Abdulgani Abdulkarim Dahiwala (1908-1987), popularly known as Gani Dahiwala was a

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

poet.

Life

Abdulgani Dahiwala was born on 17 August 1908 at

Surat Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat literally means ''face'' in Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. It is now ...

. He came to

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

in 1928 but later returned to Surat in 1930 when he started a tailor shop. He established the music group ''Swarsangam'' in Surat. Later he was a founding member of Mahagujarat Gazal Mandal in 1942. He wrote satirical poetry in the ''Gujarat Mitra'' daily published from Surat. He traveled to Pakistan in 1981 under Cultural Exchange Scheme set by Government of India. He died on 5 March 1987.

Works

''Gata Zarana'' (1953), ''Mahek'' (1961), ''Madhurap'' (1971), ''Ganimat'' (1971) and ''Nirant ''(1981) are collections of different genres of poetry such as songs,

ghazal The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...

, ''Muktaka'' (single stanza poetry). ''Jashne Shahadat'' (1957) is Hindi musical play based on

Indian Rebellion of 1857 The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the fo ...

. ''Pehle Maale'' is his three act play staged in 1959-60 but never published. All of his poems have published as ''Hoy Na Hoy Vyakti Ne Enu Naam Bolaya Kare'', compiled by

Bhagvatikumar Sharma Bhagwatikumar Sharma (31 May 1934 – 5 September 2018) was an Indian author and journalist who wrote in Gujarati. Born in Surat and educated in languages, he edited a daily for several years. He wrote novels, short stories, poetry, essays and c ...

and Ravindra Parekh, in 2009. To

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dahiwala, Abdulgani Gujarati-language writers People from Surat Indian male poets 1908 births 1987 deaths Gujarati-language poets Poets from Gujarat 20th-century Indian poets 20th-century Indian male writers

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