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Umashankar Jethalal Joshi (pronunciation ⓘ) (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.
Born in Bamna, a small village of north Gujarat in 1911, Umashankar Joshi received inspiration for creative writing from the beautiful surroundings of the hilly region as well as the social life of villages and fairs and festivals held there.
Umashankar Joshi. Category: Personality. District: Sabarkantha (Himmatnagar) State: Gujarat. Umashankar Joshi was born in Bamna, Sabarkantha district in Gujarat in 1911. He dropped out of college at the age of nineteen to join Mahatma Gandhi's satyagraha.
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Umashankar Joshi: Chronology. 1911. Birth: July 21. Birthplace: Village Bamna in erstwhile state Idar state (now in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat State). Father: Jethalal Kamalji. Born in a Brahmin family. Originally belonged to village Lusadia situated in the hilly region near Shamlaji.
Jul 21, 2011 · AHMEDABAD: Gujarat will celebrate on Thursday, the birth centenary of Umashankar Joshi, a prolific poet, Gandhian freedom fighter and well-known public figure who was concerned about the society.
Umashankar Joshi preferred to introduce himself as 'an Indian writer writing in Gujarati' rather than a Gujarati writer. This not only suggests that he had imbibed in himself the multifarious Indian culture but also more importantly, his insistence on freeing Indian literature in different languages from narrow regionalism and seeing it in its ...
Mar 16, 2011 · Gangotri Trust,chaired by noted academic Niranjan Bhagat,on Wednesday launched a website dedicated to the late poet Umashankar Joshi to mark his birth centenary year.
Over five decades, Umashankar Joshi has given a lot to Gujarat and the country. He was a professor and then later the vice-chancellor of Gujarat University; he was then the chancellor of Vishwa Bharti University that was founded by Rabindranath Tagore.
