About Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar
Lived 1933 – 2019 (aged 86). Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar was an Indian art critic, art historian, writer and museologist.
Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (31 May 1933 – 13 July 2019) was an Indian writer, art critic, historian, museologist and a director of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, erstwhile Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai. He is credited with the restoration of Lakshmibai Pitre Kalasangrahalaya, a museum in Devrukh, Maharashtra to its present state. such as: Raj Bhavans in Maharashtra Animal in Indian Art The Maritime Heritage of India Karle Caves of Western India.
Awards Gorakshkar was honoured by the Government of India in 2003 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
Death He died on 13 July 2019 in Maharashtra and last rites were conducted in Vasind.
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Indian writer
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Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar was born on 31 May 1933 in Maharashtra.
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Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar died on 13 July 2019 in India, Maharashtra.
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Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar was an art critic, art historian, writer and museologist.
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