Draft:Aniket Ankush Yadav

ANIKET YADAV
Born	(1984-08-09)9 August 1984 Pune, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Writer, Orator, Researcher, Scholar and Legal Advisor
Spouse	Anjali Aniket Yadav
Parent(s)	Ankush Yadav (Father), Nanda Yadav (Mother)

Aniket Yadav (born – 9 August 1984) is an Indian historian, writer, orator, scholar and Legal Advisor. He has completed B. Com. He specialised in writing about the Maratha Navy, Indian forts and freedom fighters.

Education

Mr. Yadav's primary education was at Sane Guruji Primary School in Sinhagad Road, Pune. Secondary education was done at Raosaheb Patwardhan High School, Sinhagad Road, Pune. When he was in class 10, he was forced to work as his father fell ill. But the determination to further education didn't allow him to rest. So it was necessary to work during the day and study at night. Working at Manohar Bakery, Butic Cosmetics, Sagarmit Enterprises, Nationalist Congress Party Office, Baba Enterprises etc he completed his B.Com from Poona Night High School, Bajirao Road, Pune.

Works

Mr. Yadav started additional reading while studying. From that, interest in nature, planets-stars as well as fort wandering arose. While looking at the forts, who built these forts? Built for what? With all these thoughts, he started reading books about forts. He started going to the libraries of Pune Marathi Granthalay [1], Pune Nagar Vachan Mandir (पुणे नगर वाचन मंदिर) [2], Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal etc as often as he could. And he understood the extraordinary work of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. From that, he got introduction with Babasaheb Purandare, Ninad Bedekar, Pramod Mande etc. Due to the open nature of Pramod Mande, a guru-shishya relationship was formed between them.

He organized fort tours and historical programs on behalf of Durg-srushti Sanstha.

He organized Light and Sound Shows based on the war tactics of Marathas during Diwali period at Shri Ambikamata Bhajani Mandal in Shukrawar Peth, Pune for many years. In which models of forts were made from clay and other materials and it was shown how war would have been fought at that time. So that people can experience history. A crowd of many citizens and youth used to gather to see this.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's Basrur naval campaign will complete 350 years in 2015. Therefore, in Diwali of 2015, he gave his presentation based on this campaign of Shivaji Maharaj. While studying it he realized that no one had studied this naval campaign of Shivaji Maharaj and the entire Maratha Navy. Therefore he decided to work in this subject. And in the same year produced a small book on श्री शिवछत्रपतींची आरमारी मोहीम - बसरूर (Shri Shiv Chhatrapatinchi Aarmari Mohim - Basrur). And continued the same topic.

While working, reading and thinking further on this topic, Mr. Aniket Yadav realized that it was imperative to have a special day to draw attention towards the Maratha Navy. Because till then most of the special days of Shiva-charitra were celebrated on a large scale. For example, birth of Shivaji Maharaj's (Shiv-Janma), Shiv-Punyatithi, the day he killed Afzal Khan (Shiv-Pratap Din), the day Shaista Khan broke his fingers, the day he escaped from Agra, are all celebrated by peoples, is celebrated with enthusiasm. But he is the only ruler in the whole of India who raised his own navy, expanded it and defeated the European enemies. That is why Shivaji Maharaj is proudly called 'Father of Indian Navy' .

But, thinking of doing something to remember the work of Shivaji Maharaj's Navy, Mr. Aniket Yadav decided to 'मराठा आरमार दिन' Maratha Aarmar Din. He got that date in historical book - Bakhar. Marathas captured Kalyan and Bhiwandi on अश्विन वद्य ११, शके १५७९ i.e. 24th October 1657, the day of Vasubaras in Diwali. And further Shivaji Maharaj built a dock here which was necessary for build the Maratha Navy. And for its security, a fort called Durgadi was also built here. To keep alive the memory of this event, on the initiative of Mr. Aniket Yadav, मराठा आरमार दिन Maratha Aarmar Din was celebrated on 24th October on a grand scale.

Books

Sr.	Title	Roman Transliteration	Year published	Additional Information	Cover Photo
1.	डॉ. पांडुरंग पिसुर्लेकर स्मारक ग्रंथ (Dr. Pandurang Pisurlencar Commemoration Book) [3]	Dr. Pandurang Pisurlencar Commemoration Book	Third Edition – 30 May 2022	In 2019, the 125th birth anniversary and 50th death anniversary of the great historian of Goa, Dr. Pandurang Pisurlekar (पांडुरंग सखाराम पिसुर्लेकर) came in the same year. [4] No author can complete his work without mentioning the books written by Pisurlekar while studying the Navy. Pisurlekar has done such a great job. Unfortunately, no one knew much about Pisurlekar. Therefore, Mr. Aniket Yadav has published "Dr. Pandurang Pisurlekar Commemoration Book" with great effort. There are 3 parts of this Book and in first part what physical and mental efforts, agenies and tortures which were faced by Dr. Pisurlekar has been given. In second part these are 22 scripts of Dr. Pisurlekar and in third Part there is summary given of 139 books & scripts of Dr. Pisurlekar. In addition to this there is one coloured photo, and the Statue prepared by Portuguese Govt. and other 4 rare photos are included in this book of total 375 Pages.
2.	FORTS & PALACES IN INDIA : Encyclopedia of 4000+ Forts & Palaces across India	FORTS & PALACES IN INDIA [5]	18 December 2019	Author: Pramod Mande, Aniket Ankush Yadav, Chetan Gajanan Ghadge. 780 Pages, Size 8.5”x11”, Hardbound, Art Paper. Inclusion of forts, palaces, fortresses, remnants of old forts, fortified cities, travellers’ inns, small forts built for supervision of main roads, watch towers etc. Description of forts symbolizing the glorious tradition of India from Harappa, Mohenjo-daro. Information about the forts given in more than 43 ancient texts like Rigveda, Manusmriti, Purana, Ramayana, Mahabharat, Arthashastra etc. Inclusion of 4088 forts in 26 States, 6 Union Territories and 521 Districts of India. 1282 color photographs, 33 maps. Geographical description of India along with all its states. Latitude, Longitude and Altitude of the forts. Distance and direction of the fort from the district headquarters. Brief description of the fort, structures on the same, and its brief history. Famous places to visit near the fort and district.
3.	आझादी के दिवाने [6]	Azadi ke Diwane	15 August 2021	Author: Pramod Mande Editor: Aniket Ankush Yadav 476 Pages, 12 colour pages, Demi Size, Hardbound. 146+ Interesting information with photographs of revolutionaries. 800+ freedom fighters photos. 4000+ revolutionaries - alphabetical list Informative Appendices

* Apart from this, Mr. Aniket Yadav's articles have been published in various newspapers and magazines. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Subject of lectures and study

* मराठ्यांचे आरमार (Navy of Marathas)

* बसरूर मोहीम (Basrur Campaign)

* शिवचरित्रातून काय शिकावे? (What to learn from Biography of Shivaji Maharaj?)

* आझादी के दिवाने (गाथा अज्ञात क्रांतिकारकांची) (The saga of the unknown Revolutionaries and Freedom Fighters)

* भूगोल मोजणारी माणसे (They Men, who have measured geography)

* दर्शन देवभूमीचे (उत्तराखंड येथील चार धाम यात्रेवर आधारित) Sight of Devbhoomi (based on Char Dham Yatra in Uttarakhand)

* सामान्य व्यक्तींचे असामान्य कर्तृत्व (Extraordinary achievements of ordinary people)

External links and References

• https://youtube.com/@aniketyadav84?feature=shared
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• https://www.instagram.com/aniketyadav1984/
• https://twitter.com/AniketY48839770