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	Ranchhodji was a son of Amarji Diwan, the chief minister of Junagadh state. Upon death of his father, he was appointed as the chief minister. Although a [[Nagar Brahmin]] by caste, he had mastered the profession of arms. He had fought battles with states of [[Nawanagar State\|Jamnagar]] and [[Cutch State\|Cutch]]. In 1805, British agent Colonel Walker met Nawab of Junagadh state and it became British protectorate under [[East India Company]] in 1807. Thus Ranchhodji retired from battlefields and started writing [[poetry]]. He assisted the state in abolishing the practices of [[Sati (practice)\|Sati]] and [[female infanticide]]. He was a follower of [[Shakti]].<ref name="Farquhar1984">{{cite book\|author=J. N. Farquhar\|title=Outline of the Religious Literature of India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lwggjSPrjxUC&pg=PA356\|date=1 January 1984\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass\|isbn=978-81-208-2086-9\|page=356}}</ref> Like some other natives of Junagadh, he had contracted a dislike ~~for~~ [[Pushtimarg]], the Vallabh form of [[Vaishnavism]], and he went so far as not to name any member of his family with a name which would have even a remote tinge of that cult.<ref name="Datta1988">{{cite book\|author=Amaresh Datta\|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1054\|volume=2\|year=1988\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0\|pages=1054–1055}}</ref><ref name="Malabari1882">{{cite book\|author=K M Zaveri\|title=Milestones of Gujarati Literature\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lyd8jPbN218C&pg=PA256\|year=1882\|publisher=Asian Educational Services\|isbn=978-81-206-0651-7\|pages=255–256}}</ref><ref name=smg>{{cite book\|author1=Acyuta Yājñika\|author2=Suchitra Sheth\|title=The Shaping of Modern Gujarat: Plurality, Hindutva, and Beyond\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmKIiAPgnF0C&pg=PA66\|year=2005\|publisher=Penguin Books India\|isbn=978-0-14-400038-8\|page=66}}</ref><ref name="India)1965">{{cite book\|author=Oriental Institute (Vadodara, India)\|title=Journal of the Oriental Institute\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=86EPAAAAYAAJ\|year=1965\|publisher=Oriental Institute, Maharajah Sayajirao University.\|pages=128–132}}</ref>		Ranchhodji was a son of Amarji Diwan, the chief minister of Junagadh state. Upon death of his father, he was appointed the chief minister. Although a [[Nagar Brahmin]] by caste, he had mastered the profession of arms. He had fought battles with states of [[Nawanagar State\|Jamnagar]] and [[Cutch State\|Cutch]]. In 1805, British agent Colonel Walker met Nawab of Junagadh state and it became British protectorate under [[East India Company]] in 1807. Thus Ranchhodji retired from battlefields and started writing [[poetry]]. He assisted the state in abolishing the practices of [[Sati (practice)\|Sati]] and [[female infanticide]]. He was a follower of [[Shakti]].<ref name="Farquhar1984">{{cite book\|author=J. N. Farquhar\|title=Outline of the Religious Literature of India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lwggjSPrjxUC&pg=PA356\|date=1 January 1984\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass\|isbn=978-81-208-2086-9\|page=356}}</ref> Like some other natives of Junagadh, he had contracted a dislike of [[Pushtimarg]], the Vallabh form of [[Vaishnavism]], and he went so far as not to name any member of his family with a name which would have even a remote tinge of that cult.<ref name="Datta1988">{{cite book\|author=Amaresh Datta\|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1054\|volume=2\|year=1988\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0\|pages=1054–1055}}</ref><ref name="Malabari1882">{{cite book\|author=K M Zaveri\|title=Milestones of Gujarati Literature\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lyd8jPbN218C&pg=PA256\|year=1882\|publisher=Asian Educational Services\|isbn=978-81-206-0651-7\|pages=255–256}}</ref><ref name=smg>{{cite book\|author1=Acyuta Yājñika\|author2=Suchitra Sheth\|title=The Shaping of Modern Gujarat: Plurality, Hindutva, and Beyond\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmKIiAPgnF0C&pg=PA66\|year=2005\|publisher=Penguin Books India\|isbn=978-0-14-400038-8\|page=66}}</ref><ref name="India)1965">{{cite book\|author=Oriental Institute (Vadodara, India)\|title=Journal of the Oriental Institute\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=86EPAAAAYAAJ\|year=1965\|publisher=Oriental Institute, Maharajah Sayajirao University.\|pages=128–132}}</ref>

	Many allusions have been made to him by English writers like [[John Malcolm]] and Mariana Postans. In [[Blackwood's Magazine]], the mention is made of his qualities. Postans, who saw him reposing under a vine-clad bower surrounded by a number of amanuenses, sitting on Persian carpets, says that, {{quote\|text=...his large black eyes lustrous as burning lamps, were illumined by the fire of intellect within, and he was an acknowledged patron of poets, men of science and literary genius.\|sign=Mariana Poshtans\|source=''Western India in 1838'', Volume II, p. 126<ref name="Malabari1882"/>}}		Many allusions have been made to him by English writers like [[John Malcolm]] and Mariana Postans. In [[Blackwood's Magazine]], the mention is made of his qualities. Postans, who saw him reposing under a vine-clad bower surrounded by a number of amanuenses, sitting on Persian carpets, says that, {{quote\|text=...his large black eyes lustrous as burning lamps, were illumined by the fire of intellect within, and he was an acknowledged patron of poets, men of science and literary genius.\|sign=Mariana Poshtans\|source=''Western India in 1838'', Volume II, p. 126<ref name="Malabari1882"/>}}

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'''Ranchhodji Diwan''' (1768—1841) was an [[author]] and the chief minister of [[Junagadh state]].

==Life==
Ranchhodji was a son of Amarji Diwan, the chief minister of Junagadh state. Upon death of his father, he was appointed as the chief minister. Although a [[Nagar Brahmin]] by caste, he had mastered the profession of arms. He had fought battles with states of [[Nawanagar State|Jamnagar]] and [[Cutch State|Cutch]]. In 1805, British agent Colonel Walker met Nawab of Junagadh state and it became British protectorate under [[East India Company]] in 1807. Thus Ranchhodji retired from battlefields and started writing [[poetry]]. He assisted the state in abolishing the practices of [[Sati (practice)|Sati]] and [[female infanticide]]. He was a follower of [[Shakti]].<ref name="Farquhar1984">{{cite book|author=J. N. Farquhar|title=Outline of the Religious Literature of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lwggjSPrjxUC&pg=PA356|date=1 January 1984|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-2086-9|page=356}}</ref> Like some other natives of Junagadh, he had contracted a dislike for [[Pushtimarg]], the Vallabh form of [[Vaishnavism]], and he went so far as not to name any member of his family with a name which would have even a remote tinge of that cult.<ref name="Datta1988">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1054|volume=2|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|pages=1054–1055}}</ref><ref name="Malabari1882">{{cite book|author=K M Zaveri|title=Milestones of Gujarati Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lyd8jPbN218C&pg=PA256|year=1882|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-0651-7|pages=255–256}}</ref><ref name=smg>{{cite book|author1=Acyuta Yājñika|author2=Suchitra Sheth|title=The Shaping of Modern Gujarat: Plurality, Hindutva, and Beyond|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmKIiAPgnF0C&pg=PA66|year=2005|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-400038-8|page=66}}</ref><ref name="India)1965">{{cite book|author=Oriental Institute (Vadodara, India)|title=Journal of the Oriental Institute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=86EPAAAAYAAJ|year=1965|publisher=Oriental Institute, Maharajah Sayajirao University.|pages=128–132}}</ref>

Many allusions have been made to him by English writers like [[John Malcolm]] and Mariana Postans. In [[Blackwood's Magazine]], the mention is made of his qualities. Postans, who saw him reposing under a vine-clad bower surrounded by a number of amanuenses, sitting on Persian carpets, says that, {{quote|text=...his large black eyes lustrous as burning lamps, were illumined by the fire of intellect within, and he was an acknowledged patron of poets, men of science and literary genius.|sign=Mariana Poshtans|source=''Western India in 1838'', Volume II, p. 126<ref name="Malabari1882"/>}}

==Works==
Ranchhodji knew Gujarati, Sanskrit and Persian languages. In Persian he has written the ''Tarikh-i-[[Sorath prant|Sorath]] va [[Halar]]'', a history of [[Sorath prant|Sorath]] and also the ''Rukat-i-Gunagun'' (various letters). He has translated into [[Braj Bhasha]], a work called the ''[[Shivarahasya Purana|Sivarahasya]]'', besides a number of other works. In Gujarati, he has also written about a dozen works, chief among them being the ''Ramayana Ramvalla'', ''Shivagita'' and ''Chandipath'' or ''Chandipath na Garba''. ''Chandipath'' is Gujarati version of a [[Epic poetry|rhapsody]], ''[[Devi Mahatmya|Durga Saptashati]]'', narrating the forms and adventures of the goddess [[Shakti]].<ref name="Datta1988"/><ref name="Malabari1882"/><ref name=smg/><ref name="JhaveriAkademi1978">{{cite book|author=Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri|author-link=Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri|title=History of Gujarati Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DA0RAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|page=55}}</ref>

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

==References ==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.org/stream/trikhisorahahis00amargoog/trikhisorahahis00amargoog_djvu.txt Translation of Tarikh-e-Sorath on Internet Archive]

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