Gradually with other writers like, Namdeo Dhasal (who founded Dalit Panther), these Dalit writings paved way for the strengthening of Dalit movement. His first collection of stories, Jevha Mi Jat Chorali (जेव्हा मी जात चोरली) (When I Concealed My Caste), published in 1963, created a stir in Marathi literature with its passionate depiction of a cruel society and thus brought in new momentum to Dalit literature in Marathi. Baburao Bagul (1930–2008) was a pioneer of Dalit writings in Marathi.
In 1958 the term "Dalit literature" was used for the first time, when the first conference of Maharashtra Dalit Sahitya Sangha (Maharashtra Dalit Literature Society) was held at Mumbai, a movement inspired by 19th century social reformer, Jyotiba Phule and eminent dalit leader, Dr. It was the age of English prose, reformist activism and a great intellectual ferment. Like the corresponding periods in other Indian languages, this was the period dominated by English-educated intellectuals. The late-19th century in Maharashtra was a period of colonial modernity. They used brahmins of Pune for this task and adopted the Sanskrit dominated dialect spoken by this caste in the city as the standard dialect for Marathi. The colonial authorities also worked on standardizing Marathi under the leadership of James Thomas Molesworth .
The book is still in print nearly two centuries after its publication. The most comprehensive Marathi-English dictionaries was compiled by Captain James Thomas Molesworth and Major Thomas Candy in 1831.
Carey's dictionary had fewer entries and Marathi words were in Modi script. The British colonial period (also known as the Modern Period) starting saw standardisation of Marathi grammar through the efforts of the Christian missionary William Carey.