Also, with in-depth study, discipline and punctuality were the hallmarks of his character.īabasaheb Purandare reached every household in Maharashtra through Shivcharitra. In addition to these qualities, his personality is characterized by intense intelligence, analytical ability, and remarkable writing skills and rhetoric to express inspiring history. He was born on 29 July 1922 in Pune.īabasaheb Purandare’s personality is a combination of pride about history, researcher’s attitude to check the truth, patience, perseverance, a kind of heaviness, memory etc. In August 2015, he was honored with the Maharashtra Bhushan Award by the Government of Maharashtra.īalwant Moreshwar / Babasaheb Purandare’s native village is Saswad in Pune district. With his eloquent voice and elegant rhetoric, he brought the character of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj before Maharashtra. A special team of doctors had been treating him for the past three days. The doctors treating him said that he was not responding to the treatment due to old age. Babasaheb reached the age of one hundred. His condition has been critical for the past three days. He contracted pneumonia and was placed on a ventilator. After that, however, his health deteriorated. There, too, for the first two days, he spoke fluently. He was rushed to Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital. When he woke up on the morning of October 26, he lost his balance and suffered a head injury. His body was cremated at Vaikuntha Cemetery in the government funeral.īabasaheb had been ill since before Diwali. His body was laid to rest at his residence in Parvati. While the treatment is going on, today he breathed his last on November 15. As his condition worsened, he was admitted to the intensive care unit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also greeted him through a video message.īabasaheb Purandare was admitted to Dinanath Hospital last week due to pneumonia. On July 29, 2021, he entered in 100 th He received lots of greetings from all walks of life. He was 99 years old & just entered in 100 th.īalwant Moreshwar Purandare, also known as Babasaheb Purandare, died at Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune at 5:07 am on Monday Babasaheb took the life of Shivaji Maharaj to common citizens in easy-to-understand but vivid language and did not lose sight of the fact that historical research was a science.Pune dt- 15 Nov : Padma Vibhushan, Shivshahir, Maharashtra Bhushan Babasaheb Purandare, author of the book ‘Raja Shivchhatrapati’ and author of the play ‘Jaanata Raja’, who conveyed Shivcharitra to households with his energetic voice, passed away in Pune today. But most of all, I am in awe of his idea of nation building,” Purandare had then said. I am enamoured with his intellect, his bravery and his wisdom. I love Shivaji Maharaj, but I am not his pujari (priest) or his gulam (slave). At a felicitation, Purandare said, “One needs to be obsessed with history if one wants to understand it. He celebrated his 99th birthday three months ago. His participation in the Dadra Nagar Haveli liberation movement made him a freedom fighter too. He was a poet, an excellent storyteller and narrator, an author, playwright and novelist. Purandare honed his research skills under the guidance of renowned historians G H Khare and Shankarrao Joshi at Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal, a place of eminence in history in Pune. His powerful oratory brought to life his idol before the audience who always felt as if they were witnessing the life of Shivaji Maharaj unfold before their eyes.
History never seemed dull or dry when Purandare took the podium. He trekked to hundreds of forts the Maratha king had conquered, visited every home that could give him original documents, a weapon or anything connected to Shivaji and meticulously preserved every little piece with great love for posterity.
His last rites were performed with state honours.įor seven decades, Purandare was a ‘Shivshahir’ or bard of Shivaji Maharaj. Purandare, an eminent history scholar, died on Monday in a Pune hospital of age-related pneumonia. His 10-volume Shivcharitra Raja ShivChhatrapati, thousands of lectures, and the epic play ‘Jaanta Raja’ not only took the illustrious life and battles of the Maratha king to every household in Maharashtra and beyond, but also embedded the mighty warrior’s memory further in the conscience of the people.
PUNE: Babasaheb Purandare lived for and breathed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
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