अण्णाभाऊ साठे यांनी साम्यवादी विचाराचा प्रसार करण्यासाठी खालील कलाप्रकाराचा प्रभावी वापर केला.

Correct Answer: Option (1) Drama

⚠️ Note / Question & Answer Key Clarification: This question was cancelled / dropped by MPSC in the final revised answer key. Annabhau Sathe vigorously mobilized Communist ideology through both the 'Lal Bawta Kala Pathak' (cultural troupe - Option 4) and radical socio-political dramas/folk plays (*Loknatya* - Option 1). Due to overlapping validity between options, the commission cancelled the question.

Key Points:

Annabhau Sathe Annabhau wrote extensively during his lifetime. He wrote about 21 collections of short stories and more than 30 novels. Folk dramas, Powade, Lavani, travel descriptions, stories, poems, songs, etc. in Marathi literature. Annabhau was a social reformer, folk poet, and Dalit writer from Maharashtra, India. Annabhau's literature has the power to destroy animosity in society. He worked to shed light on the social situation of the time through his writings. His most famous novels are Vaijayanta on the exploitation of women in spectacles, and Faqira, a story about a young man who looted British treasures and grain warehouses during a severe famine and told the story of a young man who felt poor and hardworking. His novel 'Faqira' won the State Government's Best Novel Award in 1961 Despite lacking formal education, Sathe wrote 35 novels in the Marathi language. He was a follower of Dr. Ambedkar's teachings and Sathe's stories were testaments to Dalits' self-respect and resistance.