Narmadashankar Dave
| Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave | |
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| Born | August 24, 1833 Surat, Gujarat, India |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Bombay Presidency, India |
| Pen name | Narmad |
| Occupation | Poet, Novelist |
| Nationality | India |
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Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave (Gujarati: નર્મદાશંકર લાલશંકર દવે) (August 24, 1833 – February 26, 1886), popularly known as Narmad, was a Gujarati author, poet, scholar and public speaker.
Biography
Narmad was born in Surat on August 24, 1833.[1] He introduced many creative forms of writing in Gujarati. He wrote pioneering work in such forms as autobiography, poetry, lexicography, historical plays and research in folk literature. He was also an outspoken journalist and a pamphleteer. Narmad was a strong opponent of religious fanaticism and orthodoxy. He promoted nationalism and patriotism - with famous songs like Sahu Chalo Jitva Jang, wrote about self-government and talked about one national language, Hindi, for all of India, nearly five decades before Mohandas Gandhi or Nehru. He wrote a poem Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat in which he listed with a sense of pride all the cultural symbols that go into constituting the Gujarat identity. These symbols include even the things non-Hindu, implying that Gujarat belongs to all the castes, communities, races, religions and sects that inhabit Gujarat. It was this devout poet whose debt Gandhi acknowledged for his philosophy of non-violence. With the help of some friends, Narmad published a newsletter called Daandiyo, modeled after The Spectator, a weekly British magazine. Daandiyo run from 1 September 1864 to 1869 when it was merged with Sunday Review. He published the first dictionary of Gujarati language in 1873.[2] He died of arthritis on February 26, 1886.[3][4][5][6]
Works
- Narmagadya (નર્મગદ્ય) - Collection of Essays
- Narmakavita (નર્મકવિતા) - Collection of Poems
- Narmakathakosh (નર્મકથાકોશ)
- Maari Haqeeqat (મારી હકીકત) - Autobiography It is first autobiography of Gujarati Literature
- Narmakosh (નર્મકોશ)- Dictionary
Honors
In 2004, South Gujarat University was renamed Veer Narmad South Gujarat University in his honour.
References
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External links
- Narmad website
- Dandiyo newsletter (scanned copy)
- Article about Narmad in Gujarat Samachar
- Biographical blogpost about Narmad
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