Balwant Moreshwar Purandare

Subject: History

Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid rich tributes to Baba Saheb Purandare ji on entering the 100th year of his life.

Concept:

Balwant Moreshwar Purandare(born 29 July 1922), popularly known as Babasaheb Purandare is a writer and theatre personality from Maharashtra, India
Baba Saheb Purandare’s contributions from the Goa Mukti Sangram to the Dadar Nagar Haveli freedom struggle.
He is famously entitled as Shiv Shahir i.e. ‘Shivaji’s poet’.
His famous work:He is being credited with writing the first historical work on 16th century Great Maratha king Chattrapati Shivaji. He is best known for his book Raja Shiv Chhatrapati and popular play Janata Raja.

Chattrapti Shivaji Maharaj. Hindavi Swaraj

The empire extended from Attock, which today lies in Pakistan, to Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu
Shivaji wished for Hindavi Swarajya. Which meant “Indian independence from foreign rule”
Raireshwar is the place where Shivaji’s oath of ‘Swarajya’