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The Comrade :Annabhau Sathe
The Comrade man :Anna Bhau Sathe ..

Annabhau Sathe was a social reformer and writer from Maharashtra Born: August 1, 1920, Sangli

Annabhau Sathe was born in the village of Wategaon near Sangli on 1st August 1920, in a family belonging to the (SC-46) Matang community. (The community has been identified by the Indian government as a scheduled caste.)

Poverty had prevented Annabhau from obtaining formal education. His brother Shankarbhau recounts in his biography of Sathe, titled Majhe Bhau Annabhau (My brother Annabhau), that the family members worked as laborers at the site of Kalyan tunnel when it was being constructed.

Despite lack of formal education, Annabhau Sathe wrote in pure Marathi 35 novels, one among which was Fakira (1959). Fakira, which is currently in its 19th edition, received a state government award in 1961.Vaijanta is the remarkable one. There are 15 collections of Annabhau Sathe’s short stories. A large number of his short stories have been translated into many Indian and as many as 27 non-Indian languages. Lok Rajya, a Maharashtra state government fortnightly, published on November 1, 1993, a special commemorative issue concerning Annabhau Sathe. The state government also issued in 1998 a collection of his works under the title Lokshahir Annabhau Sathe Nivadak Sahitya. (Selected works of Lokshahir Annabhau Sathe). Annabhau Sathe lived a life of destitution. After spending 22 years in a Ghatkopar slum, Sathe moved to a modest house in Goregaon which the state government provided him in 1968, one year before he died.

Annabhau Sathe decided to bring awareness among the masses against Brahminism which imposed untouchability and virtually compelled the deprived lot to take recourse to criminal and filthy occupations against the British Government which imposed the Criminal Tribes Act and subjected his community to harassment and against the forces of feudalism and capitalism which exploited his community and made life unbearable. He used his art and poetic genius in educating the masses.

The comrade was Died: July 18, 1969