12 Facts About Kanti Bhatt

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Kanti Bhatt was an Indian author, journalist and columnist who is estimated to have written more than 45,000 columns in several Gujarati publications.

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Kanti Bhatt later became a freelance journalist and wrote columns for several Gujarati publications including Chitralekha, Mumbai Samachar, Janshakti, Sandesh, Yuva Darshan and Jansatta.

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Kanti Bhatt was an investigative journalist and wrote daily columns titled Aaspaas and Chetnani Kshane in Divya Bhaskar.

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Kanti Bhatt was born on 15 July 1931 in Sachra village in Bhavnagar State to Hargovindbhai and Premkunwar.

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Kanti Bhatt's family belonged to the Zanzmer village of Bhavnagar district in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat.

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Kanti Bhatt was an editor of a magazine titled Zankar at a high school in Mahuva.

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Kanti Bhatt earned a bachelor of commerce degree from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1952.

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Kanti Bhatt first started out as a journalist in 1966 in Bombay.

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Kanti Bhatt then served as the subeditor of Vyapar in 1967.

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Kanti Bhatt later became a freelance journalist and wrote columns for several Gujarati publications including Chitralekha, Mumbai Samachar, Janshakti, Sandesh, Yuva Darshan, Jansatta.

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Kanti Bhatt married Ranjan in the 1960s and divorced her in 1977.

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Kanti Bhatt had a daughter, Shakti, who died in 2007.