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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Taradutt Gairola<br />
| native_name = तारा दत्त गैरोला<br />
| birth_date = 6 June 1875<br />
| birth_place = Tehri Garhwal<br />
| death_date = 28 May 1940<br />
| occupation = Lawyer, Author, Editor<br />
| known_for = Folklorist. Collecting & publishing Garhwali and other Indian folk traditions<br />
}}<br />
'''Tara Dutt Gairola''' (1875– 1940), was an Indian lawyer, author, and editor. He is known as the pioneer of modern [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]] poetry and for his contribution to Indian folk-lore, specially that of [[Garhwal Himalaya|Garhwal]], [[Uttarakhand]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Born in Dhal Dung village, patti Badiyar Garh in the princely state of [[Garhwal Kingdom|Tehri Garhwal]] in 1875, Tara Dutt Gairola had a long and productive law career in Dehradun and Srinagar. He was also the editor of 'Garhwali' magazine. In his spare time, he collected heroic ballads and devotional songs performed by the 'Hurkiyas', the local bards of Uttarakhand. Eventually, he published these with E. Sherman Oakley as a co-author under Himalayan Folklore.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Recasting Folk in the Himalayas: Indian Music, Media, and Social Mobility|last=Fiol|first=Stefan|publisher=Unervisty of Illinois Press|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref> This book collates the English translations of a form of Garhwali and Kumaoni folk heroic ballads called 'Veergatha'. Gairola is also known for 'The Songs of Dadu’ with a historical Introduction by Tara Dutt Gairola and a foreword by Annie Besant published in Benares City: The Indian Bookshop, Theosophical Society, (1929)<br />
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Tara Dutt Gairola edited the first ever Garhwali poetry collection ‘Garhwali Kavitavali’ consisting of a collection of poems by various modern Garhwali poets. Gairola was himself a Garhwali poet and he published his own book of Garhwali poetry called ‘Sadei' (सदेई) which was based on a Garhwali folklore.<br />
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== Selected publications ==<br />
* Himalayan Folklore ''(Hardcover),'' {{ISBN|978-0836423914}}<br />
* 2002 - Himalayan Folklore ''(Hardcover),'' {{ISBN|978-8177551297}}<br />
* Himalayan Folklore: Ghosts and Demons from West Nepal<br />
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