Born(1949-08-17)17 August 1949
Pune, India
Died10 May 2015(2015-05-10) (aged 65)
OccupationHistorian, Writer and Orator, Retired factory executive
EducationDiploma of Mechanical Engineering
Years active1975–2015

Ninad Gangadhar Bedekar (17 August 1949 – 10 May 2015) was a historian,[1][2][3] writer and orator[4] from Pune, Maharashtra, India, writing and speaking in Marathi. He was specialized in research of the rule of warrior-king Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Career

He was the grandson of Sardar Raste of Pune. He is the son of notable freedom fighter Pramila Tai Bedekar. Bedekar was an engineer by profession and was serving in Cummins India Limited for 15 years.

Bedekar was known for his research on the forts of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and about 75 forts outside India, having led numerous treks to them. He was a life member Shri Shivaji Raigad Smarak Mandal - Pune, Shri Shivaji Raigad Smarak Mandal – (Chairman) Maharastra Kalopasak, Pune – (Chairman).

He was acquainted with Persian and Arabic, as well as the Modi script. He was a life member of Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal, Pune and an honorary member of Fort Renovation and Beautification Committee for the Government of Maharashtra. He held a diploma in mechanical engineering, and has worked for Kirloskar Cummins Ltd (now Cummins India Limited).[5]

He had given many lectures widely all over Maharashtra on Maratha history. He scripted the Son et lumière show at Shanivarwada, and wrote the script for Marathi TV serial Peshwai. Bedekar transliterated some rare documents written in Modi script about the Maratha empire that were found in the UK.[6] He had written many books that include Durgkatha, Shartiche Shiledar and Maharastratil Durg among others. He was an expert on forts in India and abroad.

In 2003, Bedekar succeeded,[3] along with the Maratha-Hindu-nationalist organization, Shiv Sena, in having James Laine's academic monograph, Shivaji: Hindu king in Islamic India (Oxford University Press) banned in their state.

Death

Bedekar died in 2015, at the age 65 in Pune.[7][8]

Bibliography

He wrote the foreword[10] to the critically acclaimed book Solstice at Panipat by Uday Kulkarni.

References

  1. ^ "Eminent historian Ninad Bedekar no more". The Times of India. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  2. ^ Press Trust of India (10 May 2015). "Noted historian Ninad Bedekar passes away in Pune". Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Historian Ninad Bedekar dead". The Hindu. 12 May 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Newspaper vendors felicitated". The Times of India. 16 October 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  5. ^ Paranjape Samir (16 August 2009). "शिवशाहीच्या इतिहासाचा 'निनाद'". Loksatta (in Marathi). Archived from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  6. ^ Eminent historian Ninad Bedekar no more
  7. ^ Historian Ninad Bedekar dead
  8. ^ Noted historian Ninad Bedekar passes away in Pune
  9. ^ ISBN 978-81-7421-178-1
  10. ^ Kulthe, Bhagyashree (5 April 2011). "There are hardly any English books on Panipat". DNA. Mumbai: Diligent Media Corporation Ltd. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
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