Organization:Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
| Established | 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
- ↑ "गुहागरात रंगणार मसापचे साहित्य संमेलन" (in Marathi). Lokmat. Guhagar, Maharashtra. November 2014. http://www.lokmat.com/storypage.php?catid=321&newsid=3674527.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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