Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad

Short description: Language academy in Maharashtra state, India

Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
महाराष्ट्र साहित्य परिषदEstablished| 27 May 1906

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Mission| Furtherance of Marathi literature
Focus| Marathi Language
President| Dr. Raosaheb Kasabe
Chairman| Prof. Milind Joshi
Head| Prakash Paigude
Key people| Prakash Paigude
Location|

Sadashiv Peth,

Pune

Maharashtra

India

Address| Tilak Road, Near Durvankur Dinning Hall, Sadashiv Peth, Pune-411030
Website| http://www.masapapune.org/

Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad is a literary institution situated in the Indian state of Maharashtra for the purpose of the "furtherance of Marathi language and literature". It was established in Pune in 1906.[citation needed] The Encyclopedia of Indian Literature considers it as Marathi's first representative literary body. The Parishad arranges annual conferences[1] runs Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika a Marathi quarterly, provides a reference library, conducts qualifying examinations in Marathi language and literature and classes for non-Marathi speakers in Pune. It has undertaken the publishing a History of Marathi literature. It has constituted various awards in the field of literature.[2] The Parishad according to Deshpande lead in the demand for the formation of a separate linguistic state – Maharashtra.[3]

## References

1. ↑ "गुहागरात रंगणार मसापचे साहित्य संमेलन" (in Marathi). Lokmat. Guhagar, Maharashtra. November 2014. http://www.lokmat.com/storypage.php?catid=321&newsid=3674527.
2. ↑ Amaresh Datta (1 January 2006). The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume One (A To Devo). Sahitya Akademi. pp. 255–. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA255. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
3. ↑ Prachi Deshpande (2007). Creative pasts: historical memory and identity in western India, 1700–1960. Columbia University Press. pp. 244. ISBN 978-0-231-12486-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=U5FdJnnDhSwC&pg=PA244. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

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