Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad

Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
महाराष्ट्र साहित्य परिषद

Established	27 May 1906
Mission	Furtherance of Marathi literature
Focus	Marathi Language
President	Dr. Raosaheb Kasabe
Chair	Prof. Milind Joshi
Head	Prakash Paigude
Key people	Prakash Paigude
Address	Tilak Road, Near Durvankur Dinning Hall, Sadashiv Peth, Pune-411030
Location	Sadashiv Peth, , Pune , Maharashtra , India
Website	http://www.masapapune.org/

Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad is a literary institution situated in the Indian state of Maharashtra for the purpose of the "furtherance of Marathi language and literature". It was established in Pune in 1906.^[citation needed] The Encyclopedia of Indian Literature considers it as Marathi's first representative literary body. The Parishad arranges annual conferences[1] runs Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika a Marathi quarterly, provides a reference library, conducts qualifying examinations in Marathi language and literature and classes for non-Marathi speakers in Pune. It has undertaken the publishing a History of Marathi literature. It has constituted various awards in the field of literature.[2] The Parishad according to Deshpande lead in the demand for the formation of a separate linguistic state – Maharashtra.[3]

References

1. "गुहागरात रंगणार मसापचे साहित्य संमेलन" [Guhagarat Ranganar Masapache Sahitya Sammelan]. Lokmat (in Marathi). Guhagar, Maharashtra. November 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
2. Amaresh Datta (1 January 2006). The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume One (A To Devo). Sahitya Akademi. pp. 255–. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
3. Prachi Deshpande (2007). Creative pasts: historical memory and identity in western India, 1700–1960. Columbia University Press. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-231-12486-7. Retrieved 10 March 2012.