Dolarrai Mankad, ( hi, डोलरराय मांकद gu, ડોલરરાય માંકડ; 23 January 1902 – 29 August 1970), full name Dolarrai Rangildas Mankad, was a Gujarati critic, researcher and poet who won the 1964 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his essay ''Naivedya''. He was the first vice-chancellor of

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Early life and Academic life

Dolarrai Mankad was born in Kutch on 23 January 1902. After completing his primary and secondary education in Saurashtra, he went to

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. There he joined Bharat Sarasvati Mandir as an assistant teacher for 1923–25, after which he became the principal of the same institution again for a term of 2 years. In 1927 he joined D. J. Science College as a professor for

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and

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. He held this office till the

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. Then he came to

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and became the principal of

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University, again for a 2-year term. In coming 7 years, he held the same office in Darbar Gopaldas University. Then he became the director of Haribhai Research Center. Then he went forward to become the first vice-chancellor of Saurashtra University, and held this position until his death.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mankad, Dolarrai 1902 births 1970 deaths Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Gujarati Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak

Early life and Academic life

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