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	'''Mahamahopadhayaya''' '''Kaviraja Shyamaldas Dadhivadia''' (1836-1893), popularly referred to as ''Kaviraja'' ([[Hindi]]: king of poets) was one of the early writers involved in documenting the history and culture of what is now [[Rajasthan]] region of [[India]].~~<~~ref~~>~~[[Sharma, Dasharatha]] (1970) Lectures on Rajput history and culture p1 Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi~~<~~/ref~~>~~		'''Mahamahopadhayaya''' '''Kaviraja Shyamaldas Dadhivadia''' (1836-1893), popularly referred to as ''Kaviraja'' ([[Hindi]]: king of poets) was one of the early writers involved in documenting the history and culture of what is now [[Rajasthan]] region of [[India]].<ref>[[Sharma, Dasharatha]] (1970) Lectures on Rajput history and culture p1 Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi</ref>

	==Authorship==		==Authorship==

	Shyamaldas co-wrote ( with his father Kayamadana Dadhivadia ) the ''Dipanga Kul Prakash'', an extended narrative poem on the Dodia [[Rajputs]] of Mewar.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book \|last=Dadhivāṛiyā \|first=Kāyamadāna \|url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=96903370&searchType=1&permalink=y \|title=Dīpaṅga-kula-prakāśa: Saradāragaṛha ke Ḍoḍiyoṃ kā itihāsa \|last2=Śyāmaladāsa \|last3=Jāvaliyā \|first3=Brajamohana \|last4=Jāvaliyā \|first4=Śarada \|date=1995 \|publisher=Pratāpa Śodha Pratishṭhāna, Bhūpāla Nobalsa Saṃsthāna, Udayapura \|others=Pratāpa Śodha Pratishṭhāna \|edition=1. saṃskaraṇa \|series=Rājasthāna gaurava granthamālā \|location=Udayapura \|language=raj, hi}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ Maharana Sajjan Singh, ruler of [[Udaipur]] ([[princely state]]), assigned Shyamaldas the task of compiling an authentic history of [[Mewar]].~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book \|last=Śrivastava \|first=Vijai Shankar \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nKJiBUFrmfoC&pg=PA37 \|title=Cultural Contours of India: Dr. Satya Prakash Felicitation Volume \|date=1981 \|publisher=Abhinav Publications \|isbn=978-0-391-02358-1 \|language=en}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ Titled ''Vir Vinod'' ( Hindi: Heroes' Delight ), this is the earliest known comprehensive history written in Mewar.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book \|last=Gupta \|first=R. K. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7dCkiyLJ6EC&pg=PA247 \|title=Rajasthan Through the Ages \|last2=Bakshi \|first2=S. R. \|date=2008 \|publisher=Sarup & Sons \|isbn=978-81-7625-841-8 \|language=en}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ It reached the public only in 1930 as Maharana Fateh Singh ( Maharana Sajjan Singh's successor) was averse to its publication.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book \|last=Gupta \|first=R. K. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7dCkiyLJ6EC&pg=PA255 \|title=Rajasthan Through the Ages \|last2=Bakshi \|first2=S. R. \|date=2008 \|publisher=Sarup & Sons \|isbn=978-81-7625-841-8 \|language=en}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		Shyamaldas co-wrote ( with his father Kayamadana Dadhivadia ) the ''Dipanga Kul Prakash'', an extended narrative poem on the Dodia [[Rajputs]] of Mewar.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Dadhivāṛiyā \|first=Kāyamadāna \|url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=96903370&searchType=1&permalink=y \|title=Dīpaṅga-kula-prakāśa: Saradāragaṛha ke Ḍoḍiyoṃ kā itihāsa \|last2=Śyāmaladāsa \|last3=Jāvaliyā \|first3=Brajamohana \|last4=Jāvaliyā \|first4=Śarada \|date=1995 \|publisher=Pratāpa Śodha Pratishṭhāna, Bhūpāla Nobalsa Saṃsthāna, Udayapura \|others=Pratāpa Śodha Pratishṭhāna \|edition=1. saṃskaraṇa \|series=Rājasthāna gaurava granthamālā \|location=Udayapura \|language=raj, hi}}</ref> Maharana Sajjan Singh, ruler of [[Udaipur]] ([[princely state]]), assigned Shyamaldas the task of compiling an authentic history of [[Mewar]].<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Śrivastava \|first=Vijai Shankar \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nKJiBUFrmfoC&pg=PA37 \|title=Cultural Contours of India: Dr. Satya Prakash Felicitation Volume \|date=1981 \|publisher=Abhinav Publications \|isbn=978-0-391-02358-1 \|language=en}}</ref> Titled ''Vir Vinod'' ( Hindi: Heroes' Delight ), this is the earliest known comprehensive history written in Mewar.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Gupta \|first=R. K. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7dCkiyLJ6EC&pg=PA247 \|title=Rajasthan Through the Ages \|last2=Bakshi \|first2=S. R. \|date=2008 \|publisher=Sarup & Sons \|isbn=978-81-7625-841-8 \|language=en}}</ref> It reached the public only in 1930 as Maharana Fateh Singh ( Maharana Sajjan Singh's successor) was averse to its publication.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Gupta \|first=R. K. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7dCkiyLJ6EC&pg=PA255 \|title=Rajasthan Through the Ages \|last2=Bakshi \|first2=S. R. \|date=2008 \|publisher=Sarup & Sons \|isbn=978-81-7625-841-8 \|language=en}}</ref>

	[[File:Maharana Sajjan Singh of Udaipur with Sirdars, circa 1882.jpg\|thumb\| Maharana Sajjan Singh of Udaipur with Sirdars. Kaviraja Shyamaldas: sitting, second from the left {{circa}} 1882.]]		[[File:Maharana Sajjan Singh of Udaipur with Sirdars, circa 1882.jpg\|thumb\| Maharana Sajjan Singh of Udaipur with Sirdars. Kaviraja Shyamaldas: sitting, second from the left {{circa}} 1882.]]
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	==Negotiator and mentor==		==Negotiator and mentor==

	Shyamaldas was also a confidant of Maharana Sajjan Singh and was entrusted with the delicate negotiations which resulted in a quick end to the Bhil rebellion of 1881.~~<~~ref~~>~~Pati, Biswamoy Editor (2000) Issues in modern Indian history p88 Popular Prakashan Pvt Ltd [[Mumbai]] {{ISBN\|978-81-7154-658-9}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=S2Yn4LlujqsC&dq=SHYAMALDAS&pg=PA88]~~<~~/ref~~>~~ Later, Shyamaldas' pupil, [[Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha]] also became a famed historian and writer.{{citation needed\|date=May 2022}}		Shyamaldas was also a confidant of Maharana Sajjan Singh and was entrusted with the delicate negotiations which resulted in a quick end to the Bhil rebellion of 1881.<ref>Pati, Biswamoy Editor (2000) Issues in modern Indian history p88 Popular Prakashan Pvt Ltd [[Mumbai]] {{ISBN\|978-81-7154-658-9}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=S2Yn4LlujqsC&dq=SHYAMALDAS&pg=PA88]</ref> Later, Shyamaldas' pupil, [[Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha]] also became a famed historian and writer.{{citation needed\|date=May 2022}}

	==Honors and awards==		==Honors and awards==

	Shyamaldas was honored with the degree of ''Mahamahopadhayaya'' and conferred with the ''Kesar-e-Hind'' ( Lion of India) by the British Government.~~<~~ref~~>~~Cultural contours of India p37~~<~~/ref~~>~~		Shyamaldas was honored with the degree of ''Mahamahopadhayaya'' and conferred with the ''Kesar-e-Hind'' ( Lion of India) by the British Government.<ref>Cultural contours of India p37</ref>

	==References==		==References==
	~~<~~references/~~>~~		<references/>

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==

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	\| honorific_prefix = ~~Shri~~		\| honorific_prefix = [[Kaviraj]]<br>[[Mahamahopadhyaya]]<br>[[Kaisar-i-Hind]]
	\| name = ~~Kaviraj~~ Shyamaldas ~~Dadhwadiya~~		\| name = Shyamaldas
	\| image =		\| image = Kaviraja Shyamaldas portrait at Government of Rajasthan Museum, Udaipur.png
			\| caption = Kaviraja Shyamaldas portrait at Government of Rajasthan Museum, [[Udaipur]]
	\| birth_date = 1836		\| birth_date = 1836
	\| birth_place = Udaipur, Mewar		\| birth_place = Udaipur, Mewar
	\| death_date = 1893		\| death_date = 1893
	\| death_place = Udaipur		\| death_place = [[Udaipur]]
	\| occupation = Historian, Prime Minister of Mewar		\| occupation = Historian, Prime Minister of Mewar
	\| notable_works = Vir Vinod		\| notable_works = Vir Vinod
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	\| mother = Aijan Kanwar		\| mother = Aijan Kanwar
	\| father = Kamji Dadhwadiya		\| father = Kamji Dadhwadiya
	\| honours = Kesar-e-Hind(Lion of India)		\| honours = Kesar-e-Hind (Lion of India)
	}}		}}

	'''Mahamahopadhayaya''' '''~~Kaviraj~~ Shyamaldas ~~Dadhavadiya~~''' (~~19th century~~), popularly referred to as ''Kaviraja'' ([[Hindi]]:king of poets) ~~Shyamaldas~~ was one of the early writers involved in documenting the history and culture of ~~the~~ [[Rajasthan]] region of [[India]].<ref>[[Sharma, Dasharatha]] (1970) Lectures on Rajput history and culture p1 Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi</ref>		'''Mahamahopadhayaya''' '''Kaviraja Shyamaldas Dadhivadia''' (1836-1893), popularly referred to as ''Kaviraja'' ([[Hindi]]: king of poets) was one of the early writers involved in documenting the history and culture of what is now [[Rajasthan]] region of [[India]].<ref>[[Sharma, Dasharatha]] (1970) Lectures on Rajput history and culture p1 Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi</ref>

	==Authorship==		==Authorship==

	Shyamaldas co-wrote ( with his father Kayamadana ~~Dadhavadhia~~ ) the ''Dipanga Kul Prakash'', an extended narrative poem on the Dodia [[Rajputs]] of Mewar.<ref~~>[http~~://~~lccn~~.loc.gov/96903370 ~~Library of Congress catalog]<~~/ref> Maharana Sajjan Singh, ruler of [[Udaipur]] ([[princely state]]), assigned Shyamaldas the task of compiling an authentic history of [[Mewar]].<ref~~>Srivastava VS (1981) Cultural contours of India p37 Abhinav Publications Delhi~~ {{~~ISBN~~\|~~978-0-391-02358-1}} [~~https://books.google.com/books?id=nKJiBUFrmfoC&pg=PA37~~&dq~~=~~'a+charana+~~of~~+repute'&lr~~=~~&as_drrb_is~~=~~q&as_minm_is~~=0~~&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=~~1#v=~~onepage~~&~~q='a%20charana%20of%20repute'&f=false]<~~/ref> Titled ''Vir Vinod'' ( Hindi: Heroes' Delight ), this is the earliest known comprehensive history written in Mewar.<ref~~>Gupta RK, Bakshi SR (2008) Studies in Indian History The heritage of Rajputs p247 Sarup~~ & ~~Sons, New Delhi~~ {{~~ISBN~~\|~~978-81-7625-841-8}} [~~https://books.google.com/books?id=S7dCkiyLJ6EC&pg=PA247~~&dq~~=~~%22'first+comprehensive+history+written+in+Mewar'%22&lr~~=~~&as_drrb_is~~=~~q&as_minm_is~~=~~0&as_miny_is~~=&~~as_maxm_is~~=~~0&as_maxy_is~~=&~~as_brr=0&cd=2#v=onepage&q=%22'first%20comprehensive%20history%20written%20in%20Mewar'%22&f=false]<~~/ref> It reached the public only in 1930 as Maharana Fateh Singh ( Maharana Sajjan Singh's successor) was averse to its publication.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=S7dCkiyLJ6EC&pg=PA255~~&dq~~=~~%22'Vir+vinod+came+to+~~the~~+public+eye+only+in+1930'%22&lr~~=~~&as_drrb_is~~=~~q&as_minm_is~~=~~0&as_miny_is~~=&~~as_maxm_is~~=~~0&as_maxy_is~~=&~~as_brr=0~~&~~cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Studies in Indian History Vol 4 The heritage~~ of ~~Rajputs p 255~~]~~</ref>~~		Shyamaldas co-wrote ( with his father Kayamadana Dadhivadia ) the ''Dipanga Kul Prakash'', an extended narrative poem on the Dodia [[Rajputs]] of Mewar.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Dadhivāṛiyā \|first=Kāyamadāna \|url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=96903370&searchType=1&permalink=y \|title=Dīpaṅga-kula-prakāśa: Saradāragaṛha ke Ḍoḍiyoṃ kā itihāsa \|last2=Śyāmaladāsa \|last3=Jāvaliyā \|first3=Brajamohana \|last4=Jāvaliyā \|first4=Śarada \|date=1995 \|publisher=Pratāpa Śodha Pratishṭhāna, Bhūpāla Nobalsa Saṃsthāna, Udayapura \|others=Pratāpa Śodha Pratishṭhāna \|edition=1. saṃskaraṇa \|series=Rājasthāna gaurava granthamālā \|location=Udayapura \|language=raj, hi}}</ref> Maharana Sajjan Singh, ruler of [[Udaipur]] ([[princely state]]), assigned Shyamaldas the task of compiling an authentic history of [[Mewar]].<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Śrivastava \|first=Vijai Shankar \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nKJiBUFrmfoC&pg=PA37 \|title=Cultural Contours of India: Dr. Satya Prakash Felicitation Volume \|date=1981 \|publisher=Abhinav Publications \|isbn=978-0-391-02358-1 \|language=en}}</ref> Titled ''Vir Vinod'' ( Hindi: Heroes' Delight ), this is the earliest known comprehensive history written in Mewar.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Gupta \|first=R. K. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7dCkiyLJ6EC&pg=PA247 \|title=Rajasthan Through the Ages \|last2=Bakshi \|first2=S. R. \|date=2008 \|publisher=Sarup & Sons \|isbn=978-81-7625-841-8 \|language=en}}</ref> It reached the public only in 1930 as Maharana Fateh Singh ( Maharana Sajjan Singh's successor) was averse to its publication.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Gupta \|first=R. K. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7dCkiyLJ6EC&pg=PA255 \|title=Rajasthan Through the Ages \|last2=Bakshi \|first2=S. R. \|date=2008 \|publisher=Sarup & Sons \|isbn=978-81-7625-841-8 \|language=en}}</ref>

			[[File:Maharana Sajjan Singh of Udaipur with Sirdars, circa 1882.jpg\|thumb\| Maharana Sajjan Singh of Udaipur with Sirdars. Kaviraja Shyamaldas: sitting, second from the left {{circa}} 1882.]]

	==Negotiator and mentor==		==Negotiator and mentor==

	Shyamaldas was also a confidant of Maharana Sajjan Singh and was entrusted with the delicate negotiations which resulted in a quick end to the Bhil rebellion of 1881.<ref>Pati, Biswamoy Editor (2000) Issues in modern Indian history p88 Popular Prakashan Pvt Ltd [[Mumbai]] {{ISBN\|978-81-7154-658-9}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=S2Yn4LlujqsC&~~pg=PA88&~~dq=SHYAMALDAS&lr=&~~as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=4#v=onepage&q=SHYAMALDAS&f=false]<~~/ref> Later, Shyamaldas' pupil, [[Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha]] also became a famed historian and writer.		Shyamaldas was also a confidant of Maharana Sajjan Singh and was entrusted with the delicate negotiations which resulted in a quick end to the Bhil rebellion of 1881.<ref>Pati, Biswamoy Editor (2000) Issues in modern Indian history p88 Popular Prakashan Pvt Ltd [[Mumbai]] {{ISBN\|978-81-7154-658-9}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=S2Yn4LlujqsC&dq=SHYAMALDAS&pg=PA88]</ref> Later, Shyamaldas' pupil, [[Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha]] also became a famed historian and writer.{{citation needed\|date=May 2022}}

	==Honors and awards==		==Honors and awards==

	Shyamaldas was honored with the degree of ''Mahamahopadhayaya'' and conferred with the ''Kesar-e-Hind'' ( Lion of India) by the British Government.<ref>Cultural contours of India p37</ref>		Shyamaldas was honored with the degree of ''Mahamahopadhayaya'' and conferred with the ''Kesar-e-Hind'' ( Lion of India) by the British Government.<ref>Cultural contours of India p37</ref>

	==References==		==References==
	<references/>		<references/>

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==

	* {{Cite book\|last1=Sharma\|first1=Nina\|url=https://~~www~~.google.~~co.in~~/books~~/edition/_/1AgOswEACAAJ~~?hl=en\|title=Becoming a Modern Historian in Princely India: An Intellectual History of Shyamal Das and His Vir Vinod\|last2=Shekhar\|first2=Indu\|publisher=Olympia Publishers\|year=2015\|isbn=978-1848973213}}		* {{Cite book\|last1=Sharma\|first1=Nina\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1AgOswEACAAJ\|title=Becoming a Modern Historian in Princely India: An Intellectual History of Shyamal Das and His Vir Vinod\|last2=Shekhar\|first2=Indu\|publisher=Olympia Publishers\|year=2015\|isbn=978-1848973213}}

	==External links==		==External links==
	*Permalink to Vir Vinod listing in Library of Congress catalog [http://lccn.loc.gov/2007342511]		*Permalink to Vir Vinod listing in Library of Congress catalog [http://lccn.loc.gov/2007342511]
	*University of Chicago Library Catalog [https://libcat.uchicago.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1J685212838R6.15318&profile=ucpublic&uri=link=3100006~!678172~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab13&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=%C5%9Ay%C4%81malad%C4%81sa&index=AUTHORP]		*University of Chicago Library Catalog [https://libcat.uchicago.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1J685212838R6.15318&profile=ucpublic&uri=link=3100006~!678172~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab13&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=%C5%9Ay%C4%81malad%C4%81sa&index=AUTHORP] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717112247/https://libcat.uchicago.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1J685212838R6.15318&profile=ucpublic&uri=link=3100006~!678172~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab13&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=%C5%9Ay%C4%81malad%C4%81sa&index=AUTHORP \|date=17 July 2011 }}
	*''Mewar ke gaurav-Kaviraj Shyamaldas'' in Hindi [http://pratahkal.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/मेवाड़-के-गौरव-234/ मेवाड़ के गौरव - कविराजा श्यामल दास]		*''Mewar ke gaurav-Kaviraj Shyamaldas'' in Hindi [http://pratahkal.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/मेवाड़-के-गौरव-234/ मेवाड़ के गौरव - कविराजा श्यामल दास]

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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Shri
| name = Kaviraj Shyamaldas Dadhwadiya
| image =
| birth_date = 1836
| birth_place = Udaipur, Mewar
| death_date = 1893
| death_place = Udaipur
| occupation = Historian, Prime Minister of Mewar
| notable_works = Vir Vinod
| title = Mahamahopadhyaya
| spouse = 2
| children = 4
| mother = Aijan Kanwar
| father = Kamji Dadhwadiya
| honours = Kesar-e-Hind(Lion of India)
}}

'''Mahamahopadhayaya''' '''Kaviraj Shyamaldas Dadhavadiya''' (19th century), popularly referred to as ''Kaviraja'' ([[Hindi]]:king of poets) Shyamaldas was one of the early writers involved in documenting the history and culture of the [[Rajasthan]] region of [[India]].<ref>[[Sharma, Dasharatha]] (1970) Lectures on Rajput history and culture p1 Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi</ref>

==Authorship==

Shyamaldas co-wrote ( with his father Kayamadana Dadhavadhia ) the ''Dipanga Kul Prakash'', an extended narrative poem on the Dodia [[Rajputs]] of Mewar.<ref>[http://lccn.loc.gov/96903370 Library of Congress catalog]</ref> Maharana Sajjan Singh, ruler of [[Udaipur]] ([[princely state]]), assigned Shyamaldas the task of compiling an authentic history of [[Mewar]].<ref>Srivastava VS (1981) Cultural contours of India p37 Abhinav Publications Delhi {{ISBN|978-0-391-02358-1}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=nKJiBUFrmfoC&pg=PA37&dq='a+charana+of+repute'&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=1#v=onepage&q='a%20charana%20of%20repute'&f=false]</ref> Titled ''Vir Vinod'' ( Hindi: Heroes' Delight ), this is the earliest known comprehensive history written in Mewar.<ref>Gupta RK, Bakshi SR (2008) Studies in Indian History The heritage of Rajputs p247 Sarup & Sons, New Delhi {{ISBN|978-81-7625-841-8}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=S7dCkiyLJ6EC&pg=PA247&dq=%22'first+comprehensive+history+written+in+Mewar'%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=2#v=onepage&q=%22'first%20comprehensive%20history%20written%20in%20Mewar'%22&f=false]</ref> It reached the public only in 1930 as Maharana Fateh Singh ( Maharana Sajjan Singh's successor) was averse to its publication.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=S7dCkiyLJ6EC&pg=PA255&dq=%22'Vir+vinod+came+to+the+public+eye+only+in+1930'%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Studies in Indian History Vol 4 The heritage of Rajputs p 255]</ref>

==Negotiator and mentor==

Shyamaldas was also a confidant of Maharana Sajjan Singh and was entrusted with the delicate negotiations which resulted in a quick end to the Bhil rebellion of 1881.<ref>Pati, Biswamoy Editor (2000) Issues in modern Indian history p88 Popular Prakashan Pvt Ltd [[Mumbai]] {{ISBN|978-81-7154-658-9}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=S2Yn4LlujqsC&pg=PA88&dq=SHYAMALDAS&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=4#v=onepage&q=SHYAMALDAS&f=false]</ref> Later, Shyamaldas' pupil, [[Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha]] also became a famed historian and writer.

==Honors and awards==

Shyamaldas was honored with the degree of ''Mahamahopadhayaya'' and conferred with the ''Kesar-e-Hind'' ( Lion of India) by the British Government.<ref>Cultural contours of India p37</ref>

==References==
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== Further reading ==

* {{Cite book|last1=Sharma|first1=Nina|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/_/1AgOswEACAAJ?hl=en|title=Becoming a Modern Historian in Princely India: An Intellectual History of Shyamal Das and His Vir Vinod|last2=Shekhar|first2=Indu|publisher=Olympia Publishers|year=2015|isbn=978-1848973213}}

==External links==
*Permalink to Vir Vinod listing in Library of Congress catalog [http://lccn.loc.gov/2007342511]
*University of Chicago Library Catalog [https://libcat.uchicago.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1J685212838R6.15318&profile=ucpublic&uri=link=3100006~!678172~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab13&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=%C5%9Ay%C4%81malad%C4%81sa&index=AUTHORP]
*''Mewar ke gaurav-Kaviraj Shyamaldas'' in Hindi [http://pratahkal.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/मेवाड़-के-गौरव-234/ मेवाड़ के गौरव - कविराजा श्यामल दास]

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