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{{short description|Indian art historian}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Dulari Qureshi
| image = Dulari Qureshi.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|09|24|df=y}}
| occupation = Art historian, academic, author
}}
'''Dulari Qureshi''' (born 24 September 1950) is an Indian academic, art historian and author. She has written more than 1,000 articles on art, culture and tourism development and its impacts on monuments. She is a retired professor and Director in the Department of Tourism Administration, [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University]], [[Aurangabad]]. She is also the Cultural chairperson of the [[Ellora]]-[[Ajanta Caves|Ajanta]] Aurangabad Festival.<ref>{{cite news|last=Syed|first=Rizwanullah|date=3 October 2009|title=Ellora-Ajanta festival cancelled. Reason swine flu|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-03/pune/28081053_1_swine-flu-festival-revenue-officials|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113050140/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-03/pune/28081053_1_swine-flu-festival-revenue-officials|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 November 2013|accessdate=17 November 2013}}</ref> One of her significant contributions is the discovery of inscriptions at [[Pitalkhora]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Unhale |first=Sanjeev |date=4 December 1991 |title=Cave inscriptions discovered |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |location=Mumbai, India }}</ref> near Aurangabad. Qureshi is the President of Indian Tourist Congress (Western Zone).<ref>[http://www.indiaclub.com/Shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=17637 About the author] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223070954/http://www.indiaclub.com/Shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=17637 |date=23 February 2012 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Sitikanth Mishra appointed ITC Chairman|url=https://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20090118/1155603.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-23|website=WebIndia123.com|publisher=Suni Systems|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307132348/http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20090118/1155603.html |archive-date=7 March 2012 }}</ref> She is from [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra]].<ref name=":0" />
[[Image:Dr Dulari receving award.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Dr Dulari Qureshi receiving Life Time Achievement Award for promotion of Tourism in Maharashtra, by Maharashtra State, Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture]]

==Biography==

Dulari Qureshi is the daughter of Professor Ramesh Shankar Gupte, an art historian, author and the former head of Department of History and a senior professor in [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University]] in Aurangabad. Her mother Nalini Gupte was a physician.

She holds a Doctorate in Art History;{{Where|date=July 2021}} the topic of her thesis being, 'Art and Vision of [[Aurangabad Caves]]'.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}} She also has a degree in Journalism and a post graduate diploma in Tourism.{{Where|date=July 2021}}{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}

==Work==
[[File:Williamdalrymplewithdulariqureshi.jpg|thumb|right|Historian [[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]] seen with Dr Dulari Qureshi at her residence in Aurangabad, Maharashtra]]
Dulari Qureshi has made contributions in the fields of art, history and journalism. She has written more than 20 research articles which were published on national level in books and journals.<ref name="inscription">[[#inscriptions|Times of India]]</ref> Apart from her research work, she also contributes articles, feature stories, conducts interviews of famous personalities and has more than 500 articles and other stories to her credit. She started a series of articles and feature stories on the [[Gates in Aurangabad, Maharashtra|gates of Auranagabad]], their present condition which received attention on national level. More so, to promote the local culture and tourism, Dr Dulari along with Dr Morwanchikar took efforts to start the Ellora-Aurangabad festival, of which she is the cultural chairperson, which is held annually.<ref name =MLBD.com>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlbd.com/AuthorDecription.aspx?id=2652 |title=Dulari Qureshi |author= |date= |publisher=MLBD.com |accessdate=21 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714104243/http://www.mlbd.com/AuthorDecription.aspx?id=2652 |archive-date=14 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== History ===

Apart from being a historian, Qureshi is also a History activist. She played a major role in coercing the [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]] to plan and to carry out some rock-buttressing and [[waterproofing]] works in the [[Ajanta Caves]] along with the chemical conservation of a few of its [[frescoes]]. Qureshi along with Morwonchikar, and [[Walter Spink]] also pointed out the blunders made at Ajanta by conservators in the past. They opined that only those frescoes in immediate danger of crumbling should be attended to by the ASI or any other national or International body working for the conservation of Ajanta caves.<ref>{{cite news |title=ASI plans to shore up boulders at Ajanta
|author=TOI |date= 19 December 2002 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-12-19/mumbai/27294488_1_asi-plans-ajanta-caves-frescoes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811050115/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-12-19/mumbai/27294488_1_asi-plans-ajanta-caves-frescoes|url-status=dead|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]
|archive-date=11 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030119/spectrum/main2.htm |title=Ajanta frescoes get a facelift|author=Das Zoya |date=19 January 2003 |work=The Sunday Tribune |accessdate=21 March 2010}}</ref>

==Associations==
[[File:Dr Dulari Quresi.jpg|thumb|right|Dr Dulari Qureshi addressing a heritage walk rally organised by [[Divya Marathi]], a pullout of [[Dainik Bhaskar]], a leading newspaper of India]]
She is closely associated with a number of organisations which are as follows:

* The Tourism Advisory Board; [[Maharashtra]]
* Executive Member; Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
* Expert Committee on [[Antiquities]] ASI
* Cultural Chairperson; Ellora Ajanta Aurangabad Festival Committee
* She was also Joint Secretary of the World Management [[Meeting|Conference]] held in Aurangabad in October 1999
* Member of the Heritage Committee formed by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation

== Books written ==

*''Art and Vision of Aurangabad Caves''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bkpbooks.com/Bookdesc.aspx?id=1840|title=Book details|author=|date=|publisher=Bharatiya Kala Prakashan|accessdate=6 March 2010}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*''Tourism Potential in Aurangabad''<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.flipkart.com/tourism-potential-aurangabad-dulari-gupte/8186050442-cw23f8tyvd|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120527151806/http://www.flipkart.com/tourism-potential-aurangabad-dulari-gupte/8186050442-cw23f8tyvd|url-status= dead|archive-date= 27 May 2012|title= Tourism Potential in Aurangabad: With Ajanta, Ellora and Daultabad|author= Flipkart|date= |publisher= |accessdate= 6 March 2010}}</ref>
*''Fort of Daulatabad''
*''Rock Cut Temples of Western India''
*''Sculptures of Marathwada''
*''Ajanta, Sculpture, Architecture and Painting''
*''Encyclopedia of Hindu Temples'' (co-writer)
*''Encyclopedia of Buddhist Temples'' (co-writer)
*''Encyclopedia of Jain Temples'' (co-writer)
*''Encyclopedia of Muslim Monuments'' (co-writer)

== Books edited ==

* Encyclopedia on Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Islam (IV Volumes)

== References ==
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== Sources ==
*[http://www.vedicbooks.net/fort-of-daulatabad-p-2998.html Vedic Books]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090208182227/http://aurangabadfestival.in/organiser.html Ellora-Aurangabad Festival Committee]
*[http://www.bagchee.com/books.php?id=8853 Bagchee.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110605231540/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030119/spectrum/main2.htm Tribune India]

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