Bachubhai Popatbhai Ravat (27 February 1898 – 12 July 1980) was a Gujarati editor and art critic from India.

Life

Bachubhai Ravat was born on 27 February 1898 in Ahmedabad. He completed his primary and secondary education from Gondal. He also

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from there in 1914. He taught at Sangramji High School in Gondal from 1915 to 1919. He worked at Sastu Sahityavardhak Karyalaya from 1920 to 1921. He worked in editing and publishing department of Navjeevan Prakashan Mandir in 1922–1923. He co-edited ''

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'' magazine with

Ravishankar Raval Ravishankar Raval (1892–1977) was a painter, art teacher, art critic, journalist and essayist from Gujarat, India. He worked for the magazine ''Vismi Sadi'' until it closed in 1921, and then founded the cultural magazine ''Kumar''. Life Ravis ...

from 1924 to 1942. He founded weekly literary workshop,

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, in 1930 which still continues. He later served as an editor of ''Kumar'' from 1943 to 1980. He served on Bombay State Script Reform Committee in 1953. He was appointed a member of Legislative Assembly of

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in 1954 where he served for six years. He was the president of the first Gujarati Printer's Conference. He was also the president of journalism department of 23rd annual conference of

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 ...

held in

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in 1965. He died on 12 July 1980.

Works

His work of literary editing and journalism, especially in ''Kumar'', contributed heavily in literary development in Gandhi era of

Gujarati literature The history of Gujarati literature ( gu, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય) may be traced to 1000 AD, and this literature has flourished since then to the present. It is unique in having almost no patronage from a ruling dynasty, oth ...

. He was an insistent of metrical poems and used to say that "there could be no poem without metre". ''Gujarati Granthasth Chitrakala'' is collection of essays on art and art criticism. He also wrote ''Gujarati Lipina Nava Parodhnu Nirman'' on Gujarati script. ''Tunki Vartao'' (1921) is collection of short stories translated from Hindi.

Awards

He was awarded

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 ...

for his contribution in field of

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in 1948. In 1975, he was awarded

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is confe ...

, the fourth highest civilian award of India.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ravat, Bachubhai 1898 births 1980 deaths Gujarati-language writers Writers from Ahmedabad Indian editors Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education Journalists from Gujarat Indian art critics Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak

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