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| name = Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date text|1883}}<br />
| birth_place = Chiplun<br />
| death_date = {{death year and age|1964|1883}}<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]<br>{{small|(Nominated)}}<br />
| term_start = 3 April 1956<br />
| term_end = 1964 {{small|(his death)}}<br />
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| occupation = Writer<br />
| language = Marathi<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| citizenship = Indian<br />
| subject = Laborers under the dominance of their employers and the plight of women under male dominance<br />
| notableworks = Widhawa Kumari, Parat Bhet, Dhawata Dhota<br />
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'''Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar''' (1883–1964), also known as '''Mama Varerkar''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/Awardees.php?section=af|title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellow|access-date=4 January 2017|publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302160934/https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/Awardees.php?section=af|archive-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> was a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] writer from [[Bombay Presidency]], India.<br />
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Varerkar was born in 1883 in [[Chiplun]] in the [[Konkan]] region. He attended high schools in [[Malvan]], [[Dapoli]] and [[Ratnagiri]]. Before graduating he left his studies, worked for a while as a postal clerk, then migrated to [[Mumbai]].<br />
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Varerkar wrote the play ''Kunjawihari'' (कुंजविहारी) in 1907. He wrote other plays with historic, mythological and social themes; he wrote many novels, short stories and film scripts. His writings strongly reflected his empathy for laborers under the dominance of their employers and the plight of women under male dominance.<br />
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He translated into Marathi many novels of [[Bengali people|Bengali]] writer [[Sharat Chandra Chatterji]].<br />
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Varerkar presided over [[Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]] in [[Dhule]] in 1944. Later, he was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament.<br />
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==Works==<br />
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===Novels===<br />
* Widhawa Kumari (विधवा कुमारी) (1928)<br />
* Parat Bhet (परत भेट) (1933)<br />
* Dhawata Dhota (धावता धोटा)<br />
* Godu Gokhale (गोदू गोखले)<br />
* Tarate Polad (तरते पोलाद)<br />
* Petate Pani (पेटते पाणी)<br />
* Sat Lakhatil Ek (सात लाखातील एक)<br />
* Drawidi Pranayam (द्राविडी प्राणायाम)<br />
* Bhangad Galli (भानगडगल्ली)<br />
* Kuldaiwat(कुलदैवत)<br />
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===Plays===<br />
* Kunjawihari (कुंजविहारी) (1907)<br />
* Hach Mulacha Bap (हाच मुलाचा बाप) (1917)<br />
* Satteche Gulam (सत्तेचे गुलाम) (1922)<br />
* Sonyacha Kalas (सोन्याचा कळस) (1932)<br />
* Saraswat (सारस्वत) (1942)<br />
* Bhumikanya Sita (भूमिकन्या सीता) (1955)<br />
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