Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din 2025: Maharashtra honours Kusumagraj; Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav award to R. R. Borade
Maharashtra marked Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din on 27 February 2025, the birth anniversary of Jnanpith-winning poet Kusumagraj (V. V. Shirwadkar), with a state award ceremony at the Gateway of India, Mumbai.
Summary
Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din (Marathi Language Pride Day) is observed every year on 27 February, the birth anniversary of the Jnanpith Award-winning poet and playwright Kusumagraj (Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar), author of 'Natsamrat'. On 27 February 2025 the Marathi Language Department of the Maharashtra government held its award ceremony at the Gateway of India, Mumbai, the first time the awards were presented at that venue. The Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar for 2024 was announced for senior writer R. R. (Rawsaheb Rangrao) Borade of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar; the Shri. Pu. Bhagwat award for a publishing house went to Jyotsna Prakashan, Pune. The state also named Kusumagraj's native village Shirwad in Nashik district a 'Kavitanche Gaav' (village of poems).
Key facts
- Day
- 27 February - Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din
- Marks
- Birth anniversary of Kusumagraj (V. V. Shirwadkar)
- 2025 ceremony
- Gateway of India, Mumbai
- Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav 2024
- R. R. Borade
- Kavitanche Gaav
- Shirwad, Nashik district (Kusumagraj's village)
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din, observed in Maharashtra on 27 February, marks the birth anniversary of which writer?
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Correct answer: A тАФ Kusumagraj (V. V. Shirwadkar)
Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din is observed on 27 February, the birth anniversary of Jnanpith-winning poet Kusumagraj (Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar).
The Maharashtra government's Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar for 2024, presented on Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din 2025, went to:
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Correct answer: D тАФ R. R. Borade
The Marathi Language Department's Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar for 2024 went to senior writer R. R. (Rawsaheb Rangrao) Borade.
Which village in Nashik district, the native village of Kusumagraj, was named a 'Kavitanche Gaav' (village of poems) by Maharashtra around Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din 2025?
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Correct answer: A тАФ Shirwad
Kusumagraj's village Shirwad in Nashik district was named a 'Kavitanche Gaav'; Malgund in Ratnagiri, the village of poet Keshavsut, was named alongside it.