Background
He was born on November 30, 1935 in the village Kagal near Kolhapur, Maharashtra in a poor family.
He was born on November 30, 1935 in the village Kagal near Kolhapur, Maharashtra in a poor family.
Best known for his autobiography "Zombi"(). His illiterate farmer father was not in favor of educating him. So young Yadav ran away from home, and, facing many hardships, received education as high as a doctorate from Pune University.
His books such as Jhombi and Nangarani depicts his struggle for education.
Yadav was elected as the president of the which was held at Mahabaleshwar in March 2009. The mahamandal members had demanded his resignation with a warning that they would disrupt the sammelan if their demand was not metropolitan
However, he resigned from that position four days before the sammelan in response to protests primarily by members of the varkari mahamandal against some of the material in his biographical novel "Santasurya Tukaram" (संतसूर्य तुकाराम).
