Jyotindra Hariharshankar Dave was a Gujarati humourist writer from India.
11 Facts About Jyotindra Dave
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Jyotindra Dave was born in Surat on 21 October 1901.
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Jyotindra Dave completed matriculation in 1919, BA in 1923 and MA in 1925 from Surat.
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Jyotindra Dave taught at Kabibai highschool in Mumbai for brief period when Munshi was in jail.
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Jyotindra Dave later taught Gujarati in various colleges of Bombay and later served as a principal in college at Mandvi, Kutch.
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Jyotindra Dave served as a president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 1966.
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Jyotindra Dave spent his later years in Bombay and died there on 11 September 1980.
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Jyotindra Dave's house is located in Amliran area of Surat.
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Jyotindra Dave is considered as one of the best humorists in Gujarati literature.
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Jyotindra Dave is known for his humorous novel Ame Badha, co-written with Dhansukhlal Mehta.
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Jyotindra Dave married Karsukhben in 1929, and they had a daughter Rama, and two sons, Pradip and Asit.