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Bible translations into Marathi

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The first Marathi translation was made by Vaidyanath Sarma under the supervision of the Serampore missionaries and William Carey at Fort William College. However Carey's translation was found lacking, and was redone by two American missionaries, Gordon Hall and Samuel Newell in 1826. Further, David Oliver Allen "superintended a translation of the Scriptures into the Mahratta language" while in charge of the Bombay printshop 1844-1853.

The first colloquial version was made by Pandita Ramabai in language easy for Pune women to understand.

Later translators of the Bible include Bapuji Appaji, B. N. Athavale and Ratnakar Hari Kelkar

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Bible translations into Marathi Wikipedia