Bal Samant

Bal Samant

Bal Gangadhar Samant is an Indian writer. He was born on May 27, 1924.

He has written about 80 books in Marathi on a wide range of topics from fiction, biography, Marathi dramas, history etc. His selected books include a biography of Richard Francis Burton, (titled "Shapith Yaksha"), Hitler, Deenanath Mangeshkar, Marathi natyasangeet, reincarnation, Bal Gandharva, elephants (titled "Gajaraja"), death, and many more.

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004 for Literature and education. [cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/Padma/PadmaAwardsDir(1954-2007).pdf |title=Public Padma Awards Directory (1954-2007) |accessdate=2008-01-28 |format=pdf |work=Ministry of Home Affairs |publisher=Government of India ]

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