Ranjitram Vavabhai Mehta (25 October 1881 – 4 June 1917) was a Gujarati language writer from British India.

Biography

Mehta was born on 25 October 1881 in Surat to Vavabhai. He completed his schooling in Ahmedabad where his father was the Chief Engineer of the Ahmedabad Municipal Committee. He completed

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from

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in 1903 and served as a fellow for eight months. From 1906 to 1917, he served as a personal assistant of Prof. Gajjar and Prabhashankar Pattani,

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. He had served as principal of high school at

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in 1905. He founded

Gujarat Sahitya Sabha Gujarat Sahitya Sabha, originally called the Social and Literary Association is a literary institution for the promotion of Gujarati literature located in the city of Ahmedabad, India. It was founded by Ranjitram Vavabhai Mehta in 1898. Its name ...

in 1904 and

Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Gujarati Sahitya Parishad () is a literary organisation for the promotion of Gujarati literature located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded by Ranjitram Mehta with the aim of creating literature appealing to all classes of society an ...

in 1905. He died on 4 June 1917 by

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in sea at

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. The highest award of Gujarati literature and culture,

Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, also known as the Ranjitram Gold Medal, was founded by Gujarat Sahitya Sabha and is considered the highest literary award in Gujarati literature. The award is named after renowned Gujarati writer Ranjitram Mehta. It is ...

, is named after him. His son

Asoka Mehta Asoka Mehta (24 October 1911, Bhavnagar – 10 December 1984, New Delhi) was an Indian freedom fighter and socialist politician. He helped organize the socialist wing Congress Socialist Party of the Indian National Congress, along with Rambriksh ...

(1911-1984) was an Indian independence activist and socialist politician.

Works

Mehta worked in different genres of literature such as essay, novel, drama and short story. ''Ranjitkruti Sangrah'', a collection of his writings, was published posthumously in 1921 by

K. M. Munshi Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (; 30 December 1887 – 8 February 1971), popularly known by his pen name Ghanshyam Vyas, was an Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist from Gujarat state. A lawyer by profession, ...

. ''Ranjitramna Nibandho'', a collection of his essays, was also published posthumously in 1923. Gujarat Sahitya Parishad published his complete work as ''Ranjitram Gadyasanchay 1-2'' in 1982 on his birth centenary. Gujarati Sahitya Akademi has published ''Ranjitram Vavavbhai ane Temnu Sahitya''. His ''Ahmad Rupande'' (1908) was a love story between Hindu girl and Muslim boy. In 1905, he had coined the Gujarati words ''Lokgeet'' and ''Lokkatha'' for folklore in a paper presented at Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehta, Ranjitram Gujarati-language writers Writers from Gujarat 1881 births 1917 deaths 20th-century Indian essayists People from Surat Indian folklorists Deaths by drowning in India Writers in British India

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