B. D. Satoskar (26 March 1909 – 27 November 2000) was an Indian historian,

freedom fighter A freedom fighter is a person engaged in a struggle to achieve political freedom, particularly against an established government. The term is typically reserved for those who are actively involved in armed or otherwise violent rebellion. Termi ...

, publisher and journalist. Born in

Marcel, Goa Marcel, also known as Mashel, is a village-turned- census town in the Ponda Sub-District, North Goa in the state of Goa, India. It is located in the ''Novas Conquistas'' region of the state. History Marcel was founded by the Portuguese, in 1 ...

, he has authored many books in

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India **Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...

as well as in the

Konkani language Konkani, (Devanagari: , Konkani in the Roman script, Romi: , Kannada script, Kannada: , Koleluttu: , Nastaliq: ; IAST: , ) formerly Concani or Concanese, is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily i ...

. He is best known for ''Gomantak prakriti ani Sanskriti'' (Goa:Nature and Culture, volumes I-III), an encyclopedic work on history and culture of

Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

and the

Goans Goans ( Romi Konkani: , ) is the demonym used to describe the people native to Goa, India, formerly part of Portuguese India (''Estado Português da Índia''). They form an ethno-linguistic group resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, ...

. This work was republished on occasion of his birth centenary, in March 2009.

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The Directorate of Official Language,

Government of Goa The Government of Goa is a state government created by the Constitution of India and has executive, legislative and judicial authority of the state of Goa. It is headquartered in Panaji, the capital city of Goa. History The governor's is large ...

has instituted the ''B. D. Satoskar Marathi Bhasha Puraskar'' under the Bhasha Puraskar Yojana. The award is conferred upon personalities to honour their contribution to

Marathi language Marathi (; , 𑘦𑘨𑘰𑘙𑘲, , ) is a Classical languages of India, classical Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra and is also spoken in Goa, and parts of Guj ...

. The award consists of

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one

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, a memento, manpatra,

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and a shriphal.

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