Shankar Ramchandra Kharat
Shankar Ramchandra Kharat was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.
Kharat was born in Atpadi, the secondary capital of the former princely state of Aundh, now in Sangli district. As an adult, he converted to Buddhism.
Kharat was associated with B. R. Ambedkar. He served for some years as the vice-chancellor of Marathwada University. and as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council.
In his writings, Kharat mainly wrote about the life experiences of people from the Dalit community.
