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| birth_place = [[Patan, Gujarat]], India<br />
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| death_place = [[Rajkot, Gujarat]]<br />
| occupation = Author, researcher, critic and historian<br />
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| awards = [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] (1945–50)<br />
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'''Ramlal Chunilal Modi''' (27 July 1890 – 14 July 1949) was an Indian [[Gujarati-language]] writer, researcher, critic and historian.<ref name=EIL>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Datta |first=Amaresh |editor-last=Jani |editor-first=Balvant |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature |title=Modi, Ramlal Chunilal |language=en |date=1987 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi|volume=3|location=New Delhi |pages=2741–2742 |isbn=9788126011940 |oclc=430192715}}</ref> He is known for his research in medieval [[Gujarati literature]], especially on the medieval poet [[Bhalan]]. He was awarded the [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] posthumously in 1950.<ref name=Patel2002>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Patel |first=Kanjibhai |editor-last=Thakar |editor-first=Dhirubhai |editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker |encyclopedia=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]] (ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ) |title=Modi, Ramlal Chunila |language=gu |date=2002 |publisher=Gujarati Vishvkosh trust|volume=16 |location=Ahmedabad |pages=683–684 |oclc=163322996}}</ref><ref name="Topiwala1990">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Topiwala |first=Chandrakant |title=Modi, Ramlal Chunilal |encyclopedia=Gujarati Sahityakosh |volume=2 |year=1990 |editor1-last=Topiwala |editor1-first=Chandrakant |editor1-link=Chandrakant Topiwala |editor2-last=Soni |editor2-first=Raman |editor3-last=Dave |editor3-first=Ramesh R. |publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] |location=Ahmedabad |page=502 |oclc=26636333}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Ramlal Chunilal Modi was born on 27 July 1890 in the Dasa Vayada Vanik family at [[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]]. His father's name was Chunilal Narbheram and his mother's name was Jadav. After clearing his matriculation examination from Patan High School<ref name=EIL/> in 1908, he worked as the headmaster of Unjha and Chanasma middle schools. He then joined Patan High School as a teacher and served there till his death.<ref name=Patel2002/><br />
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He died on 14 July 1949 at [[Rajkot]].<ref name=Patel2002/><br />
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==Works==<br />
Since Ramlal Chunilal Modi was a native of Patan, he had a special charm for the local librarians and poets there. He has done important work mainly in the field of [[Old Gujarati]] and medieval history of Gujarat. He has published as many as 150 exploratory articles in addition to some texts.<ref name=Patel2002/><br />
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In 1909, his first article titled 'Gujarati Shabdkosh' published in the '[[Buddhiprakash]]'. In 1919, he published the classically written character book 'Bhalan' about the medieval Gujarati poet [[Bhalan]]. In 1924, he published the book 'Kavi Bhalan krut Be Nalakhyan', for which he was awarded Rs. 101 by the [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]].<ref name=Patel2002/><br />
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He has made a Gujarati translation of the Jadunath Sarkar's ''Mughal Administration'' (1920)<ref name="Moreland1921">{{cite journal |last=Moreland |first=W. H. |date=July 1921 |title=Studies in Mughal India by Jadunath Sarkar; Mughal Administration by Jadunath Sarkar |journal=The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=438–439 |jstor=25209765}}</ref> book under the title 'Mughal Rajyavahivat' (1942). 'Patan-Sidhpurno Pravas' (1919)<ref name=EIL/> is his travelogue. 'Karna Solanki' (1935) and 'Vayupurana' (1945) are his historical texts.<ref name=Patel2002/><br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
During 1945–50, he was posthumously awarded the [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] by the Narmad Sahitya Sabha for his historiography.<ref name=Patel2002/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite thesis |last=Barot |first=Dharmesh H. |date=2011 |title=૨૦મી સદીના ગુજરાતના ઇતિહાસકારો |type=PhD |publisher= [[Gujarat University]] |chapter=6 : Shri Ramlal Chunilal Modi (1890–1978) |chapter-url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/3861/11/11_chapter%206.pdf |pages=86–95 |hdl=10603/3861}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Gujarati Vishwakosh}}<br />
* {{Internet Archive author|sname=Ramlal Chunilal Modi |sopt=t}}<br />
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