Jayant Salgaonkar Explained

Jayant Salgaonkar
Birth Place:Malvan, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, India
Birth Date:1929 2, df=yes
Nationality:Indian
Parents:Shivram Salgaonkar

Jayant Salgaonkar (1 February 1929 – 20 August 2013) was an Indian jyotishi (astrologer), businessman, historian, scholar, and writer. He was the founder of Kalnirnay.[1]

Early life

Salgaonkar completed tenth grade. He had a keen interest in astrology from childhood. He wrote Kalnirnay in 1973, selling over 10 million copies in nine languages. Kalnirnay is a yearly almanac of all religions containing details of auspicious dates, festivals and celebrations of Farsi, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindu and others.[2] He created a combination of jyotish, information and dharmashstra. He was the pioneer of the daily Rashi Bhavishya and the daily crossword in the Marathi newspaper.[3]

Books

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Personal life

He and his wife had three sons and grandchildren.

Jyotirbhaskar Jayant Salgaonkar died in the Hinduja hospital in Mumbai after a brief illness.[5]

Awards and recognition

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Founder of Kaalnirnay calendar Jyotirbhaskar Jayant Salgaonkar passes away - India - DNA . Dnaindia.com . 2013-08-20 . 2013-11-07.
  2. News: जयंत साळगांवकर यांच्या पार्थिवावर अंत्यसंस्कार . Funeral of Satara on Jayant Salgaonkar . Zeenews . 21 August 2013 . 20 January 2019 .
  3. Web site: Loksatta on Mobile . M.loksatta.com . 2013-11-07.
  4. Web site: Welcome to Tarunbharat . Tarunbharat.net . 2013-08-20 . 2013-11-07 . dead . https://archive.today/20130831183629/http://www.tarunbharat.net/Encyc/2013/8/20/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B3%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B6.aspx?NB=&lang=3&m1=&m2=&p1=&p2=&p3=&p4=&PageType=N . 2013-08-31 .
  5. Web site: PressDisplay.com . PressDisplay.com . 2013-11-07.