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{{Short description|Indian writer (1913–1984)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Anant Viththal Keer
| pseudonym = Dhananjay Keer
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| birth_place = [[Ratnagiri]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{death-date and age|12 May 1984|23 April 1913}}
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| period = 1950–1980
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'''Anant Viththal Keer''' (1913–1984), known by his alias '''Dhananjay Keer''', was an Indian biographer who profiled certain politicians and political activists.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Indian Publisher and Bookseller |date=1973 |publisher=Sadanand G. Bhatkal |page=66 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Daniyal |first1=Shoaib |title=Was Ambedkar anti-Muslim? |url=https://scroll.in/article/836748/was-ambedkar-anti-muslim |access-date=22 February 2026 |work=[[Scroll.in]] |date=7 May 2017 |language=en}}</ref> Keer was conferred [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Awards {{!}} Interactive Dashboard |url=https://dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=1971-1971&Award=Padma%20Bhushan |website=[[The Gazette of India]] |access-date=27 February 2026 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Internet Archive |url=https://download1082.mediafire.com/tbg2ep890nwg/1bt1b6fbr710vqr/Life%2Band%2BMission%2Bof%2BAmbedkar%2BBY%2BDhananjay%2BKeer.pdf |website=download1082.mediafire.com |access-date=27 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Internet Archive |url=https://web.archive.org/collection-search/pdf/Dhananjay%20Keer%20Padma%20Bhushan |website=web.archive.org |access-date=27 February 2026}}</ref>

==Books==
===Marathi===
* ''Mahatma Jotirao Phule: Amchya Samajkrantiche Janak'' ''{{ISBN|9788171851003}}''
* ''Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar'' (1966)
* ''Lokmanya Tilak ani Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj: Ek Mulyamapan'' (1971)
* ''Vishwabhooshan Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Manas Ani Tattvavichar''
* ''Mahatma Phule : Samagra Wangmay'' (1969) (Coeditor S. G. Malshe)
* ''Krushnarao Arjun Keluskar: Atmacharitya va Charitya''
* ''Rajarshi Shahu Chattrapati''
* ''Krutadnya Mi Krutartha Mi'' (autobiography)
* ''Lokhitkarte Babasaheb Bole''
*Teen Mahan Saraswat (1979)
*Hyani Itihas Ghadawila (1980)

===English===
* ''Veer Savarkar'' / ''Savarakar and His Times'' (1950)
:*Keer added disclaimer on this book that it is based on "a plethora of material which was kindly made available to me by Savarkar himself and his kind interviews".<ref>{{cite book |title=Savarkar Myths and Facts |publisher=Anamika Pub & Distributors |first=Shamsul |last=Islam |page=74 |year=2006 |isbn=9788174952349 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rNxGvlOoUvsC}}</ref>
* ''Dr. Ambedkar: Life and Mission'' (1954) {{isbn|978-81-7154-237-6}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Ambedkar, life and mission by Dhananjay Keer {{!}} Open Library |url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7195515W/Dr._Ambedkar_life_and_mission?edition=bwb_KT-627-913 |website=[[Open Library]] |access-date=18 February 2026 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stroud |first1=Scott R. |title=Pragmatism, Persuasion, and Force in Bhimrao Ambedkar's Reconstruction of Buddhism |journal=The Journal of Religion |date=2017 |volume=97 |issue=2 |pages=214–243 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26543639 |issn=0022-4189|via=[[JSTOR]]}}</ref>
* ''Lokmanya Tilak: Father of Indian Freedom Struggle'' (1959)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lokamanya Tilak, father of our freedom struggle by Dhananjay Keer {{!}} Open Library |url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL37438285W/Lokamanya_Tilak_father_of_our_freedom_struggle |website=[[Open Library]] |publisher=S. B. Kangutkar |access-date=22 February 2026 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Mahatma Jotirao Phooley: Father of the Indian Social Revolution'', 1964. Popular Prakashan {{ISBN|978-81-7154-066-2}}
* ''Mahatma Gandhi: Political Saint and Unarmed Prophet'' (1973)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Herman |first1=A. L. |title=Review of Mahatma Gandhi, Political Saint and Unarmed Prophet |journal=Philosophy East and West |date=1975 |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=108–110 |doi=10.2307/1398441 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1398441 |issn=0031-8221 |via=[[JSTOR]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rattan |first1=Ram |title=India: Mahatma Gandhi: Political Saint and unarmed prophet By Dhananjay Keer. Popular Prakashan, Bombay. 1973. 818p. Rs. 80.00. |journal=India Quarterly |date=1 April 1974 |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=169–170 |doi=10.1177/097492847403000218 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/097492847403000218 |language=EN |issn=0974-9284|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* ''Shahu Chattrapati: A Royal Revolutionary'' (1976) <ref>{{cite web |title=Shahu Chhatrapati : a royal revolutionary / Dhananjay Keer |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/2240263 |website=[[National Library of Australia]] |access-date=18 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pandit |first1=Nalini |title=Review of Shahu Chhatrapati: A Royal Revolutionary |journal=India Quarterly |date=1977 |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=124–126 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45070641 |access-date=22 February 2026 |issn=0974-9284|via=[[JSTOR]]}}</ref>

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