Jayant Salgaonkar
Indian jyotishi (astrologer), businessman, historian, scholar and writer
Jayant Salgaonkar (1 February 1929 – 20 August 2013) was an Indian jyotishi (astrologer), businessman, historian, scholar, and writer. He was the founder of Kalnirnay.2
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Born Feb 1, 1929, died Aug 20, 2013.1
Companies
- Kalnirnay English CalendarFounder8
Early life and education
He wrote Kalnirnay in 1973, selling over 10 million copies in nine languages. Kalnirnay is a yearly almanac of all religions containing details of auspicious dates, festivals and celebrations of Farsi, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindu and others. He created a combination of jyotish, information and dharmashstra. He was the pioneer of the daily Rashi Bhavishya and the daily crossword in the Marathi newspaper.
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Career
Occupation: writer.4
- Date not recordedFounded Kalnirnay English Calendar3
Personal life
He and his wife had three sons and grandchildren.
Jyotirbhaskar Jayant Salgaonkar died in the Hinduja hospital in Mumbai after a brief illness.
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- 1WikidataJayant Salgaonkar on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaJayant Salgaonkar on Wikipedia
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- 9Wikimedia CommonsJayant Salgaonkar photo by Vabi28, CC BY-SA 4.0