Ichharam Desai

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Ichharam Suryaram Desai
anthologist and journalist
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Ichharam Suryaram Desai (10 August 1853 – 5 December 1912), also known by his pen name, Shankar, was a

anthologist
and journalist. Though he did not complete his primary education, he worked with several newspapers and magazines and also wrote several novels, edited anthologies and translated classics.

Life

Ichharam was born on 10 August 1853 in

Narmad.[1][2][3]

He was arrested for treason by British for his political writing but was freed later with the help of Pherozeshah Mehta.[1] He again went to Bombay in 1880 and started publishing the Gujarati weekly which he ran until his death on 5 December 1912.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Works

Hind ane Britannia (1886) is a political novel which discusses political conditions under British Raj in India of that time. His Shivajini Loot (1888) and Tipu Sultan (part 1, 1889, incomplete) are his historical novels. Ganga — Ek Gurjarvarta (1888) and Savitasundari (1890) are his social novels. Rajbhakti Vidamban (1889) and Bharatkhand na Rajyakarta are his other works.[2][3][8][9]

Chandrakant (1889, 1901, 1907) is an incomplete series on Vedanta philosophy. He compiled the Brihat Kavyadohan, volume I—VIII (1886—1913), an anthology on medieval Gujarati poets and poetry.[3][10] He edited several books including Purushottam Maas ni Katha (1872), Okhaharan (1885), Nalakhyan (1885), Padbandh Bhagwat (1889), Krishnacharitra (1895), Adi Bhaktakavi Narsinh Mehta Krit Kavya-sangraha (1913). He edited translation of Mahabharata in three volumes (1904, 1911, 1921) after being translated by others.[2][3][11]

He translated several works into Gujarati including Raselas (1886), Yamasmriti (1887), Maharani Victoria nu Jivancharitra (1887),

Valmiki Ramayana (1919).[2][3]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e "ઈચ્છારામ દેસાઈ". Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (in Gujarati). Retrieved 21 September 2014.
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    ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1
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  4. ^ Shirin Mehta (1 December 1984). The peasantry and nationalism: a study of the Bardoli satyagraha. Manohar. p. 63.
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  6. ISBN 9780836424850
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  7. ^ Smt. Hiralaxmi Navanitbhai Shah Dhanya Gurjari Kendra (2007). Gujarat. Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust. pp. 57, 504.
  8. ^ V. K. Chavda (1982). Modern Gujarat. New Order Book Company. pp. 71, 164.
  9. ^ Prabhākara Mācave (1979). Literary Studies and Sketches. United Writers : selling agents, Firma KLM. p. 102.
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  11. ^ Krishnalal Mohanlal Jhaveri (1934). The Present State of Gujarati Literature. University of Bombay. p. 69.

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