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{{Short description|Indian cartoonist (1942–2020)}}
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'''Avad bin Hassan Jami''' (2 December 1942 – 11 July 2020) was an Indian cartoonist from [[Gujarat]]. He had a career spanning 45 years during which he worked with several publications.

==Biography==
Jami was born on 2 December 1942 in [[Dhrol]]. He was a son of Hasan Bagin Ahmad Jami, an Arab official serving in [[Morbi State]]. He studied D. T. C. and started working as a drawing teacher in Dhrol in 1962.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Tushar|first=Dave|date=2020-08-23|title=રમુજી રમતમાં કાતિલ કટાક્ષની કારીગર એ જ હતી જામનગરી 'જામી'ની જામગરી!|url=https://khaskhabarrajkot.com/2020/08/23/jami/|publisher=Khas-Khabar|language=gu|access-date=25 August 2020|archive-date=29 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829111818/https://khaskhabarrajkot.com/2020/08/23/jami/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was an art teacher in [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]], [[Jamnagar]] from 1968 to 2001 and in Kendriya Vidyalaya, [[Rajkot]] from 2001 to 2003.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="DG1"/><ref name="NOA"/> After retirement, he became a full time cartoonist.<ref name="DG1" /><ref name="NOA" /><ref name="VSama">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-07-12|title=જાણીતા કાર્ટુનિસ્ટ જામીનું અવસાન|url=https://www.vyaapaarsamachar.com/current-affairs/gujarat-samachar-news/cartoonist-jami-pass-away|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712113521/https://www.vyaapaarsamachar.com/current-affairs/gujarat-samachar-news/cartoonist-jami-pass-away|archive-date=12 July 2020|access-date=2020-07-12|website=Vyaapaar Samachar|language=gu}}</ref>

He worked with several publications. He started publishing cartoons in ''Rangtarang'' magazine when he was 19. His cartoons were later published in various Gujarati publications such as ''G'', ''Chakchar'', ''Beej'', ''Anjali'' and ''Chandani'' as well as in Hindi publications such as ''Dharmayug'', ''Madhuri'' and ''Parag''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="VSama"/> He had also worked with ''[[Phoolchaab|Phoolchhab]]'', ''[[Divya Bhaskar]]'', ''[[Sandesh (Indian newspaper)|Sandesh]]'', ''Jaihind'' and ''Patidar Saurabh''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="DG1"/><ref name="NOA">{{Cite web|title=Cartoonist Avad Bin Hassan Jami passes away in Jamnagar|url=http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=393577|access-date=2020-07-12|website=newsonair.com|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714190647/http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=393577|url-status=live}}</ref> He worked with ''Abhiyan'', a Gujarati magazine, for two decades and published cartoons under pseudonym Tikadam.<ref name="DG1" /><ref name="NOA" /><ref name="VSama" />

He died on 11 July 2020 at G. G. Hospital in [[Jamnagar]], [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="DG1">{{Cite web|date=2020-07-12|title=Renown Gujarati cartoonist AH Jami passes away|url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2020/07/12/renown-gujarati-cartoonist-ah-jami-passes-away/|access-date=2020-07-12|website=DeshGujarat|language=en-US|archive-date=12 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712103206/https://www.deshgujarat.com/2020/07/12/renown-gujarati-cartoonist-ah-jami-passes-away/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NOA"/>

==Recognition==
Jami was awarded Helpful Citizens' Award in 1993. He was felicitated as the Best Cartoonist by the [[Government of Gujarat]] in 1994-95.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="VSama"/>

==References==
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[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian cartoonists]]
[[Category:People from Rajkot district]]
[[Category:People from Jamnagar district]]
[[Category:Indian editorial cartoonists]]
[[Category:Indian illustrators]]
[[Category:Gujarati people]]
[[Category:Indian people of Arab descent]]

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