Gokhale
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1989–1991
Preceded by	Sharad Dighe
Succeeded by	Sharad Dighe
Constituency	Mumbai North Central
Editor of Loksatta
Succeeded by	Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari
Personal details
Political party	Shiv Sena
Children	Vijay Gokhale
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Vidyadhar S. Gokhale (Devanagari: विद्याधर गोखले) (4 January 1924 – 26 September 1996) was a political activist, a Marathi playwright, and an editor of a Marathi newspaper, Loksatta (लोकसत्ता), from Maharashtra, India. He was originally from Amravati.

Writing career

He wrote novel Jhanjhawat (झंझावात ) and the following musical plays:

• Suvarna Tula (सुवर्णतुला) (1960)
• Panditraj Jagannath (पंडितराज जगन्नाथ) (1960)
• Mandarmala (मंदारमाला) (1963)
• Madanachi Manjiri (मदनाची मंजिरी) (1965)
• Jai Jai Gauri Shankar (जय जय गौरीशंकर)
• Bawannkhani (बावन्नखणी)

He formed Ranga Sharada Pratishthan (रंगशारदा प्रतिष्ठान) to stage the above plays.

He presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Satara in 1993.

Political career

He had represented Mumbai North Central in 9th Lok Sabha in 1989–91 as Shiv Sena candidate. Throughout his life, he was affiliated with socio-political organizations like RSS, Hindu Mahasabha which are proponents of Hindutva ideology, and was associated with their leaders like Veer Savarkar, Pu Bha Bhave, Balasaheb Deoras.

Personal life

He had married two sisters before polygamy was outlawed, and thus had two wives. Gokhale's grandson, Omkar Dadarkar, was among the upcoming singers in the early 2010s.

External links

• Official Biographical Sketch in Lok Sabha Website