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
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.
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).
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:
Shaap Ani AShaap