Narayan Ganesh Gore Explained

Caption:Goray on a 1998 stamp of India
Narayan Ganesh Goray
Native Name:नारायण गणेश गोरे
Honorific Prefix:His Excellency
Office1:High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
Office2:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term1:1977 - 1979
Term3:1970 - 1976
Term2:1957 - 1962
Constituency2:Pune
Predecessor2:Indira Anant Maydeo
Successor2:Shankarrao More
Constituency3:Maharashtra
Predecessor1:Braj Kumar Nehru
Successor1:V.A. Seyid Muhammad
Office4:Mayor of Pune
Term4:1967 - 1968
Predecessor4:Bhausaheb Shirole
Successor4:Bhausaheb Sonba Anaji Chavan
Nationality:British Indian
Indian
Occupation:Politician, diplomat, writer
Party:Praja Socialist Party
Education:B.A. LLB

Narayan Ganesh Goray (Devanagari: नारायण गणेश गोरे) (1907–1 May 1993) was a socialist leader and Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He served as the 9th High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom from 1977 to 1979

Early life

He was born in the town of Hindale in Konkan. He received his school and college education in Pune to earn a degree in law.

Career

Since his college days, Gore participated in India's struggle for independence under Mahatma Gandhi's leadership from the British Raj. In 1942, he suffered imprisonment by the British authorities for his participation in the struggle.

After India's independence in 1947, Gore served as member of 2nd Lok Sabha in 1957–62, the mayor of Pune in 1967–68; as a member of Rajya Sabha in Indian parliament during 1970–76; and as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom during 1977–79. He was the president of the Indian socialist party for many years.

From 26 January 1981 to 12 January 1984,[1] Gore served as the editor of the weekly Sadhana (weekly) (साधना).

Literary work

Gore wrote short stories; political and nonpolitical essays; and travelogues. He also translated two important works. In all, he wrote more than 25 books. The following is a partial list of the titles of his books:

Collections of short stories and nonpolitical essays

Shaap Ani AShaap

Translations

Collections of political essays

References

  1. Web site: साप्ताहिक साधना . www.weeklysadhana.in . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181223010308/http://www.weeklysadhana.in/sampadik_parampara.php . 23 December 2018 . dead.

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