Hargovinddas Kantawala

Rao Bahadur Hargovinddas Dwarkadas Kantawala (16 July 1844 – 31 March 1930) was an Indian Gujarati language writer, editor and researcher from British India. He is known for his research and editing works on medieval Gujarati literature. He was the president of the sixth session of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. Hargovinddas Kantawala was born on 16 July 1844 in Umreth, a town in Anand district (now Anand) of Gujarat, British India. He started his career as a teacher, and then became headmaster. He later became clerk in a collector's office. He was appointed assistant deputy educational inspector, and then principal of the Teacher's Training College, Rajkot. He worked as the dewan (minister) of the principality of Lunavada State in 1905. In 1912, he started a textile mill.