1. Bholabhai Patel taught numerous languages at Gujarat University and did comparative studies of literature in different languages.
26 Facts About Bholabhai Patel
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Bholabhai Patel earned a Bachelor's degree in Sanskrit, Hindi and Indian culture from Banaras Hindu University in 1957.
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Bholabhai Patel studied at the Gujarat University, and completed his master's degree in Hindi in 1960, a Bachelors in English in 1968, a Masters in English and Science of Language in 1970.
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Bholabhai Patel completed a diploma in German in 1971 and linguistics in 1974.
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Bholabhai Patel obtained a fellowship from the Visva-Bharati University where he did a comparative study of Indian literature.
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Bholabhai Patel began his teaching career working at a primary school in Modasa.
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Bholabhai Patel taught at Saradar Vallabhbhai Arts College in Ahmedabad from 1960 to 1969.
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Bholabhai Patel was the trustee of the institute which published Gujarati Vishwakosh, the Gujarati encyclopaedia.
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Bholabhai Patel served as the president of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 2011 until his death in 2012.
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Bholabhai Patel edited Parab, a monthly of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad for three decades starting 1974.
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Bholabhai Patel died on 20 May 2012 at Ahmedabad following a heart attack.
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Bholabhai Patel was a polyglot who spoke Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Oriya, German, French, Marathi, Puria and Sanskrit fluently.
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Bholabhai Patel translated many books from these languages to Gujarati and vice versa.
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Bholabhai Patel wrote literary travelogues about his travels across Europe and the US.
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Bholabhai Patel was an expert on the works of the ancient poet Kalidas and the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
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Bholabhai Patel has edited some works; Asamiya Gujarati Kavita, Gujarati Sahityano Athmo Dayko, Gujarati Sahityano Navmo Dayko and Jeevannu Kavya, selected works of Kaka Kalelkar.
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Bholabhai Patel translated Vinayak Athwale's Vishnu Digambar, Gopal Singh's Guru Nanak, Maheswar Neog's Shankardev, Bholabhai Patel translated Sumitranandan Pant's poetry collection in Gujarati as Chidambara with Raghuveer Chaudhari.
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Bholabhai Patel translated Umashankar Joshi's poetry books Prachina and Nishith in Hindi.
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Bholabhai Patel translated Prabhudutt Brahmachari's Chaitanya Mahaprabhu with Nagindas Parekh.
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Bholabhai Patel translated Hindi writer Shrikant Verma's Bijana Pag with Bindu Bhatt.
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Bholabhai Patel translated R M Lala's The Creation of Wealth from English in Gujarati as Sampattinu Sarjan.
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Bholabhai Patel translated Syed Abdul Malik's novel as Soorajmukhina Swapna and Vasudev Sharan Agrawal's studies as Harshacharit: Ek Sanskritik Adhyayan.
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Bholabhai Patel translated Agyeya's Hindi work Angan Ke Par Dwar into Gujarati as Anganani Par Dwar.
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Bholabhai Patel was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 2008.
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Bholabhai Patel received the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1995, the highest award in Gujarati literature.
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Bholabhai Patel was the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati in 1992 for Devoni Ghati.