Gangadhar Pantawane, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gangadhar Pantawane

Indian writer and thinker

Date of Birth: 28-Jun-1937

Place of Birth: Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Date of Death: 27-Mar-2018

Profession: writer, professor

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Gangadhar Vithoba Pantawane (28 June 1937 – 27 March 2018) was an Indian Marathi language writer, reviewer and Ambedkarite thinker from the state of Maharashtra.
He was the follower of B.
R.
Ambedkar, polymath and the father of the Indian Constitution.
He is one of the pioneers of the dalit literary movement" in Maharashtra.
In 2008, he was elected president of the first Marathi Vishwa Sahitya Sammelan that was held in the United States.
His pioneering journal, Asmitadarsh, galvanised generations of Dalit writers and thinkers.
In 2018, he was honored with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.