Bharucha Hasim bin Yusuf, better known by his pen name Zar Randeri, was a

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poet and translator from

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Early life

He was born in

Rander Rander is a town in Surat district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is located on the bank of the Tapti River, it is from the city of Surat. History There are some historic indications that Rander was an important port of Western Hi ...

, a town in

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. He received his primary and secondary education in Rander and then went to Aminiyah Arabiyah, a

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, for further education. He published the first Gujarati book on Persian

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as ''Shairi'' in two volumes in 1936. His other notable works include ''Shamshire Sadakat'', ''Hindustan Na Humla'', ''Aatma Ane Punarjanma''. He translated and published several works such as ''Kasdussabil'' (1913), ''Muhannad'', ''Dharmaprachar'', ''Mahatma Ane Islam'' and ''Hindustani Bhasha''.

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Gujarati-language writers 20th-century Indian poets People from Surat district Gujarati-language poets Poets from Gujarat 1887 births Indian male poets Date of death missing 20th-century Indian male writers Date of death unknown {{India-writer-stub