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==Biography==
==Biography==
Jodhani was born on 28 October 1902 in [[Barvala, Botad district|Barwala]] (now in [[Botad district]][[Ahmedabad district|,]] [[Gujarat]], India).<ref name=":1" /><ref name="GSP" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Desai|first=Ratilal Deepchand|title=Amruta-Sameepe|publisher=Gurjar Granthratna Karyalaya|year=2003|editor-last=Desai|editor-first=Nitin R.|location=Ahmedabad|pages=373–374|language=gu|chapter=7. ધિંગા લોકસાહિત્યકાર શ્રી મનુભાઈ જોધાણી}}</ref> He received his primary school education at [[Limbdi]]. He became a school teacher in Barwala 1920. In 1930 he resigned to join the [[Indian Freedom Movement|Indian Independence Movement]].<ref name="GSP">{{Cite web|title=મનુભાઈ જોધાણી|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Manubhai-Jodhani.html|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|language=gu|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Following [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s [[Salt Satyagraha]], an independence activist Amrutlal Sheth decided to hold [[Satyagraha]] at [[Dholera]]. Jodhani played a leading role in Dholera Salt Satyagraha and the British Police had issued an [[arrest warrant]] for Jodhani.<ref>{{Cite web|title=આંખો આંસુથી વહેવા લાગી હતી: સૌરાષ્ટ્રના સ્વાતંત્ર્ય સૈનિકો અને લડતો|url=http://sandesh.com/eyes-with-tears-flowing-takes/|last=Madhad|first=Raghavji|date=2020-03-25|website=Sandesh|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>
Jodhani was born on 28 October 1902 in [[Barvala, Botad district|Barwala]] (now in [[Botad district]], [[Gujarat]], India).<ref name=":1" /><ref name="GSP" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Desai|first=Ratilal Deepchand|title=Amruta-Sameepe|publisher=Gurjar Granthratna Karyalaya|year=2003|editor-last=Desai|editor-first=Nitin R.|location=Ahmedabad|pages=373–374|language=gu|chapter=7. ધિંગા લોકસાહિત્યકાર શ્રી મનુભાઈ જોધાણી}}</ref> He received his primary school education at [[Limbdi]]. He became a school teacher in Barwala 1920. In 1930 he resigned to join the [[Indian Freedom Movement|Indian Independence Movement]].<ref name="GSP">{{Cite web|title=મનુભાઈ જોધાણી|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Manubhai-Jodhani.html|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|language=gu|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Following [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s [[Salt Satyagraha]], an independence activist Amrutlal Sheth decided to hold [[Satyagraha]] at [[Dholera]]. Jodhani played a leading role in Dholera Salt Satyagraha and the British Police had issued an [[arrest warrant]] for Jodhani.<ref>{{Cite web|title=આંખો આંસુથી વહેવા લાગી હતી: સૌરાષ્ટ્રના સ્વાતંત્ર્ય સૈનિકો અને લડતો|url=http://sandesh.com/eyes-with-tears-flowing-takes/|last=Madhad|first=Raghavji|date=2020-03-25|website=Sandesh|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>


Later he joined the Jivanlal Amarshi Booksellers. He also worked with various magazines including ''[[Stribodh]]'' as a sub editor as well as ''Strijivan'' as an editor for 39 years.<ref name="GSP" /><ref name=":2" /> He was a member of a committee formed by the [[Government of Gujarat]] to promote folk literature.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o7xjAAAAMAAJ&q=manubhai+jodhani|title=The Indian P.E.N.|date=1968|publisher=P.E.N. All-India Centre.|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
Later he joined the Jivanlal Amarshi Booksellers. He also worked with various magazines including ''[[Stribodh]]'' as a sub editor as well as ''Strijivan'' as an editor for 39 years.<ref name="GSP" /><ref name=":2" /> He was a member of a committee formed by the [[Government of Gujarat]] to promote folk literature.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o7xjAAAAMAAJ&q=manubhai+jodhani|title=The Indian P.E.N.|date=1968|publisher=P.E.N. All-India Centre.|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
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Manubhai Jodhani
Jodhani around 1946
Jodhani around 1946
BornManubhai Jodhani
(1902-10-28)28 October 1902
Barwala, British India
Died1979(1979-00-00) (aged 73–74)
OccupationWriter, folklorist, ornithologist, botanist, editor

Manubhai Lallubhai Jodhani (28 October 1902 – 29 December 1979) was a Gujarati writer, folklorist, ornithologist, botanist and editor from Gujarat, India. He had published more than 15 books.[1]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Jodhani was born on 28 October 1902 in Barwala (now in Botad district, Gujarat, India).[2][3][4] He received his primary school education at Limbdi. He became a school teacher in Barwala 1920. In 1930 he resigned to join the Indian Independence Movement.[3][4] Following Mahatma Gandhi's Salt Satyagraha, an independence activist Amrutlal Sheth decided to hold Satyagraha at Dholera. Jodhani played a leading role in Dholera Salt Satyagraha and the British Police had issued an arrest warrant for Jodhani.[5]

Later he joined the Jivanlal Amarshi Booksellers. He also worked with various magazines including Stribodh as a sub editor as well as Strijivan as an editor for 39 years.[3][4] He was a member of a committee formed by the Government of Gujarat to promote folk literature.[6][4]

He died on 29 December 1979.[4][7] His son Vasantkumar Jodhai was also a writer who published works on science and animals.[2]

Works[edit | edit source]

Jodhani has contributed considerably in the field of folk literature.[7][8][3] He was an ornithologist and botanist.[7][9] He pioneered story writings on flora and fauna of Gujarat.[10][11][4]

His works on folk literature include Sorathi Javahir (1930), Sorathi Vibhuto (1964), Randalna Geeto, Gujarati Loksahitya Mala (cowritten with Manjula Majmudar, Bachubhai Raval) and Janpad (1940, 1944, 1955; sketches).[12][4]

His short stories include Shilvati (1928) and Sundariona Shangar. Nagmati (1932) is his only novel. Khatimithi Balavato and Kumaroni Pravaskatha are works of children's literature.[2]

Padarni Vanaspati I-II (1954–55), Anganana Pankhi I-II (1955–56), Padarna Pankhi (1956) are his works on botany and ornithology.[2]

He translated Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bindur Chhele as Bindu (1939).[13]

He helped to publish Manuben Gandhi's memoir, Last Glimpses of Bapu.

Recognition[edit | edit source]

There is a road named after him in Paldi, Ahmedabad.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Akademi, Sahitya. Whos Who Of Indian Writers. Dalcassian Publishing Company.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Whos Who Of Indian Writers. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 1961. p. 143.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "મનુભાઈ જોધાણી" (in ગુજરાતી). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Desai, Ratilal Deepchand (2003). "7. ધિંગા લોકસાહિત્યકાર શ્રી મનુભાઈ જોધાણી". In Desai, Nitin R. (ed.). Amruta-Sameepe (in ગુજરાતી). Ahmedabad: Gurjar Granthratna Karyalaya. pp. 373–374.
  5. ↑ Madhad, Raghavji (2020-03-25). "આંખો આંસુથી વહેવા લાગી હતી: સૌરાષ્ટ્રના સ્વાતંત્ર્ય સૈનિકો અને લડતો". Sandesh. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  6. ↑ The Indian P.E.N. P.E.N. All-India Centre. 1968.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Gujarat. Ahmedabad: Smt Hiralaxmi Navanitbhai Shah Dhanya Gurjari Kendra, Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust. 2007. pp. 235, 426.
  8. ↑ "Contribution of Gujarat to the Field of Folklore". Indian Folklore Research Journal (2–5). National Folklore Support Centre: 77. 2002.
  9. ↑ Daniel, J. C.; Ali, Sálim; Ugra, Gayatri (2003). Petronia: Fifty Years of Post-independence Ornithology in India : a Centenary Dedication to Dr. Salim Ali, 1896-1996. Bombay Natural History Society. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-19-566653-3.
  10. ↑ JAMUNA, K. A. (2017-06-01). Children's Literature in Indian Languages. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ISBN 978-81-230-2456-1.
  11. ↑ Jamunā, Ke E.; Division, India Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Publications (1982). Children's literature in Indian languages. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India.
  12. ↑ Magara, Naresh (January–February 2019). "ગુજરાતી લોકસાહિત્યક્ષેત્રે થયેલ સંશોધન – સંપાદનની કામગીરીની રૂપરેખા". Sahitya Setu (in ગુજરાતી). 9 (49). Tanvi Shukla. ISSN 2249-2372.
  13. ↑ Śaratcandra o Bhāratīẏa sāhitya (in Bengali). Nikhila Bhārata Baṅga Sāhitya Sammelana, Dillī Sākhā. 1976. p. 1957.