Bhogilal Gandhi

Bhogilal Chunilal Gandhi (26 January 1911 – 10 June 2001) was an Indian scholar, poet, critic, translator, and independence activist from Gujarat, India. He edited Vishvamanav, a Gujarati-language literary-socio-political journal. He wrote biographies of several writers and political figures including Leo Tolstoy, Joseph Stalin, C. Rajagopalachari, Subhas Chandra Bose, Romain Rolland, Durgaram Mehta, and Narmad. He translated many works into Gujarati from English and Bengali languages. In his early years, he came under the influence of Communism, and became an active member of Communist Party of India. Bhogilal Gandhi was born on 26 January 1911 in Modasa, a town in Gujarat, India. He passed his matriculation exam in 1926 from Bharuch. He graduated from Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad.