Background
Keer was born in Ratnagiri on April 23, 1913.
Keer was born in Ratnagiri on April 23, 1913.
K. North. Jadhav writes that the revolutionary atmosphere in Ratnagiri in the early 1920s had a great influence on him. He migrated to Mumbai in 1938 to work with the Education Committee of the city"s Municipal Corporation. He began writing in "Free Hindustan".
His first biography, that of Savarkar, was first published in 1950.
Later he wrote biographies of Ambedkar and Tilak. Resigning from his job, he wrote biographies of Phule, Shahu and Gandhi.
Arvind Lavakare informs that he belonged to the "bhandari caste" and worked with Savarkar in the building of a temple in Ratnagiri. By Rajendraprasad South. Masurkar (author of Keer"s biography) He was born in a lower-middle-class family which belonged to Bhandari caste.
However, his biographical works include only one hero from his own caste.
He studied English with striving efforts, though never admitted himself to a college for higher education. He also conducted a night school for girls in Mumbai which still survives. His autobiography and biography, both in Marathi, his mother tongue are published.