{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=878","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=876","results":[{"id":544,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/_iXrDfDC_400x400.jpg","name":"Vihang A. Naik","bio":"Vihang A. Naik or Vihang Ashokbhai Naik (2 September 1969) is a modern bilingual poet from Gujarat, India. He has authored many collections of poetry in English and Gujarati, besides translating from Gujarati into English. In 2016 his poetry collection City Times and Other Poems entered Limca Book of Records for the poem \"Self Portrait\" which was composed of only five blank pages. He also received Michael Madhusudan Award in 1998 .","raw_bio":"Vihang A. Naik or Vihang Ashokbhai Naik (2 September 1969) is a modern bilingual poet from Gujarat, India. He has authored many collections of poetry in English and Gujarati, besides translating from Gujarati into English. In 2016 his poetry collection City Times and Other Poems entered Limca Book of Records for the poem \"Self Portrait\" which was composed of only five blank pages. He also received Michael Madhusudan Award in 1998 .","slug":"vihang-a-naik","DOB":"1969-09-02","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Surat,Gujarat, India","url":"/sootradhar/vihang-a-naik","tags":"#Vihang Naik : #Poet from #Gujarat, #India & #Author of #City Times and Other Poems,Making A #Poem, #Poetry #Manifesto (Selected Poems), Jeevangeet(#Gujarati )","created":"2023-09-22T12:20:20.898268","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":625,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Dr._Phoolchand_Gupta.jpg","name":"Phoolchand Gupta","bio":"Phoolchand Gupta (born 30 October 1958) is an Indian Hindi and Gujarati language poet, writer and translator. He hails from Himmatnagar, Gujarat, India. He made significant contributions to the Gujarati Dalit literature. Hindi Sahitya Akadami of state awarded him in 2013 for his book Khwabkhwahon Ki Sadi Hai. He won the Shafdar Hashmi Prize (2000) for his book Isi Mahol Mein.\r\n Gupta started his career in 1980 as a clerk at a private transport company in Ahmedabad. From 1987 to 1988, he served as a journalist at Young India, a daily. In 1989, he joined Sabargram Vidyapith, Sonasan in Prantij as a professor of English literature. He started writing poems during his school days. His first poem was published in 1973. Subsequently, his writings were published in Gujarati and Hindi literary magazines including Hansa, Samkaleen Bharatiya Sahitya, English Literature, Nirikshak, Navneet Samarpan and Kumar. He started writing in Gujarati after moving to Prantij.","raw_bio":"Phoolchand Gupta (born 30 October 1958) is an Indian Hindi and Gujarati language poet, writer and translator. He hails from Himmatnagar, Gujarat, India. He made significant contributions to the Gujarati Dalit literature. Hindi Sahitya Akadami of state awarded him in 2013 for his book Khwabkhwahon Ki Sadi Hai. He won the Shafdar Hashmi Prize (2000) for his book Isi Mahol Mein.\r Gupta started his career in 1980 as a clerk at a private transport company in Ahmedabad. From 1987 to 1988, he served as a journalist at Young India, a daily. In 1989, he joined Sabargram Vidyapith, Sonasan in Prantij as a professor of English literature. He started writing poems during his school days. His first poem was published in 1973. Subsequently, his writings were published in Gujarati and Hindi literary magazines including Hansa, Samkaleen Bharatiya Sahitya, English Literature, Nirikshak, Navneet Samarpan and Kumar. He started writing in Gujarati after moving to Prantij.","slug":"phoolchand-gupta","DOB":"1958-10-30","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Amraigaon, Rudauli, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh","url":"/sootradhar/phoolchand-gupta","tags":"","created":"2023-09-22T12:51:50.803263","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":655,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Harilal_Upadhyay.png","name":"Harilal Upadhyay","bio":"Harilal Upadhyay (Gujarati: હરિલાલ ઉપાધ્યાય) was a Gujarati novelist and poet. He wrote more than 100 books. \r\nHarilal Upadhyay was born on 22 January 1916 in Mota Khijadiya village near Rajkot in a Brahmin family of Jadavji and Gangaben. His father was a priest in a temple at Makaji Meghpar. He completed his primary education from Paddhari while living with his father's elder brother Bhavanishankar and sister Dayakunwarben. He moved to Jamnagar and studied in Sanskrit Pathshala where he mastered in traditional rituals and texts under Trambakram Shastri.\r\n \r\nHe started writing poetry during his stay in Jamnagar. At the age of 13, he recited a poem in public. His first short story, \"Hridaypalto\", was published in Modhbandhu magazine at the age of 15, and another story was published in Beghadi Moj. He was connected with traditional bards and folk stories during this period. He was influenced by the bard Krishnada. He returned to Makaji Meghpar but he was not interested in priesthood. His uncle Bhavanishankar was also a traditional story teller and musician who used to go different princely states for performance in royal courts. He went with him to different places and started taking notes on folk stories, incidents and folk songs. He also learned poetry presentation from him. He met Vajubhai Shulka, an Indian independence activist from Rajkot. He studied politics there and also wrote a 500 stanza long poem, \"Tanya\". Vajubhai brought \"Tanya\" to Bombay. After reading it, Harilal was invited to Bombay by Amritlal Sheth, journalist and the founder of Janmabhoomi newspaper.\r\n \r\nHe moved to Bombay and published his first short story collection, Jeevanchhaya, on the insistence of K. M. Munshi. He later moved to Paddhari and continued to write from there.\r\n \r\nHe died on 15 January 1994 in Paddhari, Gujarat, India.","raw_bio":"Harilal Upadhyay (Gujarati: હરિલાલ ઉપાધ્યાય) was a Gujarati novelist and poet. He wrote more than 100 books. \r Harilal Upadhyay was born on 22 January 1916 in Mota Khijadiya village near Rajkot in a Brahmin family of Jadavji and Gangaben. His father was a priest in a temple at Makaji Meghpar. He completed his primary education from Paddhari while living with his father's elder brother Bhavanishankar and sister Dayakunwarben. He moved to Jamnagar and studied in Sanskrit Pathshala where he mastered in traditional rituals and texts under Trambakram Shastri.\r \r He started writing poetry during his stay in Jamnagar. At the age of 13, he recited a poem in public. His first short story, \"Hridaypalto\", was published in Modhbandhu magazine at the age of 15, and another story was published in Beghadi Moj. He was connected with traditional bards and folk stories during this period. He was influenced by the bard Krishnada. He returned to Makaji Meghpar but he was not interested in priesthood. His uncle Bhavanishankar was also a traditional story teller and musician who used to go different princely states for performance in royal courts. He went with him to different places and started taking notes on folk stories, incidents and folk songs. He also learned poetry presentation from him. He met Vajubhai Shulka, an Indian independence activist from Rajkot. He studied politics there and also wrote a 500 stanza long poem, \"Tanya\". Vajubhai brought \"Tanya\" to Bombay. After reading it, Harilal was invited to Bombay by Amritlal Sheth, journalist and the founder of Janmabhoomi newspaper.\r \r He moved to Bombay and published his first short story collection, Jeevanchhaya, on the insistence of K. M. Munshi. He later moved to Paddhari and continued to write from there.\r \r He died on 15 January 1994 in Paddhari, Gujarat, India.","slug":"harilal-upadhyay","DOB":"1916-01-22","DateOfDemise":"1994-01-15","location":"Mota Khijadiya, Gujarat, India","url":"/sootradhar/harilal-upadhyay","tags":"","created":"2023-09-22T12:20:20.913972","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":669,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Narayan_Desai.png","name":"Narayan Desai","bio":"Narayan Desai (24 December 1924 – 15 March 2015) was an Indian Gandhian and author. The son of Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary and biographer Mahadev Desai, he was born in Bulsar (now Valsad), Gujarat on 24 December 1924. Brought up in Gandhi's Ashram in Sabarmati, Ahmedabad and Sevagram near Wardha, Narayan stopped attending school to be educated and trained by his father and other residents of the Ashram. He specialized in basic education, spinning and weaving khadi. After his marriage to Uttara Chaudhury, daughter of freedom fighter parents, Nabakrushna Chaudhury and Malatidevi Chaudhury, the young couple moved to Vedchhi, a tribal village 60 km from Surat in Gujarat, to work as teachers in a Nai Taleem school. Following the Bhoodan movement launched by Vinoba Bhave, Narayan traversed through the length and breadth of Gujarat, by foot, collecting land from the rich and distributing the same among the poor landless villagers. He started the mouthpiece of Bhoodan movement, titled Bhoomiputra (Son of the Soil) and remained its editor till 1959.","raw_bio":"Narayan Desai (24 December 1924 – 15 March 2015) was an Indian Gandhian and author. The son of Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary and biographer Mahadev Desai, he was born in Bulsar (now Valsad), Gujarat on 24 December 1924. Brought up in Gandhi's Ashram in Sabarmati, Ahmedabad and Sevagram near Wardha, Narayan stopped attending school to be educated and trained by his father and other residents of the Ashram. He specialized in basic education, spinning and weaving khadi. After his marriage to Uttara Chaudhury, daughter of freedom fighter parents, Nabakrushna Chaudhury and Malatidevi Chaudhury, the young couple moved to Vedchhi, a tribal village 60 km from Surat in Gujarat, to work as teachers in a Nai Taleem school. Following the Bhoodan movement launched by Vinoba Bhave, Narayan traversed through the length and breadth of Gujarat, by foot, collecting land from the rich and distributing the same among the poor landless villagers. He started the mouthpiece of Bhoodan movement, titled Bhoomiputra (Son of the Soil) and remained its editor till 1959.","slug":"narayan-desai","DOB":"1924-12-24","DateOfDemise":"2015-03-15","location":"Gujarat","url":"/sootradhar/narayan-desai","tags":"","created":"2023-09-22T12:20:20.922437","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14590,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"A. N. Jani","bio":"\nArunoday Natvarlal Jani (20 November 1921 – 16 May 2003), known as A. N. Jani, was a Gujarati and Sanskrit scholar, and Indologist from India.\nA. N. Jani was born on 20 November 1921 in Baroda, British India. He completed his MA in 1946, and received PhD in 1954 from the Bombay University. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on the Naiṣadhīyacaritam, an epic poem written by 12th century Sanskrit poet Shriharsha. In 1962, he studied Diploma in German from the M. S. University, and received Certificate in French in 1964 from the same university. He worked as a professor and later head of the department of Sanskrit at M. S. University during 1967–1980. He was appointed a director of Oriental Institute, Baroda during 1975–1981.","raw_bio":"Arunoday Natvarlal Jani (20 November 1921 – 16 May 2003), known as A. N. Jani, was a Gujarati and Sanskrit scholar, and Indologist from India. A. N. Jani was born on 20 November 1921 in Baroda, British India. He completed his MA in 1946, and received PhD in 1954 from the Bombay University. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on the Naiṣadhīyacaritam, an epic poem written by 12th century Sanskrit poet Shriharsha. In 1962, he studied Diploma in German from the M. S. University, and received Certificate in French in 1964 from the same university. He worked as a professor and later head of the department of Sanskrit at M. S. University during 1967–1980. He was appointed a director of Oriental Institute, Baroda during 1975–1981.","slug":"a-n-jani","DOB":"1921-11-20","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/a-n-jani","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:20.931451","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14591,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Aabid Surti","bio":"\nAbid Surti or Aabid Surti (born 5 May 1935) is a painter, author, cartoonist, journalist, environmentalist, playwright and screenwriter from India. He was given a National Award by the government of India in 1993 for writing a series of short stories called the \"Teesri Aankh\".\nAbid Surti was born in a Gujarati Muslim family on 5 May 1935 at Vavera, near Rajula, Gujarat, India to Gulam Hussain and Sakina Begum. In his childhood, at the age of 5, he almost got carried away by flood in the Tapti river near Surat. The family later shifted to Bombay and he spent his childhood in Dongri area of Mumbai. His father was follower of Sufism. He joined the J. J. School of Art in 1954 and obtained a Diploma in Arts. He was greatly influenced by the writings of 20th-century Bengali novelist, Sharat Chandra Chatterji. Besides being a writer in Hindi and Gujarati, he is also an expert in Urdu. He started his career as a freelancer. In 1965, he married Masooma Begum; they have two sons from this marriage.","raw_bio":"Abid Surti or Aabid Surti (born 5 May 1935) is a painter, author, cartoonist, journalist, environmentalist, playwright and screenwriter from India. He was given a National Award by the government of India in 1993 for writing a series of short stories called the \"Teesri Aankh\". Abid Surti was born in a Gujarati Muslim family on 5 May 1935 at Vavera, near Rajula, Gujarat, India to Gulam Hussain and Sakina Begum. In his childhood, at the age of 5, he almost got carried away by flood in the Tapti river near Surat. The family later shifted to Bombay and he spent his childhood in Dongri area of Mumbai. His father was follower of Sufism. He joined the J. J. School of Art in 1954 and obtained a Diploma in Arts. He was greatly influenced by the writings of 20th-century Bengali novelist, Sharat Chandra Chatterji. Besides being a writer in Hindi and Gujarati, he is also an expert in Urdu. He started his career as a freelancer. In 1965, he married Masooma Begum; they have two sons from this marriage.","slug":"aabid-surti","DOB":"1935-05-05","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Vavera, British India","url":"/sootradhar/aabid-surti","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:20.940033","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14592,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Abdulgani Dahiwala","bio":"\nAbdulgani Abdulkarim Dahiwala (1908-1987), popularly known as Gani Dahiwala was a Gujarati poet.\nAbdulgani Dahiwala was born on 17 August 1908 at Surat. He came to Ahmedabad in 1928 but later returned to Surat in 1930 when he started a tailor shop. He established the music group Swarsangam in Surat. Later he was a founding member of Mahagujarat Gazal Mandal in 1942. He wrote satirical poetry in the Gujarat Mitra daily published from Surat. He traveled to Pakistan in 1981 under Cultural Exchange Scheme set by Government of India. He died on 5 March 1987.","raw_bio":"Abdulgani Abdulkarim Dahiwala (1908-1987), popularly known as Gani Dahiwala was a Gujarati poet. Abdulgani Dahiwala was born on 17 August 1908 at Surat. He came to Ahmedabad in 1928 but later returned to Surat in 1930 when he started a tailor shop. He established the music group Swarsangam in Surat. Later he was a founding member of Mahagujarat Gazal Mandal in 1942. He wrote satirical poetry in the Gujarat Mitra daily published from Surat. He traveled to Pakistan in 1981 under Cultural Exchange Scheme set by Government of India. He died on 5 March 1987.","slug":"abdulgani-dahiwala","DOB":"1908-08-17","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/abdulgani-dahiwala","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:20.948249","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14593,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Abhimanyu Acharya","bio":"\nAbhimanyu Acharya (b. 24 September 1994) is an Indian short story writer and playwright from Gujarat, India. He received the 2020 Yuva Puraskar for his short story collection Padchhayao Vacche (\"Between the Shadows\").\nAbhimanyu Acharya was born on 24 September 1994 in Surendranagar, Gujarat, India. In 2010, he moved to Ahmedabad where he completed his schooling from St. Xavier's High School, and graduated from St. Xavier's College. At present, he is pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario, Canada in Comparative literature.","raw_bio":"Abhimanyu Acharya (b. 24 September 1994) is an Indian short story writer and playwright from Gujarat, India. He received the 2020 Yuva Puraskar for his short story collection Padchhayao Vacche (\"Between the Shadows\"). Abhimanyu Acharya was born on 24 September 1994 in Surendranagar, Gujarat, India. In 2010, he moved to Ahmedabad where he completed his schooling from St. Xavier's High School, and graduated from St. Xavier's College. At present, he is pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario, Canada in Comparative literature.","slug":"abhimanyu-acharya","DOB":"1994-09-24","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/abhimanyu-acharya","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:20.956844","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14595,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Ajaysinh Chauhan","bio":"Ajaysinh Chauhan is a Gujarati writer and critic from Gujarat, India. He is a registrar of the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi and an editor of its organ, Shabdasrishti.\nHe was born on 25 September 1983. He completed Bachelor of Arts in 2003, Master of Arts in 2005, and M.Phil. in 2006 from the Sardar Patel University. He obtained PhD from the same university in 2013 under Manilal H. Patel; for his research work Adhunikottar Gujarati Kavita (Postmodern Gujarati poetry).\nHe served as the Senate Member of Faculty of Arts and as the Member of Gujarati Board of Studies at Sardar Patel University. He was a member of Governing Body of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 2013 to 2017. Since 2018, he serves as a registrar of Gujarat Sahitya Akademi.","raw_bio":"Ajaysinh Chauhan is a Gujarati writer and critic from Gujarat, India. He is a registrar of the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi and an editor of its organ, Shabdasrishti. He was born on 25 September 1983. He completed Bachelor of Arts in 2003, Master of Arts in 2005, and M.Phil. in 2006 from the Sardar Patel University. He obtained PhD from the same university in 2013 under Manilal H. Patel; for his research work Adhunikottar Gujarati Kavita (Postmodern Gujarati poetry). He served as the Senate Member of Faculty of Arts and as the Member of Gujarati Board of Studies at Sardar Patel University. He was a member of Governing Body of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 2013 to 2017. Since 2018, he serves as a registrar of Gujarat Sahitya Akademi.","slug":"ajaysinh-chauhan","DOB":"1983-09-25","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/ajaysinh-chauhan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:20.974610","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14596,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Akshay Ramanlal Desai","bio":"\nAkshay Ramanlal Desai (26 April 1915 – 12 November 1994) was an Indian sociologist, Marxist and a social activist. He was Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology in University of Bombay in 1967. He is particularly known for his work Social Background of Indian Nationalism in which he offered a Marxist analysis of the genesis of Indian nationalism making use of history, which set a path to build socialism in India.\nDesai was born in Nadiad (now in Gujarat). His father Ramanlal Desai was a Gujarati writer, novelist and civil servant of the Baroda State who inspired him to study and explore facts of human society. While still a teenager, Desai took part in the student movements in Surat, Baroda and Bombay. He was active in farmers' and labor movements and became the editor of bulletins and newspapers of the All India Kisan Sabha (1932–1937). As a political activist, he joined the Communist Party of India (1934) and Trotskyist Revolutionary Socialist Party (1953–1981). He graduated in Political Science and Economics from the University of Bombay in 1935 and obtained a law degree and PhD under the guidance of G. S. Ghurye in 1946. In the same year, he joined as a college lecturer in sociology after briefly practicing as a lawyer to help those in movements. In 1951 he joined as a faculty member in the Department of Sociology, University of Bombay, where he taught sociology and guided researchers till his retirement in 1976. He was Senior Fellow (1973–74) and National Fellow (1981–85) of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). He authored several books in English and Gujarati which are translated into other languages. He wrote pamphlets and booklets in regional languages for common people in addition to books and pamphlets for those in academia. He was president, Gujarat Sociological Society (1988–1990) and was President of the 15th All India Sociological Conference held at Meerut in 1980. From 1980 to 1981, he was President of the Indian Sociological Society.","raw_bio":"Akshay Ramanlal Desai (26 April 1915 – 12 November 1994) was an Indian sociologist, Marxist and a social activist. He was Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology in University of Bombay in 1967. He is particularly known for his work Social Background of Indian Nationalism in which he offered a Marxist analysis of the genesis of Indian nationalism making use of history, which set a path to build socialism in India. Desai was born in Nadiad (now in Gujarat). His father Ramanlal Desai was a Gujarati writer, novelist and civil servant of the Baroda State who inspired him to study and explore facts of human society. While still a teenager, Desai took part in the student movements in Surat, Baroda and Bombay. He was active in farmers' and labor movements and became the editor of bulletins and newspapers of the All India Kisan Sabha (1932–1937). As a political activist, he joined the Communist Party of India (1934) and Trotskyist Revolutionary Socialist Party (1953–1981). He graduated in Political Science and Economics from the University of Bombay in 1935 and obtained a law degree and PhD under the guidance of G. S. Ghurye in 1946. In the same year, he joined as a college lecturer in sociology after briefly practicing as a lawyer to help those in movements. In 1951 he joined as a faculty member in the Department of Sociology, University of Bombay, where he taught sociology and guided researchers till his retirement in 1976. He was Senior Fellow (1973–74) and National Fellow (1981–85) of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). He authored several books in English and Gujarati which are translated into other languages. He wrote pamphlets and booklets in regional languages for common people in addition to books and pamphlets for those in academia. He was president, Gujarat Sociological Society (1988–1990) and was President of the 15th All India Sociological Conference held at Meerut in 1980. From 1980 to 1981, he was President of the Indian Sociological Society.","slug":"akshay-ramanlal-desai","DOB":"1915-04-26","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Nadiad, British India","url":"/sootradhar/akshay-ramanlal-desai","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:20.983007","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14597,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Alexander Kinloch Forbes","bio":"Alexander Kinloch Forbes (7 July 1821 – 31 August 1865) was a colonial administrator in British India.\nForbes was born in London on 7 July 1821 to John Forbes-Mitchell (1786-1822) of Thainston and Ann Powell (m. 1809 d. 1861). He was the youngest among six siblings. He was christened on 9 August 1821 at St. Mary, St. Marylebone, London. He was educated at a school in Finchley. He articled to George Basevi, an architect, for eight months but later joined a college Haileybury as he was appointed to Bombay Civil Service by Sir Charles Forbes in 1840. He left it in 1842 and arrived in Bombay, India in November 1843.\nForbes was appointed in 1842 to the Civil Service of the East India Company, later moved to Bombay in 1843. He spent his initial two and half years as Assistant Collector of Ahmednagar and Khandesh. Later he was appointed as Assistant Judge in Ahmedabad in November 1846 where he noted the absence of literary society. He served in different departments in Gujarat such as First Assistant Collector of Ahmedabad and Political Agent to Mahi Kantha until he went home in March 1854. During this period he collected material which was later published as Ras Mala in 1856.","raw_bio":"Alexander Kinloch Forbes (7 July 1821 – 31 August 1865) was a colonial administrator in British India. Forbes was born in London on 7 July 1821 to John Forbes-Mitchell (1786-1822) of Thainston and Ann Powell (m. 1809 d. 1861). He was the youngest among six siblings. He was christened on 9 August 1821 at St. Mary, St. Marylebone, London. He was educated at a school in Finchley. He articled to George Basevi, an architect, for eight months but later joined a college Haileybury as he was appointed to Bombay Civil Service by Sir Charles Forbes in 1840. He left it in 1842 and arrived in Bombay, India in November 1843. Forbes was appointed in 1842 to the Civil Service of the East India Company, later moved to Bombay in 1843. He spent his initial two and half years as Assistant Collector of Ahmednagar and Khandesh. Later he was appointed as Assistant Judge in Ahmedabad in November 1846 where he noted the absence of literary society. He served in different departments in Gujarat such as First Assistant Collector of Ahmedabad and Political Agent to Mahi Kantha until he went home in March 1854. During this period he collected material which was later published as Ras Mala in 1856.","slug":"alexander-kinloch-forbes","DOB":"1821-07-07","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/alexander-kinloch-forbes","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:20.993420","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14598,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Ambulal Purani","bio":"\nAmbulal Balkrishna Purani (26 May 1894 – 11 December 1965) was an Indian writer. He was a prominent disciple and biographer of Sri Aurobindo.\nPurani was born on 26 May 1894 in Surat (now in Gujarat, India). A nationalist activist as a young man, in 1923 he joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram on being convinced by Sri Aurobindo that he need not worry about the freedom of India as it was sure to come in time. He was a personal attendant to Sri Aurobindo from 1938 to 1950.","raw_bio":"Ambulal Balkrishna Purani (26 May 1894 – 11 December 1965) was an Indian writer. He was a prominent disciple and biographer of Sri Aurobindo. Purani was born on 26 May 1894 in Surat (now in Gujarat, India). A nationalist activist as a young man, in 1923 he joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram on being convinced by Sri Aurobindo that he need not worry about the freedom of India as it was sure to come in time. He was a personal attendant to Sri Aurobindo from 1938 to 1950.","slug":"ambulal-purani","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/ambulal-purani","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:21.002790","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20}],"description":"
The Great Poets and Writers in Indian and World History!