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| name = Balmukund Dave
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| birth_date = 7 March 1916
| birth_place = [[Vadodara]], [[Bombay presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 28 February 1993
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| occupation = poet and journalist
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| awards = [[Kumar Chandrak]] (1948)
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'''Balmukund Dave''' (7 March 1916—28 February 1993) was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet and journalist.

==Life==
Balmukund was born on 7 March 1916 in Mustupura in [[Vadodara district]]. He completed his primary education from Mustupura-Kukarwada Gujarati Government School and the secondary education from Sayaji High School in [[Vadodara]]. After passing matriculation, he came to [[Ahmedabad]] in 1938. He worked at ''Sastu Sahitya Karyalaya'' briefly before joining ''[[Navjivan]]'' and starting journalism. After three decade of service, he retired and served as the editor of ''Lokjivan''. He received Kumar Chandrak in 1949. He died on 28 February 1993.<ref name=gsp>{{cite web|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Balmukund-Dave.html |title =બાલમુકુન્દ મણિશંકર દવે|work=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|accessdate =20 September 2014|language =Gujarati}}</ref><ref name="Datta1987">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA907|volume=1|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|page=907}}</ref><ref name="Kendra2007">{{cite book|author=Smt. Hiralaxmi Navanitbhai Shah Dhanya Gurjari Kendra|title=Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g4oMAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust|page=388}}</ref>

==Work==
His poetry have essence of love in form of folk tunes and spirituality in form of devotion songs.<ref name="Datta1987"/><ref name="ChokshiTrivedi1991">{{cite book|author1=U. M. Chokshi|author2=M. R. Trivedi|title=Gujarat State Gazetteer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wKLiAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Director, Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State|page=411}}</ref><ref name="JhaveriAkademi1978">{{cite book|author=Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri|author-link=Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri|title=History of Gujarati Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DA0RAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|page=222}}</ref>

''Dhruvakhyan'' was his first poetry based on [[Dhruva]], a mythological character, in medieval poetic form, [[Akhyana]] in 1948. ''Parikrama'' (1955) was his second collection of poems.<ref name="(India)1971">{{cite book|author=Maharashtra (India)|title=Maharashtra State Gazetteers: General Series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0FuAAAAMAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications|page=390}}</ref> His children poetry collections include ''Sone Champo'' (1959), ''Allal Dallak'' (1965) and ''Zarmariya'' (1973). ''Ghar ma Ganga'' is a collection of pen pictures of people around him. ''Hari no Hansalo'' is his [[Bhajan]] style poem dedicated to [[Mahatma Gandhi]] on his death.<ref name="Datta1987"/><ref name="JhaveriAkademi1978"/>

==Awards==
He received [[Kumar Chandrak]] in 1948.

==References ==
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[[Category:1916 births]]
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[[Category:Gujarati-language writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Poets from Gujarat]]
[[Category:People from Vadodara district]]

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>Gpkp at 06:42, 21 August 2018