Ramesh Mantri (

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writer primarily of humor from Maharashtra,

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. He attended Rajaram College in

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from where he graduated. He also spent some time in the UK in connection with higher education on a Commonwealth programme. He was employed with the United States Information Service (USIS) in Mumbai India in 1960s. Mantri presided over

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in 1992. He was married and had 3 children. He created a fictional character Janu Bande which was a caricature of James Bond and a few short stories involving that character.

Literary works

The following is a partial list of Mantri's books: * () * () * () * () * () * () * () * () * () * () * () * () * () * () * () * * () * () * (005 ) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mantri, Ramesh 1927 births 1997 deaths Marathi-language writers People from Kolhapur Presidents of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan