Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan


Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan is an annual conference for literary discussions by Marathi writers. Marathi is the first language of majority of people from Maharashtra state. The first Marathi Sahitya Sammelan was held in Pune in 1878 under the chairmanship of Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade.

Conferences held

Following the list of the conferences with year and venue.
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Women presidents

Only five women have been the presidents of the Sammelan to date:
YearLocationPresident
1961GwaliorKusumavati Deshpande
1975KaradDurga Bhagwat
1996AlandiShanta Shelke
2001IndoreVijaya Rajadhyaksha
2019YavatmalAruna Ramchandra Dhere