Krishnalal Jhaveri

Dewan Bahadur
Krishnalal M. Jhaveri
Born Krishnalal Mohanlal Jhaveri
(1868-12-30)30 December 1868
Broach, now Bharuch, British India
Died 15 June 1957(1957-06-15) (aged 88)
Mumbai, India
Pen name Rafeeq, Hakir
Occupation Scholar, literary historian, translators
Language Gujarati, English and Persian
Residence Mumbai
Nationality Indian
Education MA, LL.B
Alma mater

Dewan Bahadur, Krishnalal Mohanlal Jhaveri (30 December 1868 – 15 June 1957) was an Indian writer, scholar, literary historian, translator and judge from Gujarat, India. His works have been published in Gujarati, English and Persian. He served as president of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 1931 to 1933.

Life

Krishnalal Jhaveri was born into a family of educators on 30 December 1868, in what was considered Broach, now Bharuch. His grandfather, Ranchhoddas Girdhardas Jhaveri, was a pioneer in the field of education and is said to have laid the foundations for educational services in Gujarat. Krishnalal Jhaveri's father, Mohanlal Ranchhodlal, was one of the founders of a number of primary schools in Surat District.[1]

After finishing school in Bharuch, Surat, and Bhavnagar, Krishnalal joined Shamaldas Arts College in Bhavnagar where he completed his Bachelor of Arts in English and Persian in 1888. In 1890, he completed his Master of Arts degree at Elphinstone College in the same subjects and began his career as a lecturer of Persian at the same college. After completing LL.B in 1892, he started his career as a lawyer in 1893. He practiced on the Appellate side of the High Court of Bombay from 1903 to 1905. He served as Judge and Chief Judge at Presidency Court of Small Causes from 1905 to 1917 and 1918 to 1928, respectively. He also served as Chief Judge at the High Court of Palanpur State [2][3]

He was appointed as president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 1931 to 1933. He was also the president of the Forbes Gujarati Sabha for three decades, one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, a member of the Syndicate of Bombay University, and the Vice-Chancellor of Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University. [4][2][1] He was a member of Government Book Committee and Bombay Presidency Social Reform Association and served as joint secretary of Pleader's Association.[5]

He died on 15 June 1957, aged 88, in Mumbai, India. [6][2]

Works

Further Milestones In Gujarati Literature, second revised edition cover, 1956

Krishnalal Jhaveri was referred to by two pseudonyms; Rafeeq and Hakir. He was a profound scholar of Persian [4][2] and contributed significantly to the field of literary history. [7]

He wrote the books Milestones in Gujarati Literature (1914) and Further Milestones in Gujarati Literature (1921), which give a detailed history of Gujarati literature from its initial stage to the modern period. Both books have been translated by Ramlal Modi, Motilal Modi and Hiralal Parekh into Gujarati as Gujarati Sahityana Margasuchak Stambho (1930) and Gujarati Sahityana Vadhu Margasuchak Stambho (1930). He was one of the first to publish a book on Gujarati literary history in English. His other significant works in history include Haiderali Ne Tipu Sultan (1894), Dayaram ane Haphejh (1895), Badshahi Faramano and Gujarati Lakhela Parsi Granth (1945). He translated several works from Persian, Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and English. [2] He translated Ali Muhammad Khan's Mirat-e-Ahmadi into Gujarati. He reviewed a number of Gujarati works and published in Modern Review, a literary journal edited by Ramananda Chatterjee.[1][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dave, Jyotindra H. (October 1957). "K.M. Jhaveri". Indian Literature. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 1 (1): 62–64. JSTOR 23328612. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Dave, Ramesh R. (1996). "Jhaveri Krishnalal Mohanlal". In Topiwala, Chandrakant. Gujarati Sahitya Kosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 156.
  3. ↑ C. Roberts, ed. (1939). What India Thinks: Being a Symposium of Thought Contributed by 50 Eminent Men and Women Having India's Interest at Heart. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. p. 511. ISBN 978-81-206-1880-0. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 Amaresh Datta (1988). Encyclopedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 1836–. ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0.
  5. ↑ Rao, C. Hayavadana, ed. (1915). The Indian Biographical Dictionary. Madras: Pillar & Co. p. 210.
  6. ↑ Ramananda Chatterjee, ed. (1957). The Modern Review. Prabasi Press Private Limited. p. 227.
  7. 1 2 Nalini Natarajan; Emmanuel Sampath Nelson (1996). Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7.  – via Questia (subscription required)
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