Vaman Mangesh Dubhashi , with the pen name "Rigvedi" or as "Rugvedi" was a

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poet and writer from

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Famous Works

Dubhashi had translated Rabindranath Tagore's

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into Marathi under the title "Abhang Gitanjali".

Hindu High School

Dubhashi was the founder and headmaster of Hindu High School located in Karwar.

Personal life

His maternal grandson was veteran Marathi writer and humorist P.L.Deshpande while his paternal grandson was Indian actor

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References

Marathi-language writers People from Karwar People from Uttara Kannada Konkani people Translators of Rabindranath Tagore Translators to Marathi {{india-writer-stub