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Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave (pronounced [nər.mə.d̪aː ʃəŋ.kər labh.ʃəŋ.kər d̪ə.ʋe]) (24 August 1833 – 26 February 1886), popularly known as Narmad, was an Indian Gujarati-language poet, playwright, essayist, orator, lexicographer and reformer under the British Raj.
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University is a public university located in the city of Surat, Gujarat, India. [2] Previously known as South Gujarat University , it was renamed as Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) in 2004 in honour of the famous scholar and Gujarati poet Narmad . [ 3 ]
It is named after Veer Narmad the famous Gujarati poet from Surat, and was opened to the public on his 158th birth anniversary. On 18 January 2011 Information Centre, separate sections for senior citizen and rare book collection, conference hall and audiovisual room were added.
Saraswati Mandir, also known as Sarika Sadan or Narmad House, is a writer's house museum in Surat, Gujarat, India. It was built by Gujarati poet Narmad in 1866. In 2015, the house was renovated and converted into museum and memorial house dedicated to Narmad.
In 1874, the Gujarati education department requested Narmad to prepare a school edition of Narma Gadya. Accordingly Narmad revised the book, made some changes and published two thousand copies of the revised edition in 1874. This edition was named Sarkari Narma Gadya (lit. Government Narma Gadya). However, a newly appointed head of the ...
In this poem, Narmad epitomises the sense of pride in the region by identifying the region of Gujarati people. He delineates the boundary within which the Gujarati-speaking population live: Ambaji in the north; Pavagadh in the east; Kunteshwar Mahadev near Vapi in the south; and Somnath , Dwarka in the west.
Narmad worked for nine years, 1860 to 1868, to prepare it. [3] The first volume of the dictionary was published in 1861, the second in 1862, the third in 1864 and the fourth and last volume, though prepared in 1866, was published in 1873. [4] In 1873 edition, Narmad discussed in detail the rules of writing in the Gujarati language. [5]
Kavijivan is largely based on Narmad's own private autobiographical account, Mari Hakikat, which was published posthumously in 1933. It was the first biography of Narmad in Gujarati literature. It covers Narmad's social and literary career and provides details about his public life, but avoids discussion of his private life.