• Born on 15th Feb 1924 to father Shripad Shastri and mother Radhabai at Indore


• Passed Higher Secondary exam of Ajmer Board in Yr 1941


• Passed Inter exam of UP Board in Yr 1943


• Passed Shastri exam in Yr 1944


• Passed B A exam of Agra University in Yr 1945


• Passed M A ( Sanskrit) from Maharaja College Jaipur in Yr 1947 with 2nd position in Agra University


• Awarded Nopani Sanskrit Medal in Yr 1947 for having secured 84 % marks in MA 2nd Yr – a record


• Passed Sahityacharya from Benares with 1st position in Yr 1948


• Studied for PhD during Yrs 1949 – 51 under Dr P L Vaidya at College of Indology BHU


• Served as Lecturer in Govt College Amravati during 1952-1955


• Married Tarabai Atre nee Manjushri on 1st Dec 1953


• Served as OSD at Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya Raipur from 1955 – 1957


• Served as Professor at Institute of Languages Jabalpur from 1957 – 1959


• As Principal DSV Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya Raipur from 1959 – 1967


• As Principal Govt P G College Shahdol from 1968 – 1971


• As Principal Govt PG College Dhar from 1971 – 1978


• As Principal Govt P G College Neemuch from 1978 – 1982


• Retired from MP Collegiate Education Services in Feb 1982


• Awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for Yr 1984


• Awarded Banbhatta Puraskar in May 1985


• Awarded Saraswat Samman in 1986


• Died 4th March 1988

Also see the following links,

Reserach publications of Shrinath
Creative literature by Shrinath
Creative literature by Pt. Shripad Shastri Hasurkar
Awards recived by Shrinath
Pictorial glimpse of life of Shrinath
Shraddhanjali

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