: सरोजिनी बाबर) (January 7, 1920 - April 19, 2008) was a Marathi

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 writer and a politician from Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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, India

India

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.

Babar was born on January 7, 1920 in the town of Bagani in Sangli District

Sangli district

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 of Maharashtra

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. After finishing her high school studies in Islampur

Islampur

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, she joined S. P. College in Pune

Pune

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 and secured her bachelor's degree from Mumbai University in 1944. Subsequently, she obtained her master's and doctoral degrees, also from Mumbai University.

She was a member of the legislative assembly of Maharashtra state during 1952-57 and 1964-66. She was a member of Indian Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha

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during 1968-74.

Since 1950, for many years Babar was the editor of Samaj Shikshan Mala (समाज शिक्षण माला) magazine.

Novels

• Kamalache Jale (कमळाचं जाळं) (1946)
• Ajita (अजिता) (1953)
• Athawatey Tewadhe Sangate (आठवतंय तेवढं सांगते) (1955)
• Swayamwar (स्वयंवर) (1979)

Other works

• Wanita Saraswat (वनिता सारस्वत) (1961)
• Stri Shikshanachi Watchal (स्त्रीशिक्षणाची वाटचाल) (1968)
• Striyanche Khel Ani Gani (स्त्रियांचे खेळ आणि गाणी) (1977)
• Mi Pahilele Yashawantrao (मी पाहिलेले यशवंतराव) (1988)
• Karagiri (कारागिरी) (1992)
• Rajvilasi Kevda (1969/1970) includes poem by Smt Mandakini Shankarrao Thorat