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"name": "Chinu Modi",
"bio": "\nChinu Modi (Gujarati: ચિનુ મોદી ), (30 September 1939 – 19 March 2017), also known by his pen name Irshad (Gujarati: ઈર્શાદ), was a Gujarati language poet, novelist, short story writer and critic from Gujarat, India. Educated in languages, he taught at various institutions and established himself as a poet and author. He was a recipient of several awards including Sahitya Akademi Award, Vali Gujarati Award and Narsinh Mehta Award.\nModi was born in Vijapur on 30 September 1939 to Chandulal and Shashikantaben. His family belonged to Kadi. He completed his primary education in Vijapur and secondary education from Sheth Hasanali High School in Dholka near Ahmedabad. He completed his matriculation in 1954.",
"raw_bio": "Chinu Modi (Gujarati: ચિનુ મોદી ), (30 September 1939 – 19 March 2017), also known by his pen name Irshad (Gujarati: ઈર્શાદ), was a Gujarati language poet, novelist, short story writer and critic from Gujarat, India. Educated in languages, he taught at various institutions and established himself as a poet and author. He was a recipient of several awards including Sahitya Akademi Award, Vali Gujarati Award and Narsinh Mehta Award. Modi was born in Vijapur on 30 September 1939 to Chandulal and Shashikantaben. His family belonged to Kadi. He completed his primary education in Vijapur and secondary education from Sheth Hasanali High School in Dholka near Ahmedabad. He completed his matriculation in 1954.",
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"name": "Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma",
"bio": "Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma (died 1926) was a Gujarati playwright.\nHe had studied Sanskrit in childhood and had studied Raghuvansh by Kalidas. His first play Madhav Vilas (1899) was produced by Amdavad Gujarati Natak Company. He had a long career with Deshi Natak Samaj. He used unconventional Savaiya, Shikharini and Totak metres in musical plays instead of popular Betabaji metre. He wanted to start his own theatre company so he had consulted poet Fulchandbhai Shah to write Rajhans based on Dashakumaracharitra but he died soon in 1926.\nHis plays are as follows:",
"raw_bio": "Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma (died 1926) was a Gujarati playwright. He had studied Sanskrit in childhood and had studied Raghuvansh by Kalidas. His first play Madhav Vilas (1899) was produced by Amdavad Gujarati Natak Company. He had a long career with Deshi Natak Samaj. He used unconventional Savaiya, Shikharini and Totak metres in musical plays instead of popular Betabaji metre. He wanted to start his own theatre company so he had consulted poet Fulchandbhai Shah to write Rajhans based on Dashakumaracharitra but he died soon in 1926. His plays are as follows:",
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"name": "Chunilal Madia",
"bio": "Chunilal Madia (12 August 1922 – 29 December 1968) was a Gujarati author from Gujarat, India, primarily known for his novels and short stories set in rural Saurashtra. Recipients of several awards, he is considered one of the leading writers of Gujarati literature.\nChunilal Madia's ancestors had immigrated to Dhoraji (now in Rajkot district, Gujarat) from Nikava village in Halar region. He was born in middle class Jain Baniya family on 12 August 1922 in Dhoraji to a grocery shop owner Kalidas Jadavji and his wife Prankunwar aka Kasumbabahen. Chunilal was youngest among ten siblings, of whom only five survived till adulthood.\nAfter completing matriculation at Dhoraji, Madia at the age of 19 years shifted to Ahmedabad for higher studies in Commerce faculty. He enrolled as a student at the H. L. College of Commerce. While pursuing his college studies at Ahmedabad, Chunilal Madia joined a daily Prabhat as a journalist and sub-editor. Here his mentor was the veteran journalist Kakalbhai Kothari. He worked in the editing department of Janmabhumi, a Gujarati daily, and Gujarati department of the United States Information Service (USIS) from 1950 to 1962.",
"raw_bio": "Chunilal Madia (12 August 1922 – 29 December 1968) was a Gujarati author from Gujarat, India, primarily known for his novels and short stories set in rural Saurashtra. Recipients of several awards, he is considered one of the leading writers of Gujarati literature. Chunilal Madia's ancestors had immigrated to Dhoraji (now in Rajkot district, Gujarat) from Nikava village in Halar region. He was born in middle class Jain Baniya family on 12 August 1922 in Dhoraji to a grocery shop owner Kalidas Jadavji and his wife Prankunwar aka Kasumbabahen. Chunilal was youngest among ten siblings, of whom only five survived till adulthood. After completing matriculation at Dhoraji, Madia at the age of 19 years shifted to Ahmedabad for higher studies in Commerce faculty. He enrolled as a student at the H. L. College of Commerce. While pursuing his college studies at Ahmedabad, Chunilal Madia joined a daily Prabhat as a journalist and sub-editor. Here his mentor was the veteran journalist Kakalbhai Kothari. He worked in the editing department of Janmabhumi, a Gujarati daily, and Gujarati department of the United States Information Service (USIS) from 1950 to 1962.",
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"name": "Chunilal Shah",
"bio": "Chunilal Vardhman Shah (1887–1966) was a Gujarati novelist and journalist from Gujarat, India. He was awarded the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1937.\nShah was born in 1887 in Wadhwan, Saurastra, British India. After passing his matriculation exams in 1903, he worked as a school teacher before becoming a journalist in Sanj Vartaman. He subsequently worked for Rajasthan and Jainoday as sub-editor and editor, respectively. In 1909, he joined Prajabandhu and continued working there till it became defunct in 1953. Through his articles in Prajabandhu, he gave a new direction to Gujarati journalism by providing more serious and thought provoking editorials.\nShah wrote book reviews under the pseudonym Sahityapriya in Prajabandhu. He was awarded the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1937. He was appointed a chairman of the journalism section of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 1941. Along with Gujarati he had command over Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Urdu, and English. He was deeply involved in Gandhi's political activities. He wrote for the Gujarati magazine Gujarati Panch, started in 1901 by Mangaldas Shah. He was the vice president of Gujarat Sahitya Sabha from 1956 to 1964.",
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"name": "Curumsey Damjee",
"bio": "Rai Bahadur Curumsey Damjee (also spelled Karamsi or Kasamshi Damji) JP (1844-1918) was a noted businessman. Hailing from Waghura, a small village in remote Kutch he migrated to Bombay (now Mumbai) at a young age and became a very successful businessman, working with the Bombay Port Trust.\nDamjee's company, Curumsey Damjee and Sons, was involved in work at Bombay Port. He was given the honorific title \"Rao Bahadur\" by the then British government in India for his good community work on 1 January 1899.\nThe Curumsey Damjee Community Hall at the Dariya Sthan (Kutchi Lohana Mahajan) Masjid Bunder, Mumbai was named after him. He also co-edited a 1902 version of Bhramanand Kavya, an important Swaminarayan Scripture, written by Brahmanand Swami. A copy of this book was referred to in the Catalogue of Marathi and Gujarati books of the British Museum, Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts in 1915.",
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"name": "Dadudan Gadhvi",
"bio": "Dadudan Pratapdan Gadhvi, (11 September 1940 – 26 April 2021) also known as Kavi Dad, was a Gujarati poet and folk singer from Gujarat, India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021.\nGadhvi was born in 1940 at Ishwariya (Gir) (now in Veraval Taluka of Gujarat, India). His father's name was Pratapdan Gadhvi. He was the Rajkavi and Advisor to Navab of Junagadh. He was granted two tehsils Sapar and Ishwariya by Nawab of Junagadh. His mother's name was Karniba Gadhvi. He had studied till fourth grade. He was a native of Ishwaria village near Gir. He lived in Junagadh. He had written songs for 15 Gujarati films. His complete works are collected in Terva (2015) and Lachhanayan (2015). His other works are Terva (four volumes), Chittaharnu Geet, Shri Krishna Chhandavali and Ramnam Barakshari. His popular songs include a marriage song \"Kalaja Kero Katko Maro Ganththi Chhuti Gayo\", \"Kailas Ke Niwasi\", \"Thakorji Nathi Thavu Ghadvaiya Mare\" and \"Hiran Halkali\". He wrote book \"Bengal Bavani\" during Bangladesh Liberation war and donated all the earnings from the book to \"Bangladesh Refugee Fund\".\nKeshubhai Patel former CM of Gujarat started a government scheme \"Kunwarbai nu mameru\" (a scheme that helps bride's parents financially for wedding) inspired by his poem \"Kalja Kero Katko\".",
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"name": "Daksha Pattani",
"bio": "Daksha Vijayshankar Pattani (4 November 1938 – 10 March 2019) was a Gujarati academic and author from India. She was noted as a scholar on Mahatma Gandhi; her 1976 doctoral thesis on Gandhi's philosophy was later published in six volumes.\nDaksha Pattani was born on 4 November 1938 in Bhavnagar in the Prashnora Nagar Brahmin family of Shantaben and Vijayshankar Kanji Pattani, a scholar and writer. She was a younger sister of writer Mukundrai Parasharya and niece of Prabhashankar Pattani, erstwhile prime minister of Bhavnagar State. She completed her primary and secondary education in Bhavnagar. She received a BA in Gujarati and Sanskrit in 1962, an MA in the same subjects in 1965, and a PhD under the guidance of Ishwarlal R. Dave in 1976. She received these degrees from Gujarat University. Her doctoral thesis was titled Gandhijinu Jeevan Ane Temna Siddhanto (Life and Philosophy of Gandhi).\nPattani taught Gujarati at the Gharshala school in Bhavnagar from 1962 to 1965. She taught at the Gurukul Mahila Arts College in Porbandar from 1969 to 1970 and later served as a professor at the Valiya Arts and Mehta Commerce College in Bhavnagar from 1970 until her retirement in 2001. She also served as a part-time professor of Gujarati and Gandhian Philosophy at the Bhavnagar University from 1977 to 1994. She served part-time with the Gujarat Vidyapith and Lokbharati in Sanosara. From 1982 to 2013, she was a member of a committee propagating Gandhian philosophy formed by the Bhavnagar-based organisation, Gandhismriti.",
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"name": "Daksha Vyas",
"bio": "Daksha Vyas (born 26 December 1941) is a Gujarati poet, critic and editor from Gujarat, India.\nDaksha Vyas was born on 26 December 1941 at Vyara (now in Tapi district, Gujarat). She completed primary and secondary education in Vyara. She received B. A. in 1962 from Surat, M. A. in 1965 and Ph. D. in 1978 for her thesis Swatantryottar Gujarati Kavita: Paridarshan. She taught Gujarati in Gurukul Mahila College in Porbandar from 1967 to 1973 and later in Arts College, Vyara from 1973 until retirement.\nDaksha Vyas is a poet, critic and editor.",
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"bio": "\nDalpatram Dahyabhai Travadi (21 January 1820 – 25 March 1898) was a Gujarati language poet during 19th century in India. He was the father of Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, a poet.\nHe led social reform movements in Ahmedabad, and wrote articles against superstitions, caste restrictions and child marriage. He dealt with the problem of widow remarriage at length in his poem, Vencharitra.",
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"name": "Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania",
"bio": "\nDalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania (1910–2000) was an Indian scholar, writer and philosopher, known for his writings on Jain, Buddhist and Hindu philosophies. He contributed to Jain literature with his writings on the scriptures of the Śvētāmbara sect of Jainism. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1992, for his contributions to literature and education.\nDalsukh Malvania was born on 22 July 1910 at Sayla, in Surendranagar district of the Indian state of Gujarat in a Jain family. After completing Nyayatirtha in 1931, he joined Banaras Hindu University as a member of faculty and worked there till he moved to L. D. Institute of Indology of the Gujarat University as its director in 1959. He was associated with several literary societies and organizations such as the Prakrit Text Society, Jain Cultural Research Society, Jain Sahitya Nirman Yojana, Prakrit Vidya Mandal and was a visiting professor of Indian Philosophy at the University of Toronto and Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Sambodhi, twelve-volume recreation of the ancient scripture, Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies and Evolution of Indian Philosophies, both running into multiple volumes, and Jainism : some essays are some of his notable works. He also published many article on Jainism and Indian philosophy, including Beginnings of Jaina Philosophy in the Acàraňga, The Word Pǖjā and its Meaning and On Bhadreshwara's Kahāvali. He was a recipient of the civilian honor of the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India in 1992. He died in 2000 at the age of 90.",
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"name": "Deepakba Desai",
"bio": "Deepakba Desai (1882-1955) was a Gujarati poet from India.\nShe collected Bhajans, devotional praises, marriage songs and biographies in Stavanmanjari (1923). She published poems on ideals from history and Puranas in Khandkavyo (1926) which shows combination of traditional and experimental new poetry. Her other works include Rasbatrisi.\n",
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"name": "Dhansukhlal Mehta",
"bio": "\nDhansukhlal Krishnalal Mehta was a Gujarati writer from Gujarat, India. He is considered a pioneer of Gujarati short stories. He is known for his humorous novel Ame Badha, co-written with Jyotindra Dave. He received the Gujarati literary awards Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1940 and the Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1957.\nDhansukhlal Mehta was born on October 20, 1890, in the city of Wadhwan, which is on the Kathiawar peninsula (now in Surendranagar district, Gujarat). His family was native to Surat. After completing his schooling in Wadhwan, Palitana and Surat, he obtained a diploma from Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute, Mumbai. From 1914 to 1925, he worked at various places in Mumbai, before joining Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd. in 1925.",
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