Bahinabai Chaudhari

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Bahinabai Chaudhari


Born
in Jalgaon district, India
August 24, 1880

Died
December 03, 1951


Bahinabai Chaudhari (Devanagari: बहिणाबाई चौधरी) (1880 – 3 December 1951) was a noted Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.

She was born in 24 August 1880 (Nagpanchami) in Asoda in Khandesh District (present-day Jalgaon district). At the age of 13, she was married to Nathuji Chaudhari and became an early widow.

Though Bahinabai was totally illiterate(did not attend formal school), she was an accomplished poet. She verbally composed her poems in ovi (ओवी) metre, and her son Sopandev Chaudhari (1907–1982) wrote them down on paper. Her poems in Leva Ganboli language reflected her minute observations of nature and human life around her. They displayed her sense of subtle humor and much wisdom.had composed beautiful and appealing poems.she was the
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