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 was later changed in 1905.[1][2][3]
The main aim of the association is to celebrate the birth anniversaries of great Gujarati littérateurs, publishing and releasing books and also preserving manuscripts. The Gujarat Sahitya Sabha also gives an award called the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak since 1928[1] and is considered as the highest literary honour of the state of Gujarat.[3][4]
List of presidents
editFollowing people served as presidents:[5]
| No | President | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramanbhai Neelkanth | 1904 | 1928 |
| 2 | Keshavlal Dhruv | 1928 | 13 March 1938 |
| 3 | Anandshankar Dhruv | 1938 | 1942 |
| 4 | Ramnarayan V. Pathak | 1942 | 1947 |
| 5 | Vidyagauri Nilkanth | 1947 | 1959 |
| 6 | Rasiklal Parikh | 1959 | 1982 |
| 7 | Anantrai Raval | 1982 | 1988 |
| 8 | Keshavram Kashiram Shastri | 1990 | 2006 |
| 9 | Madhusudan Parekh | 2006 | 2010 |
| 10 | Kumarpal Desai | 2010 | Incumbent |
List of vice-presidents
editFollowing people served as vice-presidents:[5]
| No | President | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janubhai Achratlal Saiyad | 1922 | 1925 |
| 2 | Sakarlal Amritlal Dave | 1925 | 1926 |
| 3 | Hariprasad Vrajrai Desai | 1926 | 1929 |
| 4 | Gaurishankar Govardhanram Joshi | 1929 | 1932 |
| 5 | Hariprasad Vrajrai Desai | 1933 | 1950 |
| 6 | Gaurishankar Govardhanram Joshi | 1955 | 1957 |
| 7 | Rasiklal Parikh | 1957 | 1959 |
| 8 | Chunilal Vardhman Shah | 1959 | 1964 |
| 9 | Anantrai Raval | 1964 | 1980 |
| 10 | Keshavram Kashiram Shastri | 1982 | 1989 |
| 11 | Yashwant Shukla | 1990 | 1999 |
| 12 | Madhusudan Parekh | 2003 | 2006 |
| 13 | Kumarpal Desai | 2006 | 2009 |
| 14 | Yogesh Joshi | 2010 | Incumbent |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Brahmabhatt, Prasad (2010). અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ [History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era] (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Parshwa Publication. pp. 394, 403. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
- ^ "first suggested the concept of Mahagujarat in a meeting of the Gujarat Sahitya Sabha, held in Karachi in 1937". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ a b Choudhuri, Indra Nath, ed. (2016). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: I-L. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 2366. ISBN 978-81-260-4758-1.
- ^ Jhaveri, Mansukhlal (1978). History of Gujarati Literature. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 234. OCLC 825734488.
- ^ a b Shastri, Keshavram Kashiram (2013) [1977]. Trivedi, Shraddha; Shah, Kirtida; Shah, Pratibha (eds.). Gujarat Na Saraswato-1 ગુજરાતના સારસ્વતો-૧ [Who's Who in Gujarati Literature] (in Gujarati). Vol. 1. Ahmedabad: Gujarat Sahitya Sabha. pp. 15–16. OCLC 900401455.