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Sannappa P. Gaonkar
Born	January 11, 1885 (1885-01-11) (age 124) Uttar Kannada, Karnataka
Died	1972 Ankola
Pen name	SAPA
Nationality	Indian
Spouse(s)	Venkamma U. Keremane from Hiregutti

Sannappa Parameshwar Gaonkar (January 11, 1885-1972), also called Sa.Pa. Gaonkar, was an Indian politician, and author. Sapa. Gaonkar was often described as "Sajjan"', or "good and gentle" ^[1].

Gaonkar was imprisoned during the British Raj for having participated in the Quit India Movement, and later served as a deputy minister in B. G. Kher’s cabinet of the composite State of Bombay, India.

[edit] Biography

Sannappa Parameshwara Gaonkar (Grandson of Ram Gaonkar) was born on Jan 11, 1885 in Torke. Sa.Pa. was headmaster of Tadadi primary Kannada school, Tadadi. At the age of 40 (1925), he graduated from the Willingdon college, Sangli. He was an officer at Hubli municipality. After his retirement in the year 1942, S. P. Gaonkar participated in Quit India movement and joined the Swaraj Party. In the year 1946-47, B. G. Kher nominated Gaonkar as a deputy minister in his cabinet of the composite state of Bombay, India. It was Gaonkar, in the year 1936, who helped to organize the Kannada Sahitya Academy sammelan in Gokarna.

[edit] His work (Poetry and writings)

• Mugilu Kavan (1932)
• Raitar Golu
• Nadakale
• Ankoleyavanu
• Gitanjali ( A translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali into Kannada language) (1962).

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