Kavi Daad
Dadudan Pratapdan Gadhvi,[1] (11 September 1940 – 26 April 2021) also known as Kavi Dad,[2] was a Gujarati poet and folk singer from Gujarat, India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021.[3]
Biography
Keshubhai Patel former CM of Gujarat started a government scheme "Kunwarbai nu mameru" (a scheme that helps bride's parents financially for wedding) inspired by his poem "Kalja Kero Katko".[1] His poem,
Bapu Gandhi tamare barane betho, Aatlu aaj tu batav, Aa desh ma kedi have raam raj aave, Daad ke azadi fare ughadi, Ane sharme mukhda chupave, Jaja dhani ni dhaniyani ne prabhu tu lugda perave.
— Kavi Dad
was banned from reciting or reading as it questioned then situation in India during Emergency.[2] Swami Anand heard his poem "Ghadvaiya Mare thakorji nathi thavu" and thought of him being a Saint from medieval era, later on knowing he was poet from modern era. Kavi Dad was given name "Saint Poet Kavi Dad bapu".[3] He died on 26 April 2021.[4] Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi mourned his demise.[5]
Recognition
Gadhvi had received the Gujarat Gaurav Award as well as the Jhaverchand Meghani Award.[1] He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021 for his contribution in literature and education.[2][6] He was the recipient of Kavi Kag Award in 2004.[4] A Government Commerce and Arts college in Padadhari, Rajkot, Gujarat was given his name.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedAkila - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shastri, Parth (25 January 2021). "Keshubhai Patel among five Padma awardees from Gujarat". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ↑ "Keshubhai Patel among five Padma awardees from Gujarat | Ahmedabad News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "પદ્મ શ્રી એવોર્ડથી સન્માનિત કવિ દાદ બાપુનું 82 વર્ષની ઉંમરે નિધન". Zee News Gujarati (in ગુજરાતી). 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ↑ "PM Narendra Modi condoles demise of Gujarati poet Dadudan Gadhvi". India Education | Latest Education News | Global Educational News | Recent Educational News. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ↑ "જેના પર થાય છે પીએચડી, એવા કવિ દાદ માત્ર 4 ધોરણ પાસ, રચનાની આ છે વિશેષતા". gujarati.abplive.com (in ગુજરાતી). 26 January 2021. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ↑ "Kavi Shree Daad Government Arts & Commerce College, Paddhari". gaccpaddhari.ac.in. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
External links
- CS1 ગુજરાતી-language sources (gu)
- People from Junagadh
- Indian poets
- Gujarati-language writers
- Writers from Gujarat
- 1941 births
- 2021 deaths
- Indian folk singers
- Gadhavi (surname)
- Gujarati-language poets
- Indian male poets
- People from Junagadh district
- 20th-century Indian poets
- 20th-century Indian male writers
- 21st-century Indian male writers
- 21st-century Indian poets