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	'''Anwar Mohammadbhai Agewan''' (4 December 1936 – 6 July 1991) was a [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]] biographer, folklorist and editor ~~from India~~. Born in [[Akola, Maharashtra\|Akola]] and educated in [[Gujarat]] and [[Bombay]], he edited several publications. He wrote on religious thought and various saints of Gujarat.		'''Anwar Mohammadbhai Agewan'''<ref name=":0" /> (4 December 1936 – 6 July 1991) was an Indian [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati-language]] biographer, folklorist and editor. Born in [[Akola, Maharashtra\|Akola]] and educated in [[Gujarat]] and [[Bombay]], he edited several publications. He wrote on religious thought and various saints of Gujarat.

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Agewan was born on 4 December 1936 in [[Akola, Maharashtra\|Akola]] (now in [[Maharashtra]], India). He completed his primary and secondary education in [[Shivrajgadh]] and [[Gondal, India\|Gondal]] respectively. He passed matriculation from [[Bombay]]. He obtained graduation from Agra Hindi Vidyapith~~. He knew Gujarati, [[Urdu]], [[Marathi language\|Marathi]], [[Bengali language\|Bengali]], [[Rajasthani language\|Rajasthani]], [[Brajbhasha]], Charani, [[Kutchi language\|Kutchi]] and English languages~~. He worked with ''Jay Gujarat'' and ''Rooplekha'' weeklies in Bombay. He also edited ''Aastha'' magazine.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book~~\|title=ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકોશ: અર્વાચીનકાળ~~\|last=Vora\|first=Niranjan\|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]\|year=1990\|editor-last=Soni\|editor-first=Raman\|edition=1st\|volume=II\|location=Ahmedabad\|pages=18\|language=gu\|trans-title=Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature: Modern Era\|editor-last2=Dave\|editor-first2=Ramesh R.\|editor-last3=Topiwala\|editor-first3=Chandrakant\|editor-link3=Chandrakant Topiwala~~\|oclc=312020358~~}}</ref><ref name="gsp">{{cite web\|url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Anvar-Agewan.html\|title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: અનવર આગેવાન , ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ\|website=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]\|language=gu\|trans-title=Anwar Agewan\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407193523/http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Anvar-Agewan.html\|archive-date=7 April 2016\|url-status=dead\|access-date=2 August 2015\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>		Agewan was born on 4 December 1936 in [[Akola, Maharashtra\|Akola]] (now in [[Maharashtra]], India). He completed his primary and secondary education in [[Shivrajgadh]] and [[Gondal, India\|Gondal]] respectively. He passed [[matriculation]] from [[Bombay]]. He obtained a graduation from Agra Hindi Vidyapith. He worked with ''Jay Gujarat'' and ''Rooplekha'' weeklies in Bombay. He also edited ''Aastha'' magazine.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book \|last=Vora \|first=Niranjan \|title=ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકોશ: અર્વાચીનકાળ \|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] \|year=1990 \|editor-last=Soni \|editor-first=Raman \|editor-link=Raman Soni \|edition=1st \|volume=II \|location=Ahmedabad \|pages=18 \|language=gu \|trans-title=Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature: Modern Era \|oclc=312020358 \|editor-last2=Dave \|editor-first2=Ramesh R. \|editor-last3=Topiwala \|editor-first3=Chandrakant \|editor-link3=Chandrakant Topiwala}}</ref><ref name="gsp">{{cite web\|url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Anvar-Agewan.html\|title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: અનવર આગેવાન, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ\|website=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]\|language=gu\|trans-title=Anwar Agewan\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407193523/http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Anvar-Agewan.html\|archive-date=7 April 2016\|url-status=dead\|access-date=2 August 2015\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

	He died on 6 July 1991.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book\|title=ગુજરાતના સારસ્વતો - ૧\|last=Shastri\|first=Keshavram Kashiram\|publisher=[[Gujarat Sahitya Sabha]]\|edition=Updated\|location=Ahmedabad\|publication-date=January 2013\|pages=4–5\|language=gu\|script-title=gu:Gujaratna Saraswato - 1\|trans-title=Who's Who in Gujarati Literature\|oclc=900401455\|author-link=Keshavram Kashiram Shastri}}</ref>		He died on 6 July 1991.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book\|title=ગુજરાતના સારસ્વતો - ૧\|last=Shastri\|first=Keshavram Kashiram\|publisher=[[Gujarat Sahitya Sabha]]\|edition=Updated\|location=Ahmedabad\|publication-date=January 2013\|pages=4–5\|language=gu\|script-title=gu:Gujaratna Saraswato - 1\|trans-title=Who's Who in Gujarati Literature\|oclc=900401455\|author-link=Keshavram Kashiram Shastri}}</ref>

	==Works==		==Works==
	He wrote works on religious thoughts such as ''Vedsahityano Parichay'' (1965),~~ ~~ story collection ''Advaita'' (1974),~~ ~~ ''Sadhna ane Sakshatkar'' (1989), ''Chinmaya Gayatri ''(1989).<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gsp"/><ref name=":1" />		He wrote works on religious thoughts such as ''Vedsahityano Parichay'' (1965), story collection ''Advaita'' (1974), ''Sadhna ane Sakshatkar'' (1989), ''Chinmaya Gayatri ''(1989).<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gsp"/><ref name=":1" />

	''Rahiman ~~ane~~ Jamal'' (1952), ''Girdhar Kaviray'' (1952), ''Sai Deendarvesh'' (1953), ''Sant Deendayalgiri'' (1954), ''Dasi Jeevan'' (1956), ''Kavi Gang'' (1954), ''Sant Dadu'' (1987, on [[Dadu Dayal]]) are works on saints of Gujarat while ''Rannade'' (1966), ''Rajasthanni Rasdhar'' (1974) and ''Kasumbino Rang'' (1988) are compilations of folk literature of western India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gsp"/><ref name=":1" />		''Rahiman Ane Jamal'' (1952), ''Girdhar Kaviray'' (1952), ''Sai Deendarvesh'' (1953), ''Sant Deendayalgiri'' (1954), ''Dasi Jeevan'' (1956), ''Kavi Gang'' (1954), ''Sant Dadu'' (1987, on [[Dadu Dayal]]) are works on saints of Gujarat while ''Rannade'' (1966), ''Rajasthanni Rasdhar'' (1974) and ''Kasumbino Rang'' (1988) are compilations of folk literature of western India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gsp"/><ref name=":1" />

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'''Anwar Mohammadbhai Agewan''' (4 December 1936 – 6 July 1991) was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] biographer, folklorist and editor from India. Born in [[Akola, Maharashtra|Akola]] and educated in [[Gujarat]] and [[Bombay]], he edited several publications. He wrote on religious thought and various saints of Gujarat.

==Biography==
Agewan was born on 4 December 1936 in [[Akola, Maharashtra|Akola]] (now in [[Maharashtra]], India). He completed his primary and secondary education in [[Shivrajgadh]] and [[Gondal, India|Gondal]] respectively. He passed matriculation from [[Bombay]]. He obtained graduation from Agra Hindi Vidyapith. He knew Gujarati, [[Urdu]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]], [[Brajbhasha]], Charani, [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]] and English languages. He worked with ''Jay Gujarat'' and ''Rooplekha'' weeklies in Bombay. He also edited ''Aastha'' magazine.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકોશ: અર્વાચીનકાળ|last=Vora|first=Niranjan|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|year=1990|editor-last=Soni|editor-first=Raman|edition=1st|volume=II|location=Ahmedabad|pages=18|language=gu|trans-title=Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature: Modern Era|editor-last2=Dave|editor-first2=Ramesh R.|editor-last3=Topiwala|editor-first3=Chandrakant|editor-link3=Chandrakant Topiwala|oclc=312020358}}</ref><ref name="gsp">{{cite web|url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Anvar-Agewan.html|title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: અનવર આગેવાન , ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ|website=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|language=gu|trans-title=Anwar Agewan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407193523/http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Anvar-Agewan.html|archive-date=7 April 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=2 August 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

He died on 6 July 1991.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=ગુજરાતના સારસ્વતો - ૧|last=Shastri|first=Keshavram Kashiram|publisher=[[Gujarat Sahitya Sabha]]|edition=Updated|location=Ahmedabad|publication-date=January 2013|pages=4–5|language=gu|script-title=gu:Gujaratna Saraswato - 1|trans-title=Who's Who in Gujarati Literature|oclc=900401455|author-link=Keshavram Kashiram Shastri}}</ref>

==Works==
He wrote works on religious thoughts such as ''Vedsahityano Parichay'' (1965),  story collection ''Advaita'' (1974),  ''Sadhna ane Sakshatkar'' (1989), ''Chinmaya Gayatri ''(1989).<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gsp"/><ref name=":1" />

''Rahiman ane Jamal'' (1952), ''Girdhar Kaviray'' (1952), ''Sai Deendarvesh'' (1953), ''Sant Deendayalgiri'' (1954), ''Dasi Jeevan'' (1956), ''Kavi Gang'' (1954), ''Sant Dadu'' (1987, on [[Dadu Dayal]]) are works on saints of Gujarat while ''Rannade'' (1966), ''Rajasthanni Rasdhar'' (1974) and ''Kasumbino Rang'' (1988) are compilations of folk literature of western India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gsp"/><ref name=":1" />

== See also ==

* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Gbooks-author|Anwar Agewan}}

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