Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv was a Gujarati scholar, writer, educationist and editor from Bombay Presidency, British India.
10 Facts About Anandshankar Dhruv
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Anandshankar Dhruv's name is revered as "Acharya" in Gujarat, and hence generally he is known as Acharya Anandshankar Dhruv.
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Anandshankar Dhruv's father was an officer of Kathiawar Agency and worked as an agent of Baroda State after retirement.
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Anandshankar Dhruv studied in English medium schools and learned Sanskrit at early age.
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Anandshankar Dhruv was appointed a Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University in 1920.
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Anandshankar Dhruv performed the opening ceremony of The Modern School at Sicka Nagar, Bombay in 1936 established by Ramanbhai and Pushpaben Vakil.
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Anandshankar Dhruv headed several literary and linguistic organizations including Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and Philosophical Congress.
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Anandshankar Dhruv translated Sri Bhasya, a philosophic work by Ramanuja, and wrote Hindu Dharma Ni Balpothi and Nitishikshan.
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Anandshankar Dhruv edited for some time Sudarshan, a magazine founded by Manilal Dwivedi, after Manila's death in 1898.
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Anandshankar Dhruv's articles published in Vasant were later edited and collected by Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak and Umashankar Joshi, in five volumes.