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{{Short description|Gujarati language writer}}
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| name = Manjulal Majmudar
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| birth_name = Manjulal Ranchhodlal Majmudar
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1897|9|18}}
| birth_place = [[Petlad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1984|11|11|1897|9|18}}
| death_place = [[Vadodara]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
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| awards = [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]]
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| doctoral_advisor = N. A. Thoothi<ref>{{Cite book|page=274|editor-last1=Narain|editor-first1=D|title=Research in Sociology (Abstracts of M.A. and Ph.D. Dissertations Completed in the Department of Socioloyg, University of Bombay)}}</ref>
| thesis_title = Cultural Background of Gujarat Art: Especially its Art of Miniature Painting
| thesis_year = 1944
| native_name = Mañjulāla Raṇachoḍalāla Majamudāra
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'''Manjulal Ranchhodlal Majmudar''' (18 September 1897 – 11 November 1984) was a [[Gujarati language]] writer and scholar. He was awarded the [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1968.<ref name="AGSI">{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature - Modern and Post-modern era|last=Brahmabhatt|first=Prasad|publisher=Parshwa Publication|year=2010|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7|location=Ahmedabad|pages=1403|language=gu}}</ref>

==Biography==
Manjulal Majmudar was born on 18 September 1897 at [[Petlad]] (Peṭalāda), in the [[Anand district]] of Gujarat, India. Majmudar got his education at [[Vadodara]] (Vaḍodarā), [[Gujarat]]. He completed his Bachelors in Arts in 1918 with [[Sanskrit]] and [[English Language|English]] Subjects. He completed his LL.B. in 1921 and started his career as a teacher at the National School, [[Bharuch]] (Bharūca). He started practicing as a lawyer, but switchec careers due to his interest in literature. In May 1928, he joined the Department of Education at Vadodara as the editor of ''Sayājī Sāhityamālā''. In 1929, he was awarded an M.A. by the [[University of Mumbai|University of Bombay]] for his article on the cultural history of Gujarat. At the 7th All India Oriental Conference held at Vadodara in 1933, he presented new discoveries of Vaishnava paintings in ''Bālagopālastuti'' and ''[[Bhagavata Purana|Bhāgavata Daśama Skaṁdha]]''. He joined [[Baroda College]] as a professor in 1938. He received the Nārāyaṇa Mahādeva Paramānaṁda award in 1941 for promoting the poetic works of [[Narsinh Mehta]] and [[Mirabai]] through his article ''Narasiṁha ane Mīrāṁnāṁ Padono Māravāḍamāṁ Pracāra'' which was published under a research grant by the [[University of Mumbai|University of Bombay]]. In 1943, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Bombay, writing a thesis on the subject of ''Cultural Background of Gujarat Art: Especially Miniatures''. Later, in 1947, he received the ''Springer Research Scholarship'' for three years from the [[University of Mumbai]] for the research of ''Gujarat's slang, sculpture and architecture''. He retired from service in 1952. He died on 11 November 1984 at Vadodara, Gujarat.<ref name="Shukla2002">{{cite encyclopedia |title=મજમુદાર, મંજુલાલ રણછોડલાલ |encyclopedia=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]] (ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ) |publisher=Gujarati Vishvkosh trust |location=Ahmedabad |last=Shukla |first=Jaykumar R. |date=2002 |editor-last=Thakar |editor-first=Dhirubhai |editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker |volume=15 |pages= |language=gu |trans-title=Majmudar, Manjulal Ranchchodlal |oclc=}}</ref>

He was awarded the [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] of the year 1968.<ref name="AGSI" /><ref name="Shukla2002" />

=== Writing ===
Besides edits, essays and texts, he has authored more than 400 articles, various magazines and publications on Indian culture and Gujarati language literature.<ref name=Shukla2002/>

===Notable works===
Select works of Majmudar include:
* {{Cite book|title=Mādhavānala-kāmakandalā-prabandha : in two volumes. 1|publisher= Oriental Institute|location=Baroda|date=1942|series=Gaekwad's Oriental Series}}
* {{Cite journal|date=1947 |title=Dwārkā Image of Raṇchhoḍjī and the temple at Ḍākore |journal=Journal of the University of Bombay |volume=16}}
* {{Cite journal|title=Illustrated MSS. of Bilvamaṅgala's Bāla-gōpāla-stuti|journal=Journal of the University of Bombay|date=1948|location=Bombay}}
* {{cite book|title=Sadayavatsa vīra prabandha : aneka hastalikhita pratiyoṃ kī sahāya se saṃśodhita ajñāta kavikṛta "sāvaliṃgā pāṇigrahaṇa caupaī" aura kavi kīrtivardhana racita 'sadayavatsa sāvaliṃgā caupaī' ke pariśiṣṭa aura prastāvanā evaṃ ṭippaṇiyām sahita|publisher=Sādūla Rājasthānī Ris. Inst.|location=Bīkānera|date=1960}}
* {{cite book|title=Historical and cultural chronology of Gujarat from earliest times to end of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa - Pratikhāra period: i.e. upto 942 A.D.)|publisher=Maharaj Sayajirao Univ. of Baroda|location=Baroda|date=1960}}
* {{cite book|title=Gujarat : its art-heritage; illustrated with 60 art-plates in monochrome and 11 in colour, and with a map|publisher=Bombay University|location=Bombay|date=1968}}
* {{cite book|title=Mīrāṃbāi - eka manana|publisher=Prācyavidyā Mandira, Mahārāja Sayājī̄̄rāva Viśvavidyālaya|location=Vaḍodarā|series=
Sayājī sāhityamāḷā, 332}}
* {{cite book|title=Vaiṣṇavatı̄rtha ḍākora|publisher=Prācyavidyā Mandira, Mahārājā Sayājı̄rāva Viśvavidyālaya|location=Vaḍodarā|date=1984|series=
Sayājī sāhityamāḷā, 362}}

== See also ==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

== References ==
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