Dhananjay keer ambedkar biography of barack

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Early Life and Background

Anant Viththal Keer, better known by his pen name Dhananjay Keer (1913-1984), was a well-known Indian biographer who rose to prominence for his portraits of important politicians and social activists.

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, B.R. Ambedkar, V.D. Savarkar, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj, and Mahatma Gandhi are just a few of the significant people whose biographies he penned.

On April 23, 1913, Keer was born in Ratnagiri.

Vithal (father) and Devaki (mother) raised him. He had six kids with his wife, Sudha.

Dhananjay keer ambedkar biography of barack

His thinking and worldview were greatly influenced by the revolutionary climate that prevailed in Ratnagiri in the early 1920s. He relocated to Mumbai in 1938 to serve for the Municipal Corporation of the city's Education Committee.

He started his journey as a writer by making articles for the "Free Hindustan" magazine.

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was the subject of Keer's first biography, released in 1950.