Dhirubhai Premshankar Thaker was an Indian Gujarati writer, who was best known for creating the Gujarati Vishwakosh, a 25-volume encyclopedia of the Gujarati language.
15 Facts About Dhirubhai Thaker
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Dhirubhai Thaker's father was a Talati and was fond of reading literature.
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Dhirubhai Thaker was a native of Viramgam, a town in Ahmedabad district.
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Dhirubhai Thaker completed his primary education from Kodinar and Chanasma while secondary education from Chanasma and Siddhpur.
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Dhirubhai Thaker received a BA from Elphinstone College in 1939 with Gujarati and Sanskrit, and a MA in 1941 from the same college with Gujarati.
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Dhirubhai Thaker was a professor at Gujarat College until 1960.
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Dhirubhai Thaker served as a president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 1999 to 2001.
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Dhirubhai Thaker had written ten works on criticism, seven collections of essays, two research works, three biographies including his autobiography.
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Dhirubhai Thaker had written one biographical play, two children's plays, one travelogue and two translations.
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Dhirubhai Thaker had edited four study works, sixteen literary works, nine collections and history of Gujarati literature.
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Dhirubhai Thaker wrote a biography of Manilal Dwivedi entitled Manilal Nabhubhai: Jeevanrang.
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Dhirubhai Thaker wrote a biographical play, Uncho Parvat Undi Khin, based on the life of Manilal Dwivedi.
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Dhirubhai Thaker assembled 1700 subject experts to work on Gujarati Vishwakosh, a 25-volume encyclopedia of the Gujarati language which contains 25,000 pages and 23,000 entries.
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Dhirubhai Thaker was the recipient of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, the highest literary award in Gujarati language, in 1994 and the Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 2012.
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Dhirubhai Thaker was awarded Padma Bhushan on 25 January 2014 for his contribution in field of literature and education.