Hari Narke

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Parents Ramchandra Narke Name Hari Narke		Children Pramiti Narke Spouse(s) Sangita Narke

Born 1 June 1963 ( 1963-06-01 ) Talegaon (Pune), Maharashtra, India Occupation Scholar, Author and Orator of International repute Died 9 August 2023 (aged 60) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Years active 1980–2023 Website https://harinarke.blogspot.com/ Similar Sugata Bose, Muttanisseril Koyakutty, Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty

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Prof. Hari Narke (मराठीः प्रा. हरी नरके) (1 June 1963 – 9 August 2023) was a Scholar, Author and Orator of International repute. He was a professor and Head of Mahatma Phule Chair, in the University of Pune, India.

PMC Elections 2017 Appeal to Punekars by Hari Narke

Early life

Prof. Hari Narke was born on 1 June 1963 in Ramchandra Narke and mother Sonabai Narke a very poor Mali caste family at Talegaon Dhamdhere, Tal. Shirur, Dist. Pune, Maharashtra, India. Prof. Narke's education was mostly in Pune. He completed his education by working in a graveyard

He was married to Sangita. with whom he had a daughter Pramiti.

List of works

Prof. Hari Narke was one of the prominent author of post globalized period of India. he wrote 35 books on different issues in all three languages that are in Marathi, Hindi & English.

Books

Marathi

Mahatma Phule yanchi Badnaami - Ek Satyashodhan

Jnyanajyoti Savitribai Phule in second edition

OBC chya Bhavitavyavar Kurhad

Dalit Sahityachya Shodhat (Published at the hands of the then President of India K.R.Narayanan)

Mahatma Phule Shodhachya Navya Vata (Fifth edition)

Hindi

Mahatma Phule Sahitya aur Vichaar - Published at the hands of the then President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma)

Mahatma Phule Samasta Sahitya - Vols. 1 to 4

English

Editor of Dr. Ambedkar’s speeches and writings, Vols. 17 to 22

Collected Works of Mahatma Phule, Vols. 1 to 3

Speeches

Prof. Hari Narke delivered 6,000 lectures in the last 30 years, lectures at London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bedford, Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Al-ain, Kathmandu, Lumbini were widely acclaimed.

Awards

‘Samajbhushan Award’ by the Shahu Phule Ambedkar Vichaar Manch, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

‘Karandikar Trust’s award for researched writing’, Dharwad, Karnataka.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Dalitmitra award’ by the Government of Maharashtra.

‘Best Orator award’ of the Aagya Publication Trust, Kolhapur.

‘Dainik Mahanagar Award’ for scholarly writing.

‘Samata Award’ by All India Mahatma Phule Samata Parishad.

‘Best Professional Excellence Award’ by Rotary Club, Pune.

Special Contribution

Full-time contribution to the publication of Phule, Shahu, Ambedkar’s literature. Till date, Ambedkar’s literature has been translated and published in 13 languages and Phule’s in 9 languages.

Published 400 articles in well-known national newspapers and periodicals in the country. Participated in 70 programmes on television.

Presented research papers and delivered lectures at National Seminars in 40 Universities.

Taken initiative for the building of Mahtama Phule memorial at Pune, Savitribai Phule memorial at Naigaon (Satara) and the erection of Mahatma Phule’s statue at the Parliament of India.

Initiated the commemoration of 11 April Phule Jayanti and 14 April Dr.Ambedkar Jayanti jointly as well as commemoration of 3 January Savitribai Phule Jayanti and 12 January Jijau Jayanti jointly. Also initiated the government commemoration of Shahu Jayanti.

Chairperson of the Third All India Satyashodhak Literature Conference, Nagpur and First Satyashodhak Round Table Conference, Pune 2010.

Personal collection of Ten Thousand rare and precious books.

Additional responsibilities

Member-Secretary of Mahatma Phule Source Material Publication Committee, Govt. of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai.

Member of MAaharashtra State Commission for backward classes.

Death

Narke died of a heart attack at the Asian Heart Institute in Mumbai, on 9 August 2023, at the age of 60.

References

Hari Narke Wikipedia

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