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'''Mulshankar Mohanlal Bhatt''' is [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] translator, biographer, [[Children's literature in Gujarati language|children's writer]] and educationist from [[Gujarat]], India. He is known for translating works of [[Jules Verne]] in Gujarati.<ref name="GSP">{{cite web | title=મૂળશંકર મો. ભટ્ટ | website=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] | url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Mulshankar-M-Bhatt.html | language=gu | accessdate=15 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Hunt2003">{{cite book|author=Peter Hunt|title=International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7doBUwzbWh4C&pg=PA802|date=2 September 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-87993-9|page=802}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Mulshankar Bhatt was born on 25 June 1907 at [[Bhavnagar]] (now in [[Gujarat]], India to Mohanlal and Revaben. He completed his schooling from Dakshinamuti, Bhavnagar. He matriculated in 1921. He studied music as a main subject and Hindi-Gujarati as secondary subjects and graduated from [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] in 1927. In 1929, he joined Bombay National School in [[Vile Parle]] as a music teacher. Later he moved to Bhavnagar and joined Dakshinamurti as the teacher and rector and served from 1930 to 1939. He later joined its sister institute Gharshala as the teacher and served from 1939 to 1945. He joined Gramdakshinamurti, Ambala as the principal in 1945 and served till 1953. He taught at Lakbharti Gram Vidyapith and served as its rector and also served as principal of Lokseva Mahavidyalaya from 1953 to 1965. He retired in 1965 and continued to served honorary in several institutes such as Dakshinamurti, Lokshakti Sangathan, Gujarat Nai Talim Sangh, Gujarat Acharyakul. He died in Bhavnagar on 31 October 1984.<ref name="GSP"/><ref name="Dave2006">{{cite web | last=Dave | first=Harish | title=Posts from July 2006 on ગુજરાતી પ્રતિભા પરિચય | website=ગુજરાતી પ્રતિભા પરિચય | date=19 July 2006 | url=https://sureshbjani.wordpress.com/2006/07/page/2/ | language=gu | accessdate=15 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Shastri 2014"/>

== Works ==

He is well known for translating several works of [[Jules Verne]] in Gujarati such as ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'' as ''Sagarsamrat'', ''[[The Clipper of the Clouds]]'' as ''Gaganraj'', ''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'' as ''Patal Pravesh'', ''[[The Mysterious Island]]'' as ''Sahasikoni Srishti'' (1934),<ref name="Verne2013">{{cite book|author=Jules Verne|title=Sahasiko Ni Srushti - Gujarati eBook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2YkAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT179|date=18 April 2013|publisher=R R Sheth & Co Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-81336-35-9|page=179}}</ref> ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days]]'' as ''Enshi Divasma Prithvini Pradakshina'', ''[[Five Weeks in a Balloon]]'' as ''Baloon Pravas''. He also translated ''[[Les Misérables]]'' by [[Victor Hugo]] as ''Dukhiyara'' in Gujarati. He also wrote ''Gaymatanu Vardan'', ''Prabhuno Prakash''.<ref name="GSP"/><ref name="Dave2006"/>

He wrote biographies in ''Mahan Musafaro'' and ''Nansen''. He edited articles of [[Swami Anand]] as ''Dharatini Arati'' (1977).<ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4254|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=4254}}</ref> He translated ''[[The Power of Darkness]]'', a play by [[Leo Tolstoy]] as ''Andharana Seemada''.<ref name="GSP"/><ref name="Dave2006"/>

He had studied child psychology and worked on theories of education.<ref name="Shastri 2014">{{cite web | last=Shastri | first=Parth | title=Mulshankar Bhatt made learning a joy for kids | website=The Times of India | date=1 November 2014 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Mulshankar-Bhatt-made-learning-a-joy-for-kids/articleshow/45008159.cms | accessdate=15 November 2016}}</ref> He wrote several works on education and children such as ''Shikshakni Nishtha ane Drashti'', ''Kelvani Vichar'', ''Gharma Balmandir'', ''Balako Tofan Kem Kare Chhe?'', ''Gandhiji- Ek Kelvanikar'', ''Balakone Varta Kem Kahishu?''.<ref name="GSP"/><ref name="Dave2006"/>

==Personal life==
He married Hansa and had four children: Bakul, Vikram, Urmila and Meena.<ref name="Dave2006"/>

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

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Mulshankar-M-Bhatt.html Biography on Gujarati Sahitya Parishad website]

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