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| name=Ramsinhji Kanjibha Rathod<br />
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| birth_date={{birth date|1917|12|8|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place= Bhuvad, [[Cutch State]], [[British India]] (now in Kutch district, [[Gujarat]], India)<br />
| death_date={{death date and age|1997|6|25|1917|12|8|df=y}}<br />
| death_place= [[Bhuj]], Kutch district<br />
| occupation= Scholar, forester<br />
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| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
| nationality= Indian<br />
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| awards= {{plainlist |<br />
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1961)<br />
* [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] (1962)<br />
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'''Ramsinhji Kanjibha Rathod''' (8 December 1917 – 25 June 1997) was an Indian forester and scholar known for his extensive studies on the history, geography, archaeology, folklore, art, and geology of [[Kutch district]] of [[Gujarat]], India.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Rathod was born in Bhuvad in [[Cutch State]] (now in Kutch district) on 8 December 1917. His parents were Kanjibhai and Tejbai. He completed [[matriculation]] with the first class in 1933 in [[Bhuj]]. He collaborated with a friend to produce a handwritten monthly ''Bansari''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Shukla|first=Jaykumar R.|title=રાઠોડ, રામસિંહજી |url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A0%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%A1-%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%B9%E0%AA%9C%E0%AB%80/|publisher=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]] |access-date=2025-05-02 |language=gu}}</ref><br />
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In 1935, the [[Cutch State]] sent him to the [[Forest Research Institute (India)|Imperial Forest Research Institute]] in [[Dehradun]]. He obtained a diploma in forestry in 1937. On recommendation of Dr. Rajnath, the head of the Geology Department at [[Banaras Hindu University]], the Cutch State sent him to Banaras Hindu University for advanced studies in geology where he completed M.Sc. in geology in 1949.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
Following his forestry diploma, Rathod was appointed as a Range Forest Officer in the Cutch State's forest department. After completing his M.Sc., he was appointed as the Forest Superintendent of Cutch State. He held various posts including head of the Forest Department, Special Forest Officer, Divisional Forest Officer in Gujarat. Later he served as a Forest Officer in the [[Indian Forest Service]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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During his career in the forest service, he studied folk arts, folklore, history, geography, geology, and archaeology of Kutch. He studied ruins, ancient ports, temples and shrines, [[paliya]]s (memorial stones) and mosques. He documented stories, legends, history, geography as well as collected related maps, pictures, and photographs.<ref name=":0" /> He established Bharatiya Sanskruti Darshan, a museum in Bhuj.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=About Kutch |url=http://www.panjokutch.org.in/geography/Museums.htm |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=www.panjokutch.org.in}}</ref><br />
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Based on his extensive travel and research in Kutch, he published a series of articles in ''[[Kumar (magazine)|Kumar]]''. These articles were later compiled and published as a book titled ''Kutch nu Sanskrutidarshan'' (Cultural Insight of Kutch) in 1959. His another book ''Gujarati Bhashama Bhantar Tatha Gujarati Sahitya'' (Education in Gujarati Language and Gujarati Literature) discusses the [[Kutchi language]]. He authored ''Kutch and Ramarandh'' (1992) about Kutchi folk arts, performing arts and literature on Kutchi [[Ramayana]] called Ramarandh.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1961, he received the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati|Sahitya Akademi Award in Gujarati]] for ''Kutch nu Sanskrutidarshan''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-04 |title=Akademi Awards (1955-2015) |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#GUJARATI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#GUJARATI |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Sahitya Akademi}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1962 for the same book.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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He died on 25 June 1997 in Bhuj.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Gujarati]]<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kutch district]]<br />
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[[Category:1997 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarati-language Indian writers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian foresters]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian historians]]<br />
[[Category:Indian folklorists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian geologists]]<br />
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