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[[File:Anandshankar Dhruv bust.jpg|thumb|Bust of Anandshankar Dhruv at [[Gujarat University]]]] | [[File:Anandshankar Dhruv bust.jpg|thumb|Bust of Anandshankar Dhruv at [[Gujarat University]]]] | ||
Dhruv was born in [[Ahmedabad]] on 25 February 1869. His father was an officer of [[Kathiawar Agency]] and worked as an agent of [[Baroda State]] after retirement. He studied in English medium schools and learned Sanskrit at early age. While studying Master of Arts, he started teaching Sanskrit at [[Gujarat College]] in 1893. Later he taught at [[Elphinstone College]] for some years. He was appointed | Dhruv was born in [[Ahmedabad]] on 25 February 1869. His father was an officer of [[Kathiawar Agency]] and worked as an agent of [[Baroda State]] after retirement. He studied in English medium schools and learned Sanskrit at early age. While studying Master of Arts, he started teaching Sanskrit at [[Gujarat College]] in 1893. Later he taught at [[Elphinstone College]] for some years. He was appointed a Vice Chancellor of [[Banaras Hindu University]] in 1920. He performed the opening ceremony of The Modern School at Sicka Nagar, Bombay in 1936 established by Ramanbhai and Pushpaben Vakil.<ref name="MS1936">{{cite web | title=Founder | website=The Modern School | date=10 June 1936 | url=http://www.themodernschool.com/School/founder.php | access-date=21 February 2017}}</ref> He was also a chairman of Inter University Board. He died on 7 April 1942.<ref name="b">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=06ERAQAAMAAJ|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti|last1=Datta|first1=Amaresh|last2=Akademi|first2=Sahitya|date=1988-12-01|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=9780836422832|pages=1004–1005|language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||