# Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan

Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (All India Marathi Literary Conference) is an annual conference for literary discussions by Marathi writers. Marathi is the official language of Maharashtra State. The first Marathi Sahitya Sammelan was held in Pune in 1878 under the chairmanship of Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade.

## Conferences held

Following is the list of the conferences with year and venue:
| Edition | Year | Location | President |
| 1st | 1878 | Pune | Mahadev Govind Ranade |
| - | 1879–1884 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 2nd | 1885 | Pune | Krushna Shastri Rajwade |
| | 1886–1904 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 3rd | 1905 | Satara | Raghunath Pandurang Karandikar |
| 4th | 1906 | Pune | Govind Vaman Kanitkar |
| 5th | 1907 | Pune | Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani |
| 6th | 1908 | Pune | Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya |
| 7th | 1909 | Baroda | Kanhoba Ranchhodadas Kirtikar |
| - | 1910–1911 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 8th | 1912 | Akola | Hari Narayan Apte |
| - | 1913–1914 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 9th | 1915 | Mumbai | Gangadhar Patwardhan |
| - | 1916 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 10th | 1917 | Indore | Ganesh Janardan Agashe |
| - | 1918–1920 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 11th | 1921 | Baroda | Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar |
| - | 1922–1925 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 12th | 1926 | Mumbai | Madhav Vinayak Kibe |
| 13th | 1927 | Pune | Shripad Krushna Kolhatkar |
| 14th | 1928 | Gwalior | Madhav Shrihari Aney |
| 15th | 1929 | Belgaum | Shivram Mahadev Paranjape |
| 16th | 1930 | Margao | Vaman Malhar Joshi |
| 17th | 1931 | Hyderabad | Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar |
| 18th | 1932 | Kolhapur | Sayajirao Gayakwad |
| 19th | 1933 | Nagpur | Krushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar |
| 20th | 1934 | Baroda | Narayan Govind Chapekar |
| 21st | 1935 | Indore | Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi |
| 22nd | 1936 | Jalgaon | Madhav Trimbak Patwardhan |
| - | 1937 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 23rd | 1938 | Mumbai | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar |
| 24th | 1939 | Ahmednagar | Datto Vaman Potdar |
| 25th | 1940 | Ratnagiri | Narayan Sitaram Phadke |
| 26th | 1941 | Solapur | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar |
| 27th | 1942 | Nashik | Prahlad Keshav Atre |
| 28th | 1943 | Sangli | Shripad Mahadev Mate |
| 29th | 1944 | Dhule | Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar |
| - | 1945 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 30th | 1946 | Belgaum | Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar |
| 31st | 1947 | Hyderabad | Narahar Raghunath Phatak |
| - | 1948 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 32nd | 1949 | Pune | Shankar Dattatraya Javdekar |
| 33rd | 1950 | Mumbai | Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar |
| 34th | 1951 | Karwar | Anant Kakba Priyolkar |
| 35th | 1952 | Amalner | Krushnaji Pandurang Kulkarni |
| 36th | 1953 | Ahmedabad | Viththal Dattatreya Ghate |
| 37th | 1954 | Delhi | Laxmanshastri Balaji Joshi |
| 38th | 1955 | Pandharpur | Shankar Damodar Pendse |
| - | 1956 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 39th | 1957 | Aurangabad | Anant Atmaram Kanekar |
| 40th | 1958 | Malvan | Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande |
| 41st | 1959 | Miraj | Shrikrushna Keshav Kshirsagar |
| 42nd | 1960 | Thane | Ramchandra Shripad Jog |
| 43rd | 1961 | Gwalior | Kusumavati Deshpande |
| 44th | 1962 | Satara | Narahar Vishnu Gadgil |
| - | 1963 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 45th | 1964 | Margao | Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar |
| 46th | 1965 | Hyderabad | Waman Lakshman Kulkarni |
| - | 1966 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 47th | 1967 | Bhopal | Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte |
| - | 1968 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 48th | 1969 | Wardha | Purushottam Shivram Rege |
| - | 1970–1972 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 49th | 1973 | Yavatmal | Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar |
| 50st | 1974 | Ichalkaranji | Purushottam Laxman Deshpande |
| 51st | 1975 | Karad | Durga Bhagwat |
| - | 1976 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 52nd | 1977 | Pune | Purushottam Bhaskar Bhave |
| - | 1978 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 53rd | 1979 | Chandrapur | Vaman Krushna Chorghade |
| 54th | 1980 | Barshi | Gangadhar Balkrushna Sardar |
| 55th | 1981 (February) | Akola | Gopal Nilkanth Dandekar |
| 56th | 1981 (December) | Raipur | Gangadhar Gopal Gadgil |
| 57th | 1983 | Ambejogai | Vyankatesh Digambar Madgulkar |
| 58th | 1984 | Jalgaon | Shankar Ramchandra Kharat |
| 59th | 1985 | Nanded | Shankar Babaji Patil |
| 60th | 1986 | Mumbai | Vishram Bedekar |
| - | 1987 | No Conference | No Conference |
| 61st | 1988 | Thane | Vasant Kanetkar |
| 62nd | 1989 | Amravati | Keshav Jagannath Purohit |
| 63rd | 1990 (January) | Pune | Yusufkhan Mohamadkhan Pathan |
| 64th | 1990 (December) | Ratnagiri | Madhu Mangesh Karnik |
| 65th | 1992 | Kolhapur | Ramesh Mantri |
| 66th | 1993 | Satara | Vidyadhar Gokhale |
| 67th | 1994 | Panaji | Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar |
| 68th | 1995 | Parbhani | Narayan Gangaram Surve |
| 69th | 1996 | Alandi | Shanta Shelke |
| 70st | 1997 | Ahmednagar | Nagnath S. Inamdar |
| 71st | 1998 | Parali Vaijnath | Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar |
| 72nd | 1999 | Mumbai | Vasant Bapat |
| 73rd | 2000 | Belgaum | Yashawant Dinkar Phadke |
| 74th | 2001 | Indore | Vijaya Rajadhyaksha |
| 75th | 2002 | Pune | Rajendra Banhatti |
| 76th | 2003 | Karad | Subhash Bhende |
| 77th | 2004 | Aurangabad | R. G. Jadhav |
| 78th | 2005 | Nashik | Keshav Tanaji Meshram |
| 79th | 2006 | Solapur | Maruti Chitampalli |
| 80th | 2007 | Nagpur | Arun Sadhu |
| 81st | 2008 | Sangli | Madhukar Dattatreya Hatakananglekar |
| 82nd | 2009 | Mahabaleshwar | Anand Ratan Yadav |
| 83rd | 2010 | Pune | Dattatraya Bhikaji Kulkarni |
| 84th | 2011 | Thane | Uttam Kamble |
| 85th | 2012 | Chandrapur | Vasant Abaji Dahake |
| 86th | 2013 | Chiplun | Nagnath Kottapalle |
| 87th | 2014 | Saswad | F. M. Shinde |
| 88th | 2015 | Ghuman, Punjab | Dr. Sadanand More |
| 89th | 2016 | Pimpri-Chinchwad | Dr. Shripal Sabnis |
| 90th | 2017 | Dombivli | Dr. Akshaykumar Kale |
| 91st | 2018 | Baroda | Lakshmikant Deshmukh |
| 92nd | 2019 | Yavatmal | Aruna Ramchandra Dhere |
| 93rd | 2020 | Osmanabad | Francis D'Britto |
| 94th | 2021 | Nashik | Jayant Narlikar |
| 95th | 2022 | Udgir | Bharat Sasane |
| 96th | 2023 | Wardha | Justice (Retd.) Narendra Chapalgaokar |
| 97th | 2024 | Amalner | Ravindra Shobhane |
| 98th | 2025 | Delhi | Dr Tara Bhawalkar |

## Women presidents

Only six women have been the presidents of the Sammelan to date:
| Year | Location | President |
| 1961 | Gwalior | Kusumavati Deshpande |
| 1975 | Karad | Durga Bhagwat |
| 1996 | Alandi | Shanta Shelke |
| 2001 | Indore | Vijaya Rajadhyaksha |
| 2019 | Yavatmal | Aruna Ramchandra Dhere |
| 2025 | Delhi | Dr Tara Bhawalkar |