Shripad Krushna Kolhatkar

Shripad Krushna Kolhatkar (Marathi: श्रीपाद कृष्ण कोल्हटकर) (1871-1934) was a Marathi writer from Bombay Presidency, British India. He was born on June 29, 1871 in Buldana. While in high school, he wrote a play named Sukha Malika (सुखमालिका). During his high school years and, later, college years, he widely read both English and Marathi literature, the latter particularly including Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar's Nibandhamala (निबंधमाला). According to the social custom of his times, Kolhatkar's family arranged his marriage when he was 14. At age 17, he finished his high school education and joined Deccan College in Pune to receive his bachelor's degree in 1891. After obtaining a law degree in 1897, he started his law practice in Akola and thenJalgaon Jamod.