Litterateur Manohar Hiraba Sardesai no more

Posted on 2008-10-15
PANAJI - The noted Goan Marathi litterateur Manohar Hiraba Sardessai passed away Tuesday midnight. He was 89. Sardessai was also an educationist, founder of Progress High School, Panaji, and had held the post of director of Education.
He is survived by a son. The funeral will leave his Porvorim residence for Panaji crematorium on Wednesday at 4 p.m. He had won a number of awards including the prestigious Gomant Sharada Puraskar of Kala Academy.