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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Kundanika Kapadia</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kundanika_Kapadia_(July_2018).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kapadia at Nandigram Ashram, July 2018"><img alt="Kapadia at Nandigram Ashram, July 2018" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Kundanika_Kapadia_%28July_2018%29.jpg/220px-Kundanika_Kapadia_%28July_2018%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Kundanika_Kapadia_%28July_2018%29.jpg/330px-Kundanika_Kapadia_%28July_2018%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Kundanika_Kapadia_%28July_2018%29.jpg/440px-Kundanika_Kapadia_%28July_2018%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3096" data-file-height="4128" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:1.4em;">Kapadia at Nandigram Ashram, July 2018</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1927-01-11</span>)</span>11 January 1927<br /><a href="/wiki/Limbdi" title="Limbdi">Limbdi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wadhwan_State" title="Wadhwan State">Wadhwan State</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">30 April 2020<span style="display:none">(2020-04-30)</span> (aged 93)<br /><a href="/wiki/Valsad_district" title="Valsad district">Valsad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">novelist, story writer, essayist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a> (1985)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Makarand_Dave" title="Makarand Dave">Makarand Dave</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1968; died 2005)<wbr /></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kundanika Kapadia</b> (11 January 1927 – 30 April 2020) was an Indian novelist, story writer and essayist from <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kundanika_Kapadia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kundanika Kapadia was born on 11 January 1927 in <a href="/wiki/Limbdi" title="Limbdi">Limbdi</a> (now in Surendranagar district, Gujarat) to Narottamdas Kapadia. She completed her primary and secondary education in <a href="/wiki/Godhra" title="Godhra">Godhra</a>. She participated in the nationalist <a href="/wiki/Quit_India_Movement" title="Quit India Movement">Quit India Movement</a> in 1942. In 1948, she completed a BA in history and politics from <a href="/wiki/Samaldas_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Samaldas College">Samaldas College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhavnagar" title="Bhavnagar">Bhavnagar</a>, affiliated with <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Bombay">University of Bombay</a>. She pursued an MA in entire politics from Mumbai School of Economics but could not appear in examinations. She married the Gujarati poet <a href="/wiki/Makarand_Dave" title="Makarand Dave">Makarand Dave</a> in Mumbai in 1968. They did not have any children together.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She co-founded Nandigram, an <a href="/wiki/Ashram" title="Ashram">ashram</a> near Vankal village near <a href="/wiki/Valsad" title="Valsad">Valsad</a>, with him in 1985. She was known as Ishamaa by her Nandigram fellows. She edited <i>Yatrik</i> (1955–1957) and <i>Navneet</i> (1962–1980) magazines.<sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_GSP_Dutt_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI_GSP_Dutt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TharuLalita1993_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TharuLalita1993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nandigram_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nandigram-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She died on April 30, 2020 at Nandigram near Vankal village in <a href="/wiki/Valsad_district" title="Valsad district">Valsad district</a>, Gujarat, India, at the age of 93.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kundanika_Kapadia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Snehdhan</b> was her pen name. Her first novel was <i>Parodh Thata Pahela</i> (1968), followed by <i>Aganpipasa</i> (1972). She wrote <i>Saat Pagala Aakashma</i> (<i>Seven Steps in the Sky</i>, 1984), which won her critical acclaim and is considered<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (September 2021)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> her best novel which explored <a href="/wiki/Feminism" title="Feminism">feminism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_GSP_Dutt_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI_GSP_Dutt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TharuLalita1993_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TharuLalita1993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her first story was "Premna Ansu", which won her the second prize in an international story competition organised by <i>Janmabhoomi</i> newspaper. She started writing more stories thereafter. <i>Premna Ansu</i> (1954) was published as her story collection. Her other story collections are <i>Vadhu ne Vadhu Sundar</i> (1968), <i>Kagalni Hodi</i> (1978), <i>Java Daishu Tamane</i> (1983) and <i>Manushya Thavu</i> (1990). Her stories explore philosophy, music and nature. Her selected stories were published as <i>Kundanika Kapadia ni Shreshth Vartao</i> (1987). She was influenced by <a href="/wiki/Dhumketu_(writer)" title="Dhumketu (writer)">Dhumketu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarat_Chandra_Chattopadhyay" title="Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay">Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen" title="Henrik Ibsen">Ibsen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_GSP_Dutt_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI_GSP_Dutt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TharuLalita1993_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TharuLalita1993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her essay collections are <i>Dwar ane Deewal</i> (1987) and <i>Chandra Tara Vriksh Vadal</i> (1988). <i>Akrand ane Akrosh</i> (1993) is her biographical work. She edited <i>Param Samipe</i> (1982), <i>Zarukhe Diva</i> (2001) and <i>Gulal ane Gunjar</i>. <i>Param Samipe</i> is her popular prayer collection.<sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_GSP_Dutt_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI_GSP_Dutt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TharuLalita1993_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TharuLalita1993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She translated <a href="/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder" title="Laura Ingalls Wilder">Laura Ingalls Wilder</a>'s work as <i>Vasant Avshe</i> (1962). She translated <a href="/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Chase" title="Mary Ellen Chase">Mary Ellen Chase</a>'s <i>A Goodly Fellowship</i> as <i>Dilbhar Maitri</i> (1963) and the Bengali writer Rani Chand's travelogue as <i>Purnakumbh</i> (1977). Her other works of translation are <i>Purusharthne Pagale</i> (1961), <a href="/wiki/Florence_Scovel_Shinn" title="Florence Scovel Shinn">Florence Scovel Shinn</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Game_of_Life_(book)" title="The Game of Life (book)">The Game of Life and How to Play It</a></i> as <i>Jeevan Ek Khel</i> (1981), <a href="/wiki/Eileen_Caddy" title="Eileen Caddy">Eileen Caddy</a>'s <i>Opening the Door Within</i> as <i>Ughadata Dwar Anantna</i> and <a href="/wiki/Swami_Rama" title="Swami Rama">Swami Rama</a>'s <i>Living with the Himalayan Masters</i> as <i>Himalayana Siddha Yogi</i> (1984).<sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_GSP_Dutt_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI_GSP_Dutt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nandigram_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nandigram-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kundanika_Kapadia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kapadia received several prizes from the <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_Sahitya_Parishad" title="Gujarati Sahitya Parishad">Gujarati Sahitya Parishad</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gujarat_Sahitya_Akademi" title="Gujarat Sahitya Akademi">Gujarat Sahitya Akademi</a>. <i>Chandra Tara Vriksh Vadal</i> won her the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi prize. She was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Gujarati" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati">Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati</a> in 1985 for <i>Sat Pagala Akashma</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_GSP_Dutt_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI_GSP_Dutt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She received the <a href="/wiki/Dhanji_Kanji_Gandhi_Suvarna_Chandrak" title="Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak">Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak</a> in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-Nandigram_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nandigram-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kundanika_Kapadia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/gujarati-author-kundanika-kapadia-dies-at-93-6386244/">"Gujarati author Kundanika Kapadia dies at 93"</a>. <i>The Indian Express</i>. 30 April 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Sarup & Sons. p. 257. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7625-477-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7625-477-9"><bdi>978-81-7625-477-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+Lights+on+Indian+Women+Novelists+in+English&rft.pages=257&rft.pub=Sarup+%26+Sons&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-81-7625-477-9&rft.au=Amar+Nath+Prasad&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DGMvIZq8JnasC%26pg%3DPA257&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKundanika+Kapadia" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMohan_Lal1992" class="citation book cs1">Mohan Lal (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA3830"><i>Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot</i></a>. 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Shukla (1 January 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6t22x7xoG6AC&pg=PA175">"Kundanika Kapadia's <i>Seven Steps in the Sky</i>:A Voice in Argument"</a>. <i>Indian Women Writers: Critical Perspectives</i>. Sarup & Sons. pp. 171–175. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7625-072-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7625-072-6"><bdi>978-81-7625-072-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Kundanika+Kapadia%27s+Seven+Steps+in+the+Sky%3AA+Voice+in+Argument&rft.btitle=Indian+Women+Writers%3A+Critical+Perspectives&rft.pages=171-175&rft.pub=Sarup+%26+Sons&rft.date=1999-01-01&rft.isbn=978-81-7625-072-6&rft.au=K.+V.+Surendran&rft.au=A.R.+Shukla&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6t22x7xoG6AC%26pg%3DPA175&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKundanika+Kapadia" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#GUJARATI">"Sahitya Akademi Awards"</a>. <i>Sahitya Akademi</i>. 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Pathak">Ramnarayan V. Pathak</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhlal_Sanghvi" title="Sukhlal Sanghvi">Sukhlal Sanghvi</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasiklal_Parikh" title="Rasiklal Parikh">Rasiklal Parikh</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ram_Singhji_Rathod&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ram Singhji Rathod (page does not exist)">Ram Singhji Rathod</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnuprasad_Trivedi" title="Vishnuprasad Trivedi">Vishnuprasad Trivedi</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Shah_(author)" title="Rajendra Shah (author)">Rajendra Shah</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolarrai_Mankad" title="Dolarrai Mankad">Dolarrai Mankad</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaka_Kalelkar" title="Kaka Kalelkar">Kakasaheb Kalelkar</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabodh_Pandit" title="Prabodh Pandit">Prabodh Pandit</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribhuvandas_Luhar" title="Tribhuvandas Luhar">Tribhuvandas Luhar 'Sundaram'</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Anand" title="Swami Anand">Swami Anand</a> (1969) (Not Accepted)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagindas_Parekh" title="Nagindas Parekh">Nagindas Parekh</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandravadan_Mehta" title="Chandravadan Mehta">Chandravadan Mehta</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umashankar_Joshi" title="Umashankar Joshi">Umashankar Joshi</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anantrai_Raval" title="Anantrai Raval">Anantrai Raval</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manubhai_Pancholi" title="Manubhai Pancholi">Manubhai Pancholi 'Darshak'</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ushnas" title="Ushnas">Natwarlal Pandya 'Ushnas'</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghuveer_Chaudhari" title="Raghuveer Chaudhari">Raghuveer Chaudhari</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harindra_Dave" title="Harindra Dave">Harindra Dave</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Joshi_(poet)" title="Jagdish Joshi (poet)">Jagdish Joshi</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Pathak" title="Jayant Pathak">Jayant Pathak</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harivallabh_Bhayani" title="Harivallabh Bhayani">Harivallabh Bhayani</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priyakant_Maniyar" title="Priyakant Maniyar">Priyakant Maniyar</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Joshi" title="Suresh Joshi">Suresh Joshi</a> (1983) (Not Accepted)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanlal_Joshi" title="Ramanlal Joshi">Ramanlal Joshi</a> (1984)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kundanika Kapadia</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrakant_Sheth" title="Chandrakant Sheth">Chandrakant Sheth</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitanshu_Yashaschandra" title="Sitanshu Yashaschandra">Sitanshu Yashaschandra</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagwatikumar_Sharma" title="Bhagwatikumar Sharma">Bhagwatikumar Sharma</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Macwan" title="Joseph Macwan">Joseph Macwan</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_R._Joshi" title="Anil R. 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Joshi</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labhshankar_Thakar" title="Labhshankar Thakar">Labhshankar Thakar</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bholabhai_Patel" title="Bholabhai Patel">Bholabhai Patel</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Desai" title="Narayan Desai">Narayan Desai</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Parekh" title="Ramesh Parekh">Ramesh Parekh</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varsha_Adalja" title="Varsha Adalja">Varsha Adalja</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himanshi_Shelat" title="Himanshi Shelat">Himanshi Shelat</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashokpuri_Goswami" title="Ashokpuri Goswami">Ashokpuri Goswami</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Kothari" title="Jayant Kothari">Jayant Kothari</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niranjan_Bhagat" title="Niranjan Bhagat">Niranjan Bhagat</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinesh_Antani" title="Vinesh Antani">Vinesh Antani</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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