YUVRAJ SAMBHAJIRAJE ANI SATI GODAVARI

DR. PAWAR SOUGHT HIS FIRST M.A. DEGREE AND PH.D. FROM SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY, KOLHAPUR. FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, HE HAD BEEN ONE OF THE MOST FAVOURITE PROFESSORS AMONG THE STUDENTS. HE HAS PENNED DOWN 20 ACADEMIC BOOKS FOR THE JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE M.A. STUDENTS. IN 1964, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE FIRST CHANCELLOR AND HISTORIAN, DR. APPASAHEB PAWAR, DR. JAISINGRAO PAWARS CAREER IN RESEARCH BEGAN. HE COULD GET LOTS OF EXPERIENCE IN RESEARCH OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS IN THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT OF THE SAID UNIVERSITY. HE HAS WRITTEN MORE THAN 25 BOOKS, ALL BASED ON HISTORICAL FIGURES, INCLUDING THE LIVES OF MAHARANI TARABAI, SENAPATI SANTAJI GHORPADE, TRACKING MARATHA EMPIRE, RAJARSHI SHAHU SMARAK GRANTH, ETC. TILL DATE, HIS ARTICLES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN MORE THAN 45 RESEARCH MAGAZINES AND HISTORY RELATED CONFERENCES. HE HAS CHAIRED MANY HISTORY-RELATED CONFERENCES. HE IS THE FOUNDER MEMBER OF ALL MAHARASHTRA HISTORY COUNCIL AND LATER THE CHAIRMAN FOR 3 YEARS. IN 1992, HE FOUNDED THE MAHARASHTRA ITIHAS PRABODHINI. HE WORKED AS THE DIRECTOR FOR THE SAME. HE AIMS AT RESEARCH IN HISTORY AND SOCIAL AWAKENING THROUGH IT. ACCORDINGLY, IN 2001, THE INSTITUTION PUBLISHED THE RAJARSHI SHAHU SMARAK GRANTH WITH 1200 PAGES DIVIDED INTO 3 PARTS, WHICH IS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO 16 INDIAN LANGUAGES ALONG WITH RUSSIAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN AND JAPANESE. HE WAS FELICITATED AT THE HANDS OF THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA FOR HIS RESEARCH WORK IN HISTORY. HE WAS ALSO FELICITATED AS SHAHUCHARITRAKAR(THE ONE WRITING BIOGRAPHY OF SHAHU) AT PUNE. TILL DATE, HE HAS WRITTEN AND EDITED MORE THAN 25 BOOKS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS INCLUDING HISTORY. MANY OF HIS BOOKS HAVE BEEN REWARDED AS THE BEST BOOK.