Global InformationKrushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar information
Krushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar | |
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| Native name | कृष्णाजी प्रभाकर खाडिलकर |
| Born | 25 November 1872 Sangli |
| Died | 26 August 1948 (aged 75) |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Education | Deccan College |
| Notable works | Kichak Vadh |
Krushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar (Devanagari: कृष्णाजी प्रभाकर खाडिलकर) (25 November 1872 – 26 August 1948) was a Marathi writer from Bombay Presidency, British IndiaIndia. George calls him "a prominent lieutenant of Lokmanya Tilak". He was editor of Kesari, Lokmanya and Navakal. The subject of navakal is political, trade and market price Khadilkar in the beginning of his career wrote prose-plays, but achieved "even greater recognition" with plays like Svayamvara – which had songs which were based on Indian classical music. The notability of his dramatic technique, in his fifteen plays, was to "endow ancient Hindu legends and tales with contemporary political significance".[1] The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti), remarks that while Annasaheb Kirloskar "laid the foundation of popular sangit natak", it saw its great rise and gradual decline with the advent of Khadilkar. It considers Khadilkar along with Bal Gandharva as "the architect of what later on came to be called the golden age of the Marathi drama".[2]
In 1921, after Tilak's death, Lokmanya was founded by admirers of Tilak. Khadilkar assumed its editorship. In 1923 he resigned because of his support of Gandhi's position in division of nationalist political opinion, under opposition from the promoters who rejected it. In March 1923 Khadilkar started his own newspaper Nava Kaal, which "supported Gandhi's programme" and its editorials "preached Gandhi's philosophy.[3][4]
- ^ K. M. George; Sahitya Akademi (1 January 1995). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 449–. ISBN 978-81-7201-783-5. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ Amaresh Datta (1 January 2006). The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti). Sahitya Akademi. pp. 1088–. ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ National Centre for the Performing Arts (India) (1972). Quarterly journal. [Bombay]. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ Trimbak Krishna Tope; Maharashtra State Board for Literature & Culture (1986). Bombay and Congress movement. Maharashtra State Board for Literature and Culture. Retrieved 15 February 2012.