death_date religion other_names nationality birth_date known_for article_title name
03 june 1956 hindu veer wamanrao joshi , dada joshi indian 18 march 1881 indian independence movement waman gopal joshi
 waman gopal joshi
waman gopal joshi

waman gopal joshi -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 18 march 1881 -- 3 june 1956 -rrb- was a marathi journalist , playwright , and freedom fighter , from maharashtra , india .
he was the editor of rashtramat and swatantra hindustan during the freedom struggle of india .
he courted arrest and came to be known as veer wamanrao joshi or veer vamanrao joshi .
he wrote the play ` rana-dundubhi ' , whose songs were made famous by dinanath mangeshkar .
waman gopal joshi should not be confused with the writer vaman malhar joshi .
they were contemporaries .
