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| birth_date = 1909<ref name="birth1">{{cite book|last=Jawaharlal Nehru|author-link=Jawaharlal Nehru|title=Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru|publisher=Orient Longman|year=1982|volume=4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56oBAAAAMAAJ&q=d+g+tendulkar+1909+1971&dq=d+g+tendulkar+1909+1971&cd=1}}</ref><ref name="birth2">{{cite book|last=Deva|first=Narendra|author2=Hari Dev Sharma|title=Selected Works of Acharya Narendra Deva: 1948–1952; Volume 3|publisher=Radiant Publishers|year=1999|pages=549|isbn=978-81-7027-176-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oqjaAAAAMAAJ&cd=2&dq=D+G+tendulkar+cambridge&q=1909+tendulkar#search_anchor}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Ratnagiri]], [[Bombay Presidency]], British India
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'''Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar''' (1909–1972) was an Indian writer and documentary film maker. He is most well known as the author of an eight-volume biography of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], titled ''Mahatma: Life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi''. He was also a close associate of [[Vithalbhai Jhaveri]] and collaborated for the documentary film, ''[[Mahatma: Life of Gandhi, 1869–1948]]''.<ref>[https://www.thankyouindianarmy.com/vithalbhai-jhaveri/ Vithalbhai Jhaveri]</ref> He died on Monday, June 12, 1972.<ref>Relevance of June 12 in the history of India, [[India Today]][https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/june-12-in-the-history-of-india-257139-2015-06-12][https://www.rocketcalendar.com/calendar/1972-06]</ref>

==Early life==

He was born in [[Ratnagiri]], Maharashtra ([[Bombay Presidency]] as it was called then) and was educated first at [[University of Cambridge]] and then at Universities [[University of Marburg|Marburg]] and [[University of Göttingen|Göttingen]].<ref name="Deva">{{cite book|last=Deva|first=Narendra|author2=Hari Dev Sharma|title=Selected Works of Acharya Narendra Deva: 1948–1952; Volume 3|publisher=Radiant Publishers|year=1999|pages=309|isbn=978-81-7027-176-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oqjaAAAAMAAJ&cd=2&dq=D+G+tendulkar+cambridge&q=marburg#search_anchor}}</ref>

==Writer==

Tendulkar gained international notability for writing the eight-volume biography of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], titled ''Mahatma: Life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/09/stories/2003010900640200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040717170255/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/09/stories/2003010900640200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2004|title= Of a nation in a sling |last=Guha|first=Ramachandra|author-link=Ramachandra Guha|date=9 January 2003|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=15 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last= Tendulkar |first=Dinanath Gopal. |author2=Illus. collected and arranged by Vithalbhai K. Jhaveri |author3=foreword by Jawaharlal Nehru |title=Mahatma; life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|location=Bombay|date=1951–54|lccn= a52004086}}</ref> In fact his most noted work is his Gandhi biography which was first published in 1951 with a foreword by the then Prime Minister, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?238154|title=Price of Freedom|last=Govindu |first=Venu Madhav |author2=Deepak Malghan |date=15 August 2008|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|access-date=15 February 2010}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] (third highest civilian honour in the [[Republic of India]]) decoration by the then [[President of India]], [[Rajendra Prasad]]. He refused the award and asked for (and got) a watch instead.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIM%2F2010%2F02%2F14&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T&PageLabel=22&EntityId=Ar02204&AppName=1|title=The Siege Within. Sharp descent for Padma awards – and the Republic|last=Akbar|first=M J|work=Times of India|access-date=15 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329044642/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIM%2F2010%2F02%2F14&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T&PageLabel=22&EntityId=Ar02204&AppName=1|archive-date=29 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="prasad1">{{cite book|last=Sharada Prasad|first=H. Y. |title=The book I won't be writing and other essays|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=2003|pages=210–212|isbn=978-81-8028-002-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQi967RIRh4C&pg=PA211}}</ref> Tendulkar's 1967 biography of [[Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan]] – ''Faith is a Battle'' is among the few very biographies written about Gaffar Khan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1821/18211090.htm|title=A non-violent giant|last=Singh|first=Natwar|date=13 October 2001|work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=15 February 2010|author-link=Natwar Singh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606111905/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1821/18211090.htm|archive-date=6 June 2011|url-status=usurped}}</ref> He was appointed as a member of the National Book Trust of India, when it was first established in 1957.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.education.nic.in/cd50years/g/12/25/12250302.htm |title=National Book Trust Members |work=Ministry of Education |publisher=Government of India |access-date=15 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410152616/http://www.education.nic.in/cd50years/g/12/25/12250302.htm |archive-date=10 April 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nbtindia.org.in/innerPage.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/NBTHistory.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409080908/http://www.nbtindia.org.in/innerPage.aspx?aspxerrorpath=%2FNBTHistory.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 April 2008 |title=National Book Trust : History |work=National Book Trust of India |access-date=15 February 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> His other works include ''30 months in Russia'' (1943), ''Gandhi in Champaran'' (1957) and ''Soviet Sanskriti''. He has also edited two books – ''Jawaharlal Nehru in pictures'' (1967) and ''Gandhiji:His life and works'' (1944). Tendulkar was also a documentary film maker who had trained under [[Sergei Eisenstein]] in Moscow. Tendulkar and his fellow European trained film makers – P. V. Pathy and K. S. Hirlekar – are considered to be the pioneers of documentary film making in India.<ref name="prasad1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/B1ACC6773E8A618A65256DC0003EC091 |title=The Short Film in India |last=Jag Mohan |date=1 December 2009 |work=Vidura |access-date=15 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716105933/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/B1ACC6773E8A618A65256DC0003EC091 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Roy|first=Srirupa |title=Beyond belief: India and the politics of postcolonial nationalism|publisher=Duke University Press|year=2007|pages=36|isbn=978-0-8223-4001-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xayGGrbk4skC&pg=PA36}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Sheila |first=Tully Boyle|author2=Andrew Bunie|title=Paul Robeson: the years of promise and achievement|publisher=University of Massachusetts Press|year=2001|pages=309|isbn=978-1-55849-149-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VNfDmzn71AcC&pg=PA309}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Yadav|first= M.S|author2=Shipra Kundra|title=Basic Audio-Visual Media|publisher=Anmol Publications|year=2005|pages=247|isbn=978-81-261-2453-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c58ZGTpOF14C&pg=PA247}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*''Mahatma: Life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi''
* ''30 months in Russia''<ref>{{cite book|last=Tendulkar |first=Dinanath Gopal|title=30 months in Russia|publisher=Karnatak Pub. House |location=Bombay|year=1943|pages=96|lccn=52049632}}</ref>
*''Faith is a Battle'' (a biography of [[Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Tendulkar |first=Dinanath Gopal|title=Faith is a Battle|publisher=Popular Prakashan |location=Bombay|year=1967|pages=550|oclc=8991722}}</ref>
*(ed.) ''Jawaharlal Nehru in pictures''<ref>{{cite book|title=Jawaharlal Nehru in pictures|editor=D. G. Tendulkar|publisher=Printed and published for the Proprietors Bennet, Coleman, by Pyarelal Sah at the Times of India Press|location=Bombay|year=1964 |oclc=248925009|lccn=sa65010247 }}</ref>
*''Gandhi in Champaran''<ref>{{cite book|last=Tendulkar |first=Dinanath Gopal|title=Gandhi in Champaran|url=https://archive.org/details/gandhiinchampara00tend |publisher= Publications Division, Ministry of Informations and Broadcasting |year=1957|pages=[https://archive.org/details/gandhiinchampara00tend/page/115 115]|oclc=1052810}}</ref>
*''Soviet Sanskriti''<ref name="Deva"/>
*(ed.)''Gandhiji:His life and works''<ref>{{cite book|last=Tendulkar |first=Dinanath Gopal|title= Gandhiji, his life and work|publisher= Karnatak Pub. House |location=Bombay|year=1944|pages=502|oclc=220408218}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://openlibrary.org/a/OL133162A/Dinanath_Gopal_Tendulkar DG Tendulkar page at Openlibrary]
*[https://archive.org/details/MahatmaLifeOfMohandasKaramachandGandhi Mahatma: Life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at Internet Archive]

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