Bansilal Verma: Difference between revisions

'''Bansilal Verma''', better known by his pen name '''Chakor''', was a cartoonist and illustrator from [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name="Mumbai Samachar">{{cite web |last=Desai|first=Dinesh| title=કાર્ટૂનકલા: ચિત્રકલા અને રમૂજવૃત્તિનું સંયોજન | website=Mumbai Samachar | url=http://www.bombaysamachar.com/frmStoryShow.aspx?sNo=134749 | language=gu | accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Maj1973">{{cite book|last=Majithiya|first=|title=The Gujarat directory, including who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5J05AQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Gujarat Publication House|page=47}}</ref>

He drew under pen names Chakor, Bansi and Kishor Vakil.<ref name="Kendra2007"/><ref name="SBJ2012"/> His illustration of Indian lady welcoming with folded hand is very popular.<ref name="Pandya 2016">{{cite web | last=Pandya | first=Bhavesh | title=બંસીલાલ વર્મા: ‘ચકોર’ ‘ચિત્રકાર અને લેખક ’ ઉત્તર ગુજરાતનું વૈશ્વિક ગૌરવ. | website='Be the change' | date=1 August 2016 | url=http://www.bhaveshpandya.org/2016/08/blog-post.html | language=gu | accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref>

His books of cartoons and caricatures are also published. His large number of cartoons are published in newspapers and magazines. He had also painted domes of some [[Jain temple]]s, 25 paintings, large number of illustrations and covers for books. ''Vamanmathi Virat'' is his notable collection of  cartoons on [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]. He also illustrated two colouring books published by Khadi and Gramodyog. He has published children's comic books; ''Hanuman'', ''Shiv-Parvati'', ''Karna'', ''Vikram Ane Vetal'' and ''Veer Balko''. Some of his paintings are stored in Mysore Art Gallery. His humour articles are collected in ''Vinod Vatika''. He has written essays such as ''Bharatma Angreji Amal'' and ''Shantimay Kranti''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="SBJ2012">{{cite web | title=બંસીલાલ વર્મા (ચકોર), Bansilal Verma | website=ગુજરાતી પ્રતિભા પરિચય | date=24 October 2012 | url=https://sureshbjani.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/bansilal-verma/ | language=gu | accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Khorana1991">{{cite book|author=Meena Khorana|title=The Indian Subcontinent in Literature for Children and Young Adults: An Annotated Bibliography of English-language Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GSjcQ7Sm5E4C&pg=PA130|year=1991|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-25489-5|page=130}}</ref>

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