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	'''Motilal Wadhumal Jotwani''' was an Indian writer, educationist, [[~~gandhian~~]] and a former post doctoral fellow of [[Harvard Divinity School]] who specialized in [[Sindhi language]] and literature.<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news \| url=https://www.dawn.com/news/938632/scholar-motilal-jotwani-is-dead \| title=Scholar Motilal Jotwani is dead \| newspaper=Dawn \| date=31 January 2008 \| access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sindhi Sangat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.sindhisangat.com/sindhyat_details.asp?id=133 \| title=Sindhi Sangat \| publisher=Sindhi Sangat \| date=2015 \| access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> A winner of [[Sahitya Academy Award]],<ref name="Sindhistan">{{cite web \| url=http://www.sindhishaan.com/article/personalities/pers_07_01.html \| title=Sindhistan \| publisher=Sindhistan \| date=January 2008 \| access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> he was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2003 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Padma Awards \| date=2015 \| access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref>		'''Motilal Wadhumal Jotwani''' ({{IPA\|hi\|moːtiːˈlaːl ʋaːdʱʊˈmaːl dʒoːˈtʋaːniː}}; 13 January 1936 – 28 January 2008) was an Indian writer, educationist, [[Gandhian]] and a former post doctoral fellow of [[Harvard Divinity School]] who specialized in [[Sindhi language]] and literature.<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news \| url=https://www.dawn.com/news/938632/scholar-motilal-jotwani-is-dead \| title=Scholar Motilal Jotwani is dead \| newspaper=Dawn \| date=31 January 2008 \| access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sindhi Sangat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.sindhisangat.com/sindhyat_details.asp?id=133 \| title=Sindhi Sangat \| publisher=Sindhi Sangat \| date=2015 \| access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> A winner of [[Sahitya Academy Award]],<ref name="Sindhistan">{{cite web \| url=http://www.sindhishaan.com/article/personalities/pers_07_01.html \| title=Sindhistan \| publisher=Sindhistan \| date=January 2008 \| access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> he was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2003 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Padma Awards \| date=2015 \| access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref>

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| birth_date = 13 January 1936
| birth_place = [[Rohri]], [[Sukkur district]], [[Sindh]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 28 January 2008
| death_place = Pune, India
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| occupation = Scholar, writer, educationist
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| known for = Sindhi literature
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Shah Abdul Latif Award<br>Kriti Puraskar<br>[[Sahitya Academy Award]]<br>Sindhu Ratan
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'''Motilal Wadhumal Jotwani''' was an Indian writer, educationist, [[gandhian]] and a former post doctoral fellow of [[Harvard Divinity School]] who specialized in [[Sindhi language]] and literature.<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/938632/scholar-motilal-jotwani-is-dead | title=Scholar Motilal Jotwani is dead | newspaper=Dawn | date=31 January 2008 | access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sindhi Sangat">{{cite web | url=http://www.sindhisangat.com/sindhyat_details.asp?id=133 | title=Sindhi Sangat | publisher=Sindhi Sangat | date=2015 | access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> A winner of [[Sahitya Academy Award]],<ref name="Sindhistan">{{cite web | url=http://www.sindhishaan.com/article/personalities/pers_07_01.html | title=Sindhistan | publisher=Sindhistan | date=January 2008 | access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> he was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2003 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Padma Awards | date=2015 | access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref>

==Biography==
Motilal Jotwani was born on 13 January 1936 at [[Rohri]], in the [[Sukkur district]] of the [[Sindh]] region in the [[British India]].<ref name="Dawn" /><ref name="Sindhi Sangat" /><ref name="Sindhistan" /> His family moved to India after the [[partition of India|partition of 1947]] and settled in Delhi.<ref name="Dawn" /><ref name="Sindhi Sangat" /><ref name="Sindhistan" /> After graduating, he obtained a post graduate diploma in journalism from [[Punjab University, Chandigarh, India|Punjab University]] in 1959, secured his master's degree (MA) in English literature from [[Delhi University]]<ref name="Bio">{{cite web | url=http://padmashridrmotilaljotwani.weebly.com/ | title=Bio | publisher=Bio | date=2015 | access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> and joined the university as a lecturer at [[Deshbandhu College]] from where he retired as the Reader in Sindhi literature.<ref name="Sindhi Sangat" /> He also obtained a doctoral degree (PhD) on the work of [[Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai]], renowned Sufi poet.<ref name="Dawn" /><ref name="Sindhi Sangat" /><ref name="Sindhistan" />

Jotwani authored 60 books in English, Hindi and Sindhi languages, composed of poems, short stories, novels and essays.<ref name="Dawn" /><ref name="Sindhi Sangat" /><ref name="Sindhistan" /><ref name="Some Representative Texts">{{cite book | url=http://www.adityabooks.in/bookdetails.asp?id=494 | title=Some Representative Texts | publisher=Aditya Books | author=Motilal Jotwani | year=2005 | pages=159 | isbn=978-8185353517}}</ref><ref name="Sindhis Through the Centuries">{{cite book | url=http://www.adityabooks.in/bookdetails.asp?id=489 | title=Sindhis Through the Centuries | publisher=Aditya Books | author=Motilal Jotwani | year=2006 | pages=166 | isbn=9788185353531}}</ref> He is the author of ''Dictionary of Sindhi Literature''<ref name="Dictionary of Sindhi Literature">{{cite book | title=Dictionary of Sindhi Literature | publisher=Aditya Books | author=Motilal Jotwani | year=2007 | isbn=978-8185353579}}</ref> and a critical study on Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, under the name, ''Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, His Life and Work''.<ref name="Sindhistan" /><ref name="Shah Abdul Latif: His Life and Work by Motilal Jotwani">{{cite journal | title=Shah Abdul Latif: His Life and Work by Motilal Jotwani | author=S. K. Bose | journal=India International Centre Quarterly |date=January 1976 | volume=3 | issue=1 | pages=74–76|jstor = 23001876}}</ref> ''Pratinidhi Rachnayen'' (1996), ''Sufis of Sindh'' (1986), ''Sindhis Through Centuries'' (2006), ''Anaasir jee Saazish'' (1968), ''Sandandhani je Sarakuni te'' (1982), ''Pursh ain Prakriti'' (1997) ''Kotha'' (1985), ''Sunjaanap jo Sankat'' (1992) and ''Naen Sire Khan'' (1998) are some of his other notable works.<ref name="Sindhistan" />

Jotwani, a known [[gandhian]] and a [[Sindhi language]] scholar, was the secretary of ''Sindhi Academy'' of the [[Government of India]] and during his tenure, he completed a book on Gandhiji, ''Gandhiji on Sindh and the Sindhis'', with the assistance of [[K. R. Malkani]], renowned historian and politician.<ref name="Gandhiji on Sindh and the Sindhis">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BtuAAAAMAAJ | title=Gandhiji on Sindh and the Sindhis | publisher=Sindhi Academy | author=Motilal Wadhumal Jotwani | year=1998 | pages=554 | isbn=9788187096030}}</ref> He was also a visiting post doctoral fellow of [[Harvard Divinity School|Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions]] during 1979-80.<ref name="Sindhi Sangat" /><ref name="Sindhistan" /> He was also the editor of ''Indian Author'', the official journal of the Authors Guild of India, New Delhi from 1985 to 1990.<ref name="Sindhi Sangat" /> His contributions are also reported in the establishment of ''Sindhi Education Society'' which manages two schools, Baba Nebhraj Senior Secondary School and Hemnani Secondary School, in Delhi. He served as a member of its governing council for many years.<ref name="Sindhi Sangat" />

Motilal Jotwani received six citations and awards from the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]] during 1973-1999 for his literary contributions.<ref name="Sindhi Sangat" /> He received Hindi literary awards from the [[Government of Delhi]] and the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] in 1988 and 1990 respectively.<ref name="Sindhi Sangat" /> He has also received Hindi Academy ''Kriti Puraskar'', [[Sahitya Academy Award]] and ''Sindhu Ratan'' Award.<ref name="Sindhistan" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 2003.<ref name="Dawn" /><ref name="Sindhistan" /> In 2006, he received the Shah Abdul Latif Award from the [[Government of Sindh]].<ref name="Dawn" /><ref name="Sindhistan" />

Jotwani died on 28 January 2008 in [[Pune]], succumbing to a cardiac arrest, leaving behind his wife, Raj Motwani and two sons.<ref name="Dawn" /><ref name="Sindhistan" />

==See also==
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* [[Sindhi literature]]
* [[Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai]]
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{{portal|India|Literature}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite journal | title=Shah Abdul Latif: His Life and Work by Motilal Jotwani | author=S. K. Bose | journal=India International Centre Quarterly |date=January 1976 | volume=3 | issue=1 | pages=74–76|jstor = 23001876}}
* {{cite book | title=Dictionary of Sindhi Literature | publisher=Aditya Books | author=Motilal Jotwani | year=2007 | isbn=978-8185353579}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.adityabooks.in/bookdetails.asp?id=494 | title=Some Representative Texts | publisher=Aditya Books | author=Motilal Jotwani | year=2005 | pages=159 | isbn=978-8185353517}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.adityabooks.in/bookdetails.asp?id=489 | title=Sindhis Through the Centuries | publisher=Aditya Books | author=Motilal Jotwani | year=2006 | pages=166 | isbn=9788185353531}}
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BtuAAAAMAAJ | title=Gandhiji on Sindh and the Sindhis | publisher=Sindhi Academy | author=Motilal Wadhumal Jotwani | year=1998 | pages=554 | isbn=9788187096030}}

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