Question

Explain the following statement with its reason.

People began to address G. S. Sardesai as ‘Riyasatkar’.

Answer 1

1. Govind Sakharam Sardesai published several volumes of Maratha history.
2. He also published the Marathi Riyasat which was a momentous achievement in the field of Indian Historiography. 
3. It is this book which became so famous that people began to address him as ‘Riyasatkar’.