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| birth_name = Vadilal Jechand Dagli<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1926|11|20}}<br />
| birth_place = Rojid, [[Dhandhuka]], [[Gujarat]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1985|12|6|1926|11|20}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]]<br />
| occupation = poet, essayist, economist,journalist<br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| education = [[Master of Arts]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of California Berkeley <br />
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| notableworks = ''Shiyalani Savarno Tadako'' (1975)<br />
| spouse = Indira<br />
| children = Dr Siddharth V Dagli MD , Rekha, Meera<br />
| awards = [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] (1975)<br />
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'''Vadilal Jechand Dagli''' (1926-1985) was [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet, essayist, leading economist and journalist of India.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Vadilal Dagli was born on 20 November 1926 in Rojid village near [[Dhandhuka]] to Jechandbhai and Champaben Dagli. He completed his primary education from [[Veraval]] and secondary education from [[Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya]], [[Ahmedabad]]. He [[matriculation|matriculated]] in 1944. In 1948, he completed BA and went US for further studies. He studied MA in International Politics and Business from [[University of California Berkeley]]. He returned to India in 1951 and joined [[Press Trust of India]]. Later he served as the financial editor of ''[[The Indian Express]]''. He was appointed as the Chief Officer of Mumbai Head Office of [[State Bank of India]] in 1963. He became an editor of the economic weekly, ''Commerce'' in 1967 and he was considered as the prominent economist in the country. He chaired Committee of Control and Subsidies of Government of India (1978–79).<ref name="Vaidyanathan1995">{{cite book|author=A. Vaidyanathan|title=The Indian Economy: Crisis, Response, and Prospects|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rgv59BayZx0C&pg=PA110|year=1995|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-0316-8|page=110}}</ref> He founded Parichay Trust and served as its Managing Trustee. The Trust published short biographies for general education of people. He died on 6 December 1985 in [[Mumbai]].<ref name= "agsi">{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era)|first=Prasad|last=Brahmabhatt |publisher=Parshwa Publication|location=Ahmedabad|year=2010|pages=306–307|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7|language=gu}}</ref><ref name="GSP">{{cite web | title=વાડીલાલ ડગલી (Vadilal Dagli) | website=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] | url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Vadilal-Dagli.html | language=gu | accessdate=3 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
He was chiefly an essayist. His ''Shiyalani Savarno Tadako'' (1975) includes his personal and autobiographical essays. ''Ranknu Aayojan'' (1980) includes essays on economics. ''Kavita Bhani'' (1982) includes literary essays. ''Thoda Nokha Jeev'' (1985) has biographical essays such as of [[Sukhlal Sanghvi]], [[Swami Anand]], [[Winston Churchill]], [[Charlie Chaplin]].<ref name= "agsi"/><ref name="GSP"/><br />
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''Sahaj'' (1976) is a collection of poems. ''Suna Sukan'' (1954) is a novel written with [[Yashawant Doshi]]. With Doshi, he translated ''And One Did Not Come Back'' by K. A. Abbas as ''Dr. Kotnis'' (1949) in Gujarati. He also edited memorial book on [[Jhaverchand Meghani]] with Doshi, ''Sauno Ladakvayo'' (1947).<ref name= "agsi"/><ref name="GSP"/><br />
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He had also written about twenty short biographies for Parichay Trust. He had also edited 12 books in English.<ref name= "agsi"/><ref name="GSP"/><br />
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He wrote a column ''Mumbai-ni Diary'', focused on [[Mumbai]] and issues of India, in ''[[Ruchi (magazine)|Ruchi]]'' magazine.<ref name=GV>{{cite book|title=ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ(Gujarati Encyclopedia)|language=gu|volume=18|pages=62|last=Madia|first=Amitabh|publisher=Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust|editor=[[Dhirubhai Thaker]]|date=January 2004|place=Ahmedabad|oclc=552367195}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
He was awarded [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1975 for ''Shiyalani Savarno Tadako''.<ref name= "agsi"/><ref name="GSP"/><br />
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==Selected bibliography==<br />
* {{cite book|author=Vadilal Dagli|title=Two Decades of Indo-U.S. Relations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HlwvAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Vora}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Vadilal Dagli|title=India and Germany: A Survey of Economic Relations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lYU-AAAAIAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Vora}}<br />
* {{cite book|editor=Vadilal Dagli|title=Commerce: Handbook of Election Manifestos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jDnbMgEACAAJ|year=1971}}<br />
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