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Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 writer from Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

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India

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Khambete wrote short stories, some of them being of the humorous kind. The titles of his 21 books, including compilations of his stories and books which he wrote for children are available in:

http://erasik.com/books/by/%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A6.%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82./page1/