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"bio": "\nKantilal L. Kalani (1930–1998) was an Indian philosopher and writer in Gujarati literature. He is best known for translating the Tirukkural into Gujarati.\nKantilal Kalani worked with the United States Information Service as head of the Department of Gujarati for 25 years. He wrote over 65 books in Gujarati on philosophy and spiritual knowledge. In 1971, he translated the ancient Tamil moral literature of the Tirukkural into Gujarati, which was published in Bombay.",
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"bio": "\nKantilal Baldevram Vyas (21 November 1910 – 23 March 1991) was a Gujarati linguist, critic and editor from Gujarat, India. He published several works in the field of linguistics including Bhasha Vijnan, Bhasha, Vrutt ane Kavyalankar, Gujarati Bhashano Udgam, Vikas and Swaroop (Origin, Development and Form of Gujarati language) and Bhasha Sanshodhan.\nKantilal Vyas was born on 21 November 1910 at Hampura, a village in the Surendranagar district of Gujarat in India. After finishing his schooling in 1926, he studied Bachelor of Arts and received a degree in History and Economics in the year 1930 from Gujarat College, Ahmedabad. He further studied Master of Arts and received a degree in Gujarati and Sanskrit in the year 1933 from M.T.B. College, Surat. He received the degree of D.Lit. in 1968 from Gujarat University for his research in linguistics and old Gujarati.",
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"bio": "\nKarsandas Mulji (25 July 1832 – 28 August 1871) was a Gujarati language journalist, writer and social reformer from India. According to 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica his death occurred in 1875, which may be more likely as it is mentioned that he was appointed to administer a state in Kathiawar in 1874.\nBorn to a family belonging to the Kapol Caste, a trading caste of western India, he was repudiated by his family because of his views on widow remarriage. He became a vernacular schoolmaster and started Satyaprakash, a weekly in Gujarati, in which he attacked what he perceived to be the immoralities of the Maharajas or hereditary high priests of the Pushtimarg Vaishnavism, to which the Bhatias belonged. In a libel suit, the Maharaj Libel Case, brought against him in the High Court at Bombay in 1862, he won a victory on the main issue.",
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"bio": "\nDewan Bahadur Keshavlal Harshadrai Dhruv (17 October 1859 – 13 March 1938), also spelt as Keshavlal Harshad Dhruva and known by his pen name Vanmali, was a research scholar, philologist, critic, editor of Middle and Old Gujarati works, and translator of Sanskrit classic poetry and plays from India. He was a professor of Gujarati and taught at Gujarat College. He headed several literary organizations.\nKeshavlal was born on 17 October 1859 in Bahiyel near Dehgam in Gujarat, India. He completed matriculation in 1876 and Bachelor of Arts in 1882. He taught at Premchand Raichand Training College in Ahmedabad for a brief period. Later he joined Ranchhodlal Chotalal High School and was appointed a Headmaster in 1908. He retired from there in 1915 and joined Gujarat College as the professor of Gujarati language and literature. He retired from there in 1934. He headed Gujarat Vidya Sabha from 1920 to 1938. His essay on philology at the first Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, held in 1905, won him praise. He also headed the second Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, held in 1907. His brother Harilal Dhruv was a lawyer who authored poetry and edited several books. Keshavlal died on 13 March 1938.",
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"name": "Khalil Dhantejvi",
"bio": "\nKhalil Ismail Makrani (12 December 1935 – 4 April 2021), popularly known by his pen-name, Khalil Dhantejvi was a poet and novelist from Gujarat, India. He wrote poems in Gujarati and Urdu. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2022 by government of India.\nKhalil Dhantejvi was born as Khalil Ismail Makrani on 12 December 1935 at Dhantej, a village in Vadodara. He studied till 4th standard. He adopted his pen name Khalil Dhantejvi after his village Dhantej.",
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"bio": "\nKishansinh Govindsinh Chavda (17 November 1904 – 1 December 1979), also known by his pen name Gypsy, was an Indian Gujarati-language writer and journalist. He studied at Gujarat Vidyapith and Santiniketan, and taught briefly. He started a printing press and was also involved in a writing career. He had spiritual interests which drove him to Aurobindo and Mirtola Ashrams. He wrote autobiographical works and translated some books.\nKishansinh was born on 17 November 1904 at Baroda. He was a native of Bhanj village near Sachin, Surat. He studied in Baroda, Gujarat Vidyapith and Santiniketan. He taught at the Fellowship High School, Bombay for a brief period. He worked as the personal assistant of the rulers of several princely states. He resided at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry from 1927 to 1928. In 1948, he went to Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, US to study printing plant management for six months. After returning, he started a printing press in Baroda, Sadhna Mudranalaya. He was the director of Kshatriya and coeditor of Navjivan magazines. He moved to Mirtola Ashram near Almora in 1960. He died there on 1 December 1979.",
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"name": "Kishore Jadav",
"bio": "\nKishore Kalidas Jadav (15 April 1938 – 1 March 2018) was a novelist, critic, and short story writer from India. He wrote in Gujarati and was primarily responsible for the development of surreal and experimental Gujarati fiction.\nKishore Jadav was born on 15 April 1938 in Ambaliala village of Dholka Taluka in Ahmedabad district, Gujarat, to Kalidas and Dahiben Jadav.",
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"bio": "\nKishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala (5 October 1890 – 9 September 1952) was an Indian independence activist as well as biographer, essayist and translator. Educated in Bombay and Agra, he completed BA and LLB. He was an associate of Mahatma Gandhi and was deeply influenced by him. He extensively wrote on education, religion and philosophy as well as translated some works in Gujarati.\nMashruwala was born on 5 October 1890 in Bombay (now Mumbai) in Mashruwala family. His family belonged to Surat. He was influenced by Swaminarayan Sampraday due to his father. He started his primary education in Marathi language in Akola. His mother died when he was eight so he was raised by her aunt in Bombay where he studied in Gujarati. Following plague in Bombay, he moved to Agra for school education where he also studied Hindi and Urdu.",
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"bio": "\nKishorsinh Hinduji Solanki is a Gujarati poet and novelist from Gujarat, India. He is an editor of Shabdasar, a Gujarati literary magazine.\nKishorsinh Solanki was born on 1 April 1949 at Magarwada village in Banaskantha district. He completed his S. S. C. in 1969. He completed BA in Gujarati in 1973 and MA from School of Languages, Gujarat University in 1975. He later received PhD.",
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