Jhaverchand Meghani

Jhaverchand Meghani August 1897 March 1947 was a noted poet, writer, social reformer and freedom fighter from Gujarat. He is a wellknown name in the field of Gujarati literature. He was born in Chotila. Mahatma Gandhi spontaneously gave him the title of Raashtreeya Shaayar . Besides this he received many awards like Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak and Mahida Paaritoshik in literature. He authored more than 100 books. His first book was a translation work of Rabindranath Tagores ballad KathaauKaahinee titled Kurbani Ni Katha which was first published in 1922. He contributed widely to Gujarati folk literature. He went from village to village in search of folklores and published them in various volumes of Saurashtra Ni Rasdhar. He was also the Editor of Phulchhab Newspaper of Janmabhoomi group .

Jhaverchand Meghani was born in Chotila town in Surendranagar, Gujarat to Kalidas and Dholima Meghani. His father Kalidas worked in the Police force and hence was often transferred to necausing most of Jhaverchands education to happen in Rajkot. He had two brothers Lalchand and Prabhashankar. He was married to a woman named Damyanti at the age ofand following the demise of his wife he married Chitradevi at the age of 36. He hadchildren out of whichwere girls namely Indu, Padmala and Murli, whilewere boys, namely Mahendra, Mastan, Nanak, Vinod, Jayant and Ashok.

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