Ramanbhai Neelkanth

Rai Bahadur Sir
Ramanbhai Nilkanth
Native name રમણભાઈ મહીપતરામ નીલકંઠ
Born Ramanbhai Mahipatram Nilkanth
(1868-03-13)13 March 1868
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Died 6 March 1928(1928-03-06) (aged 59)
Ahmedabad
Occupation novelist, essayist, politician
Language Gujarati
Nationality Indian
Education
  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Bachelor of Law
Alma mater
Period Pandit Era
Notable works
Notable awards Knighthood (1927)
Spouse Vidyagauri Nilkanth (1887-1928), his death
Children Vinodini Nilkanth
Relatives Mahipatram Rupram Nilkanth (father)

Ramanbhai Mahipatram Nilkanth (Gujarati: રમણભાઈ મહીપતરામ નીલકંઠ) was a Gujarati novelist, essayist and politician from India. The Ramanlal Nilkanth Hasya Paritoshik is named after him.[1]

Life

Ramanbhai Nilkanth was born on 13 March 1868 in Ahmedabad to Mahipatram Rupram Nilkanth and Rupkunwarba who were social reformers. He completed his primary and secondary education in Ahmedabad. He matriculated in 1883. He joined Gujarat College, Ahmedabad in 1884 and compelted his B. A. from Elphinstone College, Bombay. in 1887 and later obtained LL.B.[2] His first wife Hansvadan died at young age and he married again to Vidyagauri Nilkanth, one of the first female graduates from state, in 1887. He worked as a clerk in the government office. He had later served as a Judge in Godhra.[2] He was awarded title of Rai Bahadur and later knighthood in 1927. He had also served as the mayor of Ahmedabad. He was also the first secretary of the Ahmedabad Red Cross founded in 1923. He had also served as the president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 1926.[2]

He died on 6 March 1928 at Ahmedabad. His daughters Vinodini and Sarojini were also writers.[2] British travel writer Pico Iyer is his great-grandson.[3]

Works

His humour novel Bhadrambhadra (1900) was a satire on language and social puritans.[2] It is influenced by The Pickwick Papers and Don Quixote.[2] His other novel is Shodhma (1915, incomplete). He wrote classic play Raino Parvat (1914). Hasyamandir (1915, with Vidyagauri) is collection of humour essays. His works of criticism are Vakyapruththakruti ane Nibandh Rachana (1903), Saraswatichandra nu Avlokan and Hridayveenanu Avlokan.[2] Two volumes of Dharm Ane Samaj (1932, 1935) are his philosophical work discussing religion and society. Kavita Ane Sahitya is his four volumes on poetry and prose. The Volume 1 (1904) contains articles on prosody and rhetoric; Volume 2 (1904) contains articles on practical criticism; Volume 3 (1928) contains occasional lectures and essays and Volume 4 (1929) contains some poems, short stories and essays on humour. Gujaratno Sankshipta Itihas (Short History of Gujarat) and Vivahvidhi (1889) are his other works.[2] He also edited Gyansudha.[2][4]

Further reading

  • Parikh, Sukumar; Parikh, Shailaja Kalelkar (2013). Marching to a Different Beat: The Nilkanths of Gujarat. ISBN 978-93-82255-35-2.

References

  1. ↑ "Tarak Mehta gets an award from Gujarat Government". India New England News. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "રમણભાઈ નીલકંઠ (Ramanbhai Nilkanth)". Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (in Gujarati). Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  3. ↑ John, Paul (8 December 2013). "The itchy feet gene". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Das, Sisir Kumar (1991). History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, Struggle for Freedom : Triumph and Tragedy. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9.
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