Uttamlal Keshavlal Trivedi () (16 December 1872 – 9 December 1923) was a

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writer and translator from India.

Biography

Uttamlal Trivedi was born on 16 December 1872 at

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 ...

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. After passing

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examination in 1887, he attended the

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from where he received a B.A. in 1891. After passing LL.B. examination, he started his legal practice at

Rajkot Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Surat, and is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, with a population of ...

. In 1904, he moved to

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to work as a lawyer. Sometime later he moved to business field with some other people of his caste and suffered financial loss. He died on 9 December 1923.

Works

In Bombay, Trivedi was associated with several social and literary institutions such as Kelavni Parishad, Sahitya Parishad and Nagar Mandal. He served as a secretary of Forbes Gujarati Sabha for sometime. He wrote articles on contemporary political issues and letters to the press regarding social, political and literary issues. He was in close association with several writers including

Govardhanram Tripathi Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi (; 20 October 1855 – 4 January 1907) was an Indian Gujarati language novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is known for his four volume novel, '' Saraswatichandra'', acclaimed as one of the mas ...

Anandshankar Dhruv Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv (25 February 1869 – 7 April 1942) was a Gujarati scholar, writer, educationist and editor from Gujarat, India. His name is revered as 'Acharya' (a learned person) in Gujarat, and hence generally he is known as Achary ...

, Narsinhrao Divetia and Keshav Harshad Dhruv. His articles were mainly published in Gujarati journals ''

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'' and ''Samalochak''. He worked as an editor of the latter for sometime. He published articles in periodicals including ''Parsi ane Prajamitra'', ''Sanj Vartaman'', ''Hindustan'' and ''Indian Review''. He served as an editor of ''Daily Mail'' for sometime in 1919. Trivedi's criticism of Govardhanram's epic-novel '' Saraswatichandra'' is considered to be a remarkable work. He wrote a series of articles entitled ''Saraswatichandra ane Aapno Grihasansar'' (''Saraswatichandra and the Web of Our Family-life''), in which he analysed and evaluated ''Saraswatichandra'' from the points of view of plot-construction and characterisation. Trivedi also wrote on the public life of

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 ...

, and on literary life of

Manilal Dwivedi Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi (; 26 September 1858 – 1 October 1898) was a Gujarati-language writer, philosopher, and social thinker from British India, commonly referred to as Manilal in literary circles. He was an influential figure in 19th-ce ...

. The other articles Trivedi has written include: ''G. M. Tripathi: A Hindu Idealist'', ''A Historical Survey of National Indian Politics'' and ''Constitutional Theory of Hindu Law''. He translated ''

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'' by

Lokmanya Tilak Bal Gangadhar Tilak (; born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciation: eʃəʋ ɡəŋɡaːd̪ʱəɾ ʈiɭək; 23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), endeared as Lokmanya (IAST: ''Lokmānya''), was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence a ...

into Gujarati. His other translations include ''British Hindustan No Arthik Itihas'' (1990) and ''Akbar'' (1923). A collection of Trivedi's writings was compiled and edited by

Ramprasad Bakshi Ramprasad Premshankar Bakshi (27 June 1894 – 22 March 1989) was a Gujarati writer, scholar, translator and editor from India. He was a student of Anandshankar Dhruv and Narsinhrao Divetia, and was appointed the president of Gujarati Sahitya Pari ...

and

Ramanlal Joshi Ramanlal Jethalal Joshi (22 May 1926 – 10 September 2006) was Gujarati language literary critic and editor from India. He studied and later taught at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. He served at several literary and educational institutions. ...

under the title ''Uttamlal Trivedi Ni Gadyariddhi'', published by

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in 1971.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trivedi, Uttamlal 1872 births 1923 deaths Gujarati-language writers Writers from Ahmedabad Indian magazine editors Translators to Gujarati Writers in British India

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