1. Sursinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil, popularly known by his pen name, Kalapi was a Gujarati poet and the Thakor of Lathi state in Gujarat.
12 Facts About Kalapi
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Kalapi is mostly known for his poems depicting his own pathos.
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Kalapi lived in Lathi-Gohilwad, which is located in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat.
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Kalapi was born on 26 January 1874 to his father Maharaja Takhtasinhji, the ruler of Lathi, a small state situated in a far away corner of Saurashtra region, and mother Ramaba.
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Takhtasinhji died when Kalapi was 5, and Ramaba died when Kalapi was 14.
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When Kalapi was 20 years old, he fell in love with a family maid, Shobhana, who served his royal family.
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Kalapi authored a number of prose writings and over 900 letters to his friends and wives.
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Kalapi mentored a number of budding poets who carried on his style of writing, many of whom become famous in their own right.
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The most prominent among these was Kavi Lalitji, who was about the same age as Kalapi, and was already an established poet when he was invited to the Lathi Darbar as a tutor for the royal children.
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Kalapi came under Kalapi's influence and the two became great friends.
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Kavi Kalapi had written poems in various Chhand of the Gujarati language.
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The 1966 Gujarati film, Kalapi, is based on his life.