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| birth_place = Akru, [[Dhandhuka]], British India | | birth_place = Akru, [[Dhandhuka]], Bomaby Province, British India | ||
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| death_place = | | death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat, India | ||
| occupation = Folklorist | | occupation = Vice-chairman of [[Sangeet Natak Academi]], Folklorist | ||
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'''Joravarsinh Danubhai Jadav''' ( | '''Joravarsinh Danubhai Jadav''' (10 January 1940 – 7 November 2025) was an Indian [[folklore studies|folklorist]] and proponent of the [[folk arts]] from [[Gujarat]]. Exposed to folk culture as a child, he studied history and culture in [[Ahmedabad]]. He wrote and edited more than 90 works on [[Folklore|folk culture]], [[Oral literature|folk literature]], and folk arts. He established the Gujarat Lok Kala Foundation for the promotion of folk arts. He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2019. He was also the Vice-chairman of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/who-is-who|title=Vice Chairman|website=sangeetnatak.gov.in|publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi|access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Jadav was born on 10 January 1940 in Akru village near [[Dhandhuka]] (now in [[Ahmedabad district]], Gujarat) to a [[Rajput]] | Jadav was born on 10 January 1940 in Akru village near [[Dhandhuka]], [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay Province]] (now in [[Ahmedabad district]], Gujarat) to a karadiya [[Rajput]] Jagirdar family. His parents were Danubhai Halubhai Jadav and Pamba. He was the second of six children.<ref name="GVK" />{{snf|Vaghela|2011|pp=8–9}} He was raised by his stepmother, Gangaba.{{snf|Vaghela|2011|p=12}} | ||
He was exposed to folk literature and folk arts as a child due to his living in a rural area.<ref name="GVK" /> He received his primary school education in his village and in Sheth Hasanali High School in [[Dholka]]. He received his secondary school education from [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] in 1956–57.{{snf|Vaghela|2011|pp=16–19}} In 1961, he completed his bachelor of arts degree in [[Gujarati language]] and History at [[St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad|St. Xavier's College]], Ahmedabad.<ref name="GVK" />{{snf|Vaghela|2011|pp=19–20}} | He was exposed to folk literature and folk arts as a child due to his living in a rural area.<ref name="GVK" /> He received his primary school education in his village and in Sheth Hasanali High School in [[Dholka]]. He received his secondary school education from [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] in 1956–57.{{snf|Vaghela|2011|pp=16–19}} In 1961, he completed his bachelor of arts degree in [[Gujarati language]] and History at [[St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad|St. Xavier's College]], Ahmedabad.<ref name="GVK" />{{snf|Vaghela|2011|pp=19–20}} | ||
Jadav | Jadav found the remains of a Late [[Indus Valley Civilisation|Harappan]] site on a mound near the Khalavi lake near his native village of Akru.<ref name="GVK"/> This whetted his interest in archaeology and history, and he completed his master of arts in Ancient Indian Culture at the Bholabhai Jeshingbhai Institute of Learning and Research, Ahmedabad, in 1963.<ref name="GVK" />{{snf|Vaghela|2011|pp=19–20}} His interests in folk literature, folk culture, and folk arts developed further during these years.<ref name="GVK">{{Cite book|title=ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ|last=Madia|first=Amitabh|publisher=Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust|date=January 2002|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|volume=XV|location=[[Ahmedabad]]|pages=883–884|trans-title=Gujarati Encyclopedia|language=gu|oclc=248968453}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
After completing his master's degree, he became a teacher of Gujarati at Panchsheel High School in Saraspur, Ahmedabad. He left and joined St. Xavier's College as a part-time lecturer.{{snf|Vaghela|2011|p=26}} In 1964, he joined the ''Sahkar'' weekly published by the Gujarat State Co-operative Union as a publication officer. He was later promoted to the post of chief executive officer in 1994 and served there until his retirement in 1998. He also edited and published the ''Gramswaraj'' monthly<ref name="GVK"/>{{snf|Vaghela|2011|pp=26–27}} and edited the ''Jinmangal'' monthly.<ref name="GVK"/> | After completing his master's degree, he became a teacher of Gujarati at Panchsheel High School in Saraspur, Ahmedabad. He left and joined St. Xavier's College as a part-time lecturer.{{snf|Vaghela|2011|p=26}} In 1964, he joined the ''Sahkar'' weekly published by the Gujarat State Co-operative Union as a publication officer. He was later promoted to the post of chief executive officer in 1994 and served there until his retirement in 1998. He also edited and published the ''Gramswaraj'' monthly<ref name="GVK"/>{{snf|Vaghela|2011|pp=26–27}} and edited the ''Jinmangal'' monthly.<ref name="GVK"/> | ||
Jadav popularised folk arts and patronised folk artists by promoting them on various mass media sites, including television and radio. In 1978, he established the Gujarat Lok Kala Foundation for the promotion of the folk arts and to give folk artists from Gujarat and [[Rajasthan]] wider exposure and employment. The Foundation provided a platform for folk artists at the national and international levels.<ref name="GVK"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/six-from-gujarat-get-padma-awards/articleshow/67694811.cms|title=Six from Gujarat get Padma awards|date=26 January 2019|website=[[Ahmedabad Mirror]]|access-date=22 March 2019 | Jadav popularised folk arts and patronised folk artists by promoting them on various mass media sites, including television and radio. In 1978, he established the Gujarat Lok Kala Foundation for the promotion of the folk arts and to give folk artists from Gujarat and [[Rajasthan]] wider exposure and employment. The Foundation provided a platform for folk artists at the national and international levels.<ref name="GVK"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/six-from-gujarat-get-padma-awards/articleshow/67694811.cms|title=Six from Gujarat get Padma awards|date=26 January 2019|website=[[Ahmedabad Mirror]]|access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref> | ||
== Works == | ==Personal life and death== | ||
As of 2019, Jadav | Jadav married Sajjankunwar, the daughter of Vadansinh Chavda, in May 1963. They had two daughters before his wife died in an accident in 1968. Jadav then married Hemkunwar, the daughter of Pethabhai Solanki, in 1969; they had two daughters and a son.{{snf|Vaghela|2011|pp=21–22}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.feelingsmultimedia.com/life-is-the-hallmark-of-my-wife-joravar-singh-jadav/|title=જીવન સંસ્કૃતિની ધરોહર છે મારી પત્ની'- જોરાવરસિંહ જાદવ|last=Trivedi|first=Pradeep|date=7 June 2017|website=Feelings Magazine|publisher=Feelings Multimedia Ltd.|language=gu|trans-title=My wife is the foundation of my life: Joravarsinh Jadav|access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref> | ||
Jadav died on 7 November 2025, at the age of 85.<ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/veteran-folk-artistejoravarsinh-jadav-dies-at-85-10352121/lite/ Veteran folk artiste who mentored many, Joravarsinh Jadav dies at 85]</ref> | |||
==Works== | |||
As of 2019, Jadav had written and edited 110 Books on folk literature, folk culture, and folk arts.<ref name=":0" />{{snf|Vaghela|2011|pp=30–31}} Since 1958, his articles on folk literature and folk arts have been published in various magazines and dailies, including ''[[Buddhiprakash]]'', ''Nutan Gujarat'', ''Rang Tarang'', ''Akhand Anand'', ''[[Sandesh (Indian newspaper)|Sandesh]]'', and ''[[Gujarat Samachar]]''.<ref name="GVK"/>{{snf|Vaghela|2011|pp=30–31}} | |||
His collections of folk stories set in a rural background are ''Marad Kasumbal Rang Chade'' (1968), ''Maradai Matha Sate'' (1970), ''Loksahityani Chaturaikathao'' (1974), and ''Rajput Kathao'' (1979). His collections of children's stories include ''Bhatigal Lokkathao'' (1973) and ''Manoranjak Kathamala'' (1977). His reference works on folk literature and arts include ''Aapna Kasabio'' (1972), ''Lokjivanna Moti'' (1975), ''Gujaratni Loksanskriti'' (1976), ''Loksanskritina Pashuo'' (1979), and ''Prachin Bharatna Shastrashastro'' (1981). For ''Gujarati Loksahityamala'' (Gujarati Folk Literature Series), he edited folk songs from the [[Bhal region]]. He has edited several works of folk literature, including ''Saje Dharati Shangar'' (1972), ''Loksahityani Nagkathao'' (1973), and ''Gujaratni Lokkathao'' (1984).<ref name="GVK"/><ref name="Guj1984">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=byIbAAAAIAAJ|title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Ahmadabad District Gazetteer|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State|year=1984|page=762}}</ref> | His collections of folk stories set in a rural background are ''Marad Kasumbal Rang Chade'' (1968), ''Maradai Matha Sate'' (1970), ''Loksahityani Chaturaikathao'' (1974), and ''Rajput Kathao'' (1979). His collections of children's stories include ''Bhatigal Lokkathao'' (1973) and ''Manoranjak Kathamala'' (1977). His reference works on folk literature and arts include ''Aapna Kasabio'' (1972), ''Lokjivanna Moti'' (1975), ''Gujaratni Loksanskriti'' (1976), ''Loksanskritina Pashuo'' (1979), and ''Prachin Bharatna Shastrashastro'' (1981). For ''Gujarati Loksahityamala'' (Gujarati Folk Literature Series), he edited folk songs from the [[Bhal region]]. He has edited several works of folk literature, including ''Saje Dharati Shangar'' (1972), ''Loksahityani Nagkathao'' (1973), and ''Gujaratni Lokkathao'' (1984).<ref name="GVK"/><ref name="Guj1984">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=byIbAAAAIAAJ|title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Ahmadabad District Gazetteer|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State|year=1984|page=762}}</ref> | ||
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Jadav was awarded the Meghani Suvarna Chandrak in 1978 by the Loksanskriti Sodh Sansthan for his work ''Lokjivanna Moti''. The [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] awarded a prize for his ''Loksanskritima Pashuo''. ''Aapna Kasabio'' Volume I received the first prize from the [[National Council of Educational Research and Training|NCERT]], and ''Doshino Deekro Bayadi Lavyo'' received a prize from the [[Government of Gujarat]].<ref name="GVK"/> | Jadav was awarded the Meghani Suvarna Chandrak in 1978 by the Loksanskriti Sodh Sansthan for his work ''Lokjivanna Moti''. The [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] awarded a prize for his ''Loksanskritima Pashuo''. ''Aapna Kasabio'' Volume I received the first prize from the [[National Council of Educational Research and Training|NCERT]], and ''Doshino Deekro Bayadi Lavyo'' received a prize from the [[Government of Gujarat]].<ref name="GVK"/> | ||
In 2019, Jadav was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian honour from the [[Government of India]], for his contributions to the field of art.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards: 2019|url=https://mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/Padma_Awards_2019.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|date=25 January 2019|access-date=25 January 2019| | In 2019, Jadav was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian honour from the [[Government of India]], for his contributions to the field of art.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards: 2019|url=https://mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/Padma_Awards_2019.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|date=25 January 2019|access-date=25 January 2019|pages=1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125171903/https://mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/Padma_Awards_2019.pdf|archive-date=25 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/the-6-padma-shri-awardees-gujarat-5567459/|title=The 6 Padma|date=4 February 2019|website=The Indian Express|access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9fSG-pDLc0 A Documentary produced by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi (in Gujarati)] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9fSG-pDLc0 A Documentary produced by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi (in Gujarati)] | ||
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Joravarsinh Jadav | |
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| Born | 10 January 1940 Akru, Dhandhuka, Bomaby Province, British India |
| Died | 7 November 2025 (aged 85) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Occupation | Vice-chairman of Sangeet Natak Academi, Folklorist |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Notable awards | Padma Shri (2019) |
| Spouse | Sajjankunwarba
( m. 1963; Hemkunwarba ( m. 1969) |
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Joravarsinh Danubhai Jadav (10 January 1940 – 7 November 2025) was an Indian folklorist and proponent of the folk arts from Gujarat. Exposed to folk culture as a child, he studied history and culture in Ahmedabad. He wrote and edited more than 90 works on folk culture, folk literature, and folk arts. He established the Gujarat Lok Kala Foundation for the promotion of folk arts. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2019. He was also the Vice-chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.[1]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Jadav was born on 10 January 1940 in Akru village near Dhandhuka, Bombay Province (now in Ahmedabad district, Gujarat) to a karadiya Rajput Jagirdar family. His parents were Danubhai Halubhai Jadav and Pamba. He was the second of six children.[2][3] He was raised by his stepmother, Gangaba.[4]
He was exposed to folk literature and folk arts as a child due to his living in a rural area.[2] He received his primary school education in his village and in Sheth Hasanali High School in Dholka. He received his secondary school education from Gujarat Vidyapith in 1956–57.[5] In 1961, he completed his bachelor of arts degree in Gujarati language and History at St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad.[2][6]
Jadav found the remains of a Late Harappan site on a mound near the Khalavi lake near his native village of Akru.[2] This whetted his interest in archaeology and history, and he completed his master of arts in Ancient Indian Culture at the Bholabhai Jeshingbhai Institute of Learning and Research, Ahmedabad, in 1963.[2][6] His interests in folk literature, folk culture, and folk arts developed further during these years.[2]
Career[edit | edit source]
After completing his master's degree, he became a teacher of Gujarati at Panchsheel High School in Saraspur, Ahmedabad. He left and joined St. Xavier's College as a part-time lecturer.[7] In 1964, he joined the Sahkar weekly published by the Gujarat State Co-operative Union as a publication officer. He was later promoted to the post of chief executive officer in 1994 and served there until his retirement in 1998. He also edited and published the Gramswaraj monthly[2][8] and edited the Jinmangal monthly.[2]
Jadav popularised folk arts and patronised folk artists by promoting them on various mass media sites, including television and radio. In 1978, he established the Gujarat Lok Kala Foundation for the promotion of the folk arts and to give folk artists from Gujarat and Rajasthan wider exposure and employment. The Foundation provided a platform for folk artists at the national and international levels.[2][9]
Personal life and death[edit | edit source]
Jadav married Sajjankunwar, the daughter of Vadansinh Chavda, in May 1963. They had two daughters before his wife died in an accident in 1968. Jadav then married Hemkunwar, the daughter of Pethabhai Solanki, in 1969; they had two daughters and a son.[10][11]
Jadav died on 7 November 2025, at the age of 85.[12]
Works[edit | edit source]
As of 2019, Jadav had written and edited 110 Books on folk literature, folk culture, and folk arts.[9][13] Since 1958, his articles on folk literature and folk arts have been published in various magazines and dailies, including Buddhiprakash, Nutan Gujarat, Rang Tarang, Akhand Anand, Sandesh, and Gujarat Samachar.[2][13]
His collections of folk stories set in a rural background are Marad Kasumbal Rang Chade (1968), Maradai Matha Sate (1970), Loksahityani Chaturaikathao (1974), and Rajput Kathao (1979). His collections of children's stories include Bhatigal Lokkathao (1973) and Manoranjak Kathamala (1977). His reference works on folk literature and arts include Aapna Kasabio (1972), Lokjivanna Moti (1975), Gujaratni Loksanskriti (1976), Loksanskritina Pashuo (1979), and Prachin Bharatna Shastrashastro (1981). For Gujarati Loksahityamala (Gujarati Folk Literature Series), he edited folk songs from the Bhal region. He has edited several works of folk literature, including Saje Dharati Shangar (1972), Loksahityani Nagkathao (1973), and Gujaratni Lokkathao (1984).[2][14]
Recognition[edit | edit source]
Jadav was awarded the Meghani Suvarna Chandrak in 1978 by the Loksanskriti Sodh Sansthan for his work Lokjivanna Moti. The Gujarat Sahitya Akademi awarded a prize for his Loksanskritima Pashuo. Aapna Kasabio Volume I received the first prize from the NCERT, and Doshino Deekro Bayadi Lavyo received a prize from the Government of Gujarat.[2]
In 2019, Jadav was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour from the Government of India, for his contributions to the field of art.[9][15][16]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Vice Chairman". sangeetnatak.gov.in. Sangeet Natak Akademi. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Madia, Amitabh (January 2002). Thaker, Dhirubhai (ed.). ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ [Gujarati Encyclopedia] (in ગુજરાતી). Vol. XV. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust. pp. 883–884. OCLC 248968453.
- ↑ Vaghela 2011, pp. 8–9.
- ↑ Vaghela 2011, p. 12.
- ↑ Vaghela 2011, pp. 16–19.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Vaghela 2011, pp. 19–20.
- ↑ Vaghela 2011, p. 26.
- ↑ Vaghela 2011, pp. 26–27.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Six from Gujarat get Padma awards". Ahmedabad Mirror. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ↑ Vaghela 2011, pp. 21–22.
- ↑ Trivedi, Pradeep (7 June 2017). "જીવન સંસ્કૃતિની ધરોહર છે મારી પત્ની'- જોરાવરસિંહ જાદવ" [My wife is the foundation of my life: Joravarsinh Jadav]. Feelings Magazine (in ગુજરાતી). Feelings Multimedia Ltd. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ↑ Veteran folk artiste who mentored many, Joravarsinh Jadav dies at 85
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Vaghela 2011, pp. 30–31.
- ↑ Gujarat State Gazetteers: Ahmadabad District Gazetteer. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State. 1984. p. 762.
- ↑ "Padma Awards: 2019" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs (India). 25 January 2019. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ↑ "The 6 Padma". The Indian Express. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Vaghela, Virbhadrasinh J. (September 2011). Shri Joravarsinh Jadav: Ek Adhyayan શ્રી જોરાવરસિંહ જાદવ : એક અધ્યયન [Mr. Joravarsinh Jadav: A Study] (PhD thesis) (in ગુજરાતી). Department of Gujarati, Saurashtra University. Docket VAGVJ11GU12. Retrieved 22 March 2019.