
sridhar venkatesh ketkar

sridhar venkatesh ketkar (2 februwari 1884-10 april 1937) heey bharatatil maharashtratil eka marathi samajshastradnya, itihaskar aanee kadambarikar hote. marathi bhashetil pahila vishvakosh 'maharashtriy dnyankosh' chey mukhya sampadak mhanoon teey pramukhyane olakhale jaatat.
prarambhik jeevan aanee parshvabhoomi.
ketkar yancha janm madhya pradeshatil raipur yetheel eka marathi hindu kutumbat jhaala aanee tyanche shikshan willson mahavidhyalay, mumbai yethe jhaale. 1906 madhye teey americela gele aanee 1911 madhye cornell vidyapithatun ph. dii. prapt kelee. londonmadhye eka varshbhar vastavya kelyanantar (sumare 1912), jithe teey tyanchi bhavee patni edith kohan yanna bhetale, teey bharatat paratale.
karkird.
tyanchi bharatatil pahili niyukti kalkatta vidyapithat arthshastra, prashasana vidnyan aanee sarvatrik nyayshastrache pradhyapak mhanoon jhaali.
1920 madhye, ketkar (joou eka marathi chitpavan brahman hota) yane edith kohanshi (1886-1979) vivah keela, joou punyat tyachyasobat sameel jhaala. lagnanantar edithche naav badaloon 'shilavati ketkar' karnyat aale. shrimati ketkar yanni ketkar yanche vaishishthya, tyanchi dattak ghetaleli done mule aanee kautumbik jeevan yabaddal eka sansmaran lihile aahe. shrimati ketkar (jee mool german bhashik hotee) yanni tyanchya patichya khajgi vaparasathi morries winternitz yanchya 'bharatiy sahityacha itihas' yaa pustakache ingrajitun germanmadhye bhashantar kele hote; tathapi, swatah pradhyapak winternitz (jeey eka kautumbik mitra hote) yanchya protsahanamule heey nantar prakashit jhaale.
ketkar yanni 1926 madhye 'shardopasak sammelan' (shardopasak sammelan) yaa done marathi sahityik adhiveshananche adhyaksh mhanoon kaam kele aanee 
"1931 madhye 'maharashtra sahitya sammelan' (maharashtra sahitya sammelan).
madhumehi ketkar yancha punyat gambhir jakhamemule mrutyu jhaala. dii. yanni eka charitra lihile aahe. aine. gokhal.
samajik aanee aitihasik kaame.
tyancha doctorate prabandh nantar 'bharatatil jaaticha itihas' (khand 1) mhanoon prakashit jhaala, joou 'manusmruti' chee tarikh aanee tyaa kalatil jaatee-sambandhanchya swarupavaril tippanya tharvato. nantar tyanni yaa granthacha pudhcha bhag lihila, jyache shirshak 'hindu dharmavaril eka nibandh' asey hote, jyamadhye itar goshtimbarobarach bharatatil jaatee vyavasthechya utpattivar charcha kelee aahe.
1914 madhye tyanni 'bharatiy arthshastravaril nibandh' aanee 'hindu kayada aanee tyachya aitihasik abhyasachya paddhati aanee tattve' heey aanakhi done grunth prakashit kele.
ketkar yanchi rajkiy matey tyanchya 'nishastranche rajkaran' (neeh shtaranche rajkaran, nihshastranche rajkaran, 1926) aanee 'vijayi bharat' (1937) pasoon midavali jaau shakatat. jawaljawal eka dashak abhyas kelyanantar, tyanni 'pracheen maharashtrah satvahan parv' (parcheen maharashtrah satvahan parv, pracheen maharashtrah satvahan kaal, 1935) navache aitihasik grunth lihile.
vishvakosh.
ketkar yanchya dnyankoshavaril karyane tyanna andaje 1916 teey 1928 paryant vyapale. teey keval pravartak aanee sampadakach navhate, tarr sampoorn prakalpache lekhapal aanee mahavyavasthapak dekhil hote.
yaa prakalpabaddalchya tyanchya anubhavancha tapasheel tyanchya pustakat aahe. 
"majhe baar varshanche kaam, urf dnyankosh, mandacha ethys" 
(majhe baaraa varshanche kaam, urf dnyankosh mandalacha itihas, majhya kamachi baaraa varshe, kinwa vishvakosh samiticha itihas).
kadambya.
ketkar yanni marathi bhashet pudhil kadambyahii lihilya.
yaa navikanna yaa shabdachya vyapak arthane 'kalpananchya kadambya' mhatale jaau shakate. teey paramparik charitryachya vikasat farsa rus dakhavat naheet; dusarikade, tyanchyat vividh jamati aanee samajambaddal barich mahitee asate, tasech samajshastriy sudharanambaddal anek lakshavedhipane spasht kalpana asatat.
kadambyanchey samikshatmak abhyas dii. aine. gokhale yanni prakashit kele aahet. 
aanee durga bhagvat.