Bhogilal Chunilal Gandhi (26 January 1911 – 10 June 2001) was an Indian scholar, poet, critic, translator, and independence activist from

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, India. He edited ''Vishvamanav'', a Gujarati-language literary-socio-political journal. He wrote biographies of several writers and political figures including

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...

C. Rajagopalachari Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), popularly known as Rajaji or C.R., also known as Mootharignar Rajaji (Rajaji'', the Scholar Emeritus''), was an Indian statesman, writer, lawyer, and independence activis ...

, Subhas Chandra Bose,

Romain Rolland Romain Rolland (; 29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production a ...

, Durgaram Mehta, and

Narmad Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave () (24 August 1833 – 26 February 1886), popularly known as Narmad, was an Indian Gujarati-language poet, playwright, essayist, orator, lexicographer and reformer under the British Raj. He is considered to be the ...

. He translated many works into Gujarati from English and

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languages. In his early years, he came under the influence of

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, and became an active member of Communist Party of India.

Biography

Bhogilal Gandhi was born on 26 January 1911 in Modasa, a town in

, India. He passed his matriculation exam in 1926 from Bharuch. He graduated from

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, Ahmedabad. He came under influence of

in his early life, and became an active member of Communist Party of India, along with his wife Subhadra Gandhi. He was arrested several times between 1928 and 1951 due to his involvement in political activities. He died on 10 June 2001 in

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, Gujarat.

Works

Gandhi's pen name was Upvasi. ''Sadhana'', a collection of his poems, was published in 1943 with the preface by

Umashankar Joshi Umashankar Jethalal Joshi () (21 July 1911 – 19 December 1988) was an Indian poet, scholar and writer known for his contributions to Gujarati literature. He wrote most of his works in Gujarati. Biograpy Early years Umashankar Joshi was ...

. The poems of ''Sadhana'' are divided into three sections namely Pranaya (love), Jhankhana (longing), and Sadhana (meditation). He published his literary criticism and book reviews in ''Mitakshar'' (''In Brief''; 1970). He published two short story collections, ''Parajit Prem'' (1957) and ''Lata'' (1967). Gandhi translated several works from English and Bengali languages. He translated

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

's ''

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'' into Gujarati. He wrote biographies of

as ''Leo Tolstoy : Jivansangram'',

as ''Yugpurush Stalin'',

as ''Rajagopalachari'', Subhas Chandra Bose as ''Shubhashchandra'',

as ''Mahamanav Romain Rolland'', Durgaram Mehta as ''Aadya Sudharak Mahetaji Durgaram'', and

as ''Narmad: Navyug no Prahari''. A memorial volume for Gandhi, ''Bhogilal Gandhi Janmashatabdi Grantha'', was published on his birth centenary in 2011, edited by Prakash N. Shah, Raman Soni, and

Rajendra Patel Rajendra Patel (Gujarati: રાજેન્દ્ર પટેલ) is a Gujarati language poet, short story writer and critic from Gujarat, India. He has served as Vice President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad since 2014. His significant works incl ...

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