Govind Pansare

Govind Pansare
Govind Pansare
Personal details
Born(1933-11-24)24 November 1933
Kolhar, Ahmednagar district, Bombay Province,
British India
(now Maharashtra, India)
Died20 February 2015(2015-02-20) (aged 81)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Manner of deathAssassination (gunshot wounds)
Political partyCommunist Party of India
OccupationMarxist, lawyer, author and activist

Govind Pansare (26 November 1933 – 20 February 2015) was a left-wing Indian politician of the Communist Party Of India (CPI).[1][2] He was also the author of the best selling Marathi language biography of 17th century ruler Shivaji, Shivaji Kon Hota (literally Who was Shivaji?).[3] He and his wife were attacked on 16 February 2015 by gun-wielding assailants in Kolhapur district. He died from his wounds on 20 February 2015.[4]

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