Bachubhai Ravat was born on 27 February 1898 in Ahmedabad. He completed his primary and secondary education from Gondal. He also matriculated 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 Kumar magazine with Ravishankar Raval from 1924 to 1942. He founded weekly literary workshop, Budh Sabha, 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 Bombay State 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 held in Surat in 1965. He died on 12 July 1980.[1][2][3][4][5]
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His work of literary editing and journalism, especially in Kumar, contributed heavily in literary development in Gandhi era of Gujarati literature.[6] He was an insistent of metrical poems and used to say that "there could be no poem without metre".[7]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.[2]
^The Indian Publisher and Bookseller. Sadanand G. Bhatkal. 1973. p. 166.
^Sisir Kumar Das (1991). History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy. Sahitya Akademi. p. 588. ISBN978-81-7201-798-9.
^Kirit Doodhat; Labhshankar Thaker (September–October 2000). "Labhshankar Thaker in Conversation with Kirit Dhoodhat, Ramesh Dave, Bipin Patel and Anil Vyas". Indian Literature. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. JSTOR 23343442.
^(PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs (India). 21 May 2014. pp. 37–72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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bachubhai, ravat, bachubhai, popatbhai, ravat, february, 1898, july, 1980, gujarati, editor, critic, from, india, bornbachubhai, popatbhai, ravat, 1898, february, 1898ahmedabad, gujarat, indiadied12, july, 1980, 1980, aged, occupationeditor, criticlanguageguja. Bachubhai Popatbhai Ravat 27 February 1898 12 July 1980 was a Gujarati editor and art critic from India Bachubhai RavatBornBachubhai Popatbhai Ravat 1898 02 27 27 February 1898Ahmedabad Gujarat IndiaDied12 July 1980 1980 07 12 aged 82 Occupationeditor and art criticLanguageGujaratiNationalityIndianNotable awardsRanjitram Suvarna Chandrak 1948 Padma Shri 1975 Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Awards 4 See also 5 ReferencesLife EditBachubhai Ravat was born on 27 February 1898 in Ahmedabad He completed his primary and secondary education from Gondal He also matriculated 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 Kumar magazine with Ravishankar Raval from 1924 to 1942 He founded weekly literary workshop Budh Sabha 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 Bombay State 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 held in Surat in 1965 He died on 12 July 1980 1 2 3 4 5 Works EditHis work of literary editing and journalism especially in Kumar contributed heavily in literary development in Gandhi era of Gujarati literature 6 He was an insistent of metrical poems and used to say that there could be no poem without metre 7 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 2 Awards EditHe was awarded Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak for his contribution in field of journalism in 1948 In 1975 he was awarded Padma Shri the fourth highest civilian award of India 2 8 See also EditList of Gujarati language writersReferences Edit ગ જર ત સ હ ત ય સ સ ક ત ન સ વર ધક બચ ભ ઇ ર વત in Gujarati NavGujarat Samay 26 February 2014 Archived from the original on 2 February 2017 Retrieved 3 February 2016 a b c બચ ભ ઈ ર વત Bachubahi Ravat Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in Gujarati Retrieved 2 February 2017 Sisir Kumar Das 2000 History of Indian Literature Sahitya Akademi p 692 ISBN 978 81 7201 006 5 The Indian P E N Vol 40 41 1974 The Indian Publisher and Bookseller Sadanand G Bhatkal 1973 p 166 Sisir Kumar Das 1991 History of Indian Literature 1911 1956 struggle for freedom triumph and tragedy Sahitya Akademi p 588 ISBN 978 81 7201 798 9 Kirit Doodhat Labhshankar Thaker September October 2000 Labhshankar Thaker in Conversation with Kirit Dhoodhat Ramesh Dave Bipin Patel and Anil Vyas Indian Literature New Delhi Sahitya Akademi JSTOR 23343442 Padma Awards Directory 1954 2014 PDF Ministry of Home Affairs India 21 May 2014 pp 37 72 Archived from the original PDF on 15 November 2016 Retrieved 22 March 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bachubhai Ravat amp oldid 1081591414, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
