B. D. Satoskar (26 March 1909 – 27 November 2000) was a historian,
freedom fighter, publisher and journalist from the state of
Goa, India. He was born in
Mashel village of Goa. Satoskar has authored many books in
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
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as well as
Konkani. He is best known for ''Gomantak prakriti ani Sanskriti'' (Goa:Nature and Culture, volumes I-III), an encyclopedic work on history and culture of Goa and the
Goans.
This work was republished on occasion of his birth centenary, in March 2009.
Legacy
The Directorate of Official Language,
Government of Goa has instituted the ''B. D. Satoskar Marathi Bhasha Puraskar'' under the Bhasha Puraskar Yojana. The award is conferred upon personalities to honour their contribution to
Marathi language. The award consists of
rupees
Rupee is the common name for the currencies of
India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, B ...
one
lakh
A lakh (; abbreviated L; sometimes written lac) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 105). In the Indian 2,2,3 convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. For ex ...
, a memento, manpatra,
shawl and a shriphal.
Notes
References
*B. D. Satoskar :Vyakti ani vangmay(Marathi),
Gomantak Marathi Academy Gomantak Marathi Academy was a pro-Marathi organisation established in 1987. It had more than 56 centres working for the development of language and culture of Marathi population in Goa. The academy mobilised support for various activities like lit ...
,
Panaji
Journalists from Goa
Konkani people
Marathi-language writers
People from North Goa district
Indian publishers (people)
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