Kalyan Mal Lodha is an educationist,

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writer, literary critic and social reformer who served as vice-chancellor of Jodhpur University. Lodha was born in

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, and now lives in

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. He has contributed significantly to the cause of

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religion and Jain community. He was Head of the Department of Hindi at

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. Lodha was presented with the Bihari Award by

K. K. Birla Foundation The K.K. Birla Foundation was established in 1991 by Krishna Kumar Birla in Delhi. Its mission is to promote literature (especially Hindi literature) and the arts, as well as education and social work. It regularly gets mentioned in the media for ...

at Kolkata for his book titled ''Vagdwar''. It comprises a thorough study of the productions of eight prominent Hindi poets, Tulsi, Soordas, Kabir, Nirala, Maithili Sharan Gupta, Jai Shankar Prasad, Mahadevi Verma and Makhanlal Chaturvedi.

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