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{{short description|Indian writer and freedom fighter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Bhogilal Chunilal Gandhi
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1911|1|26}}
| birth_place = [[Modasa]], [[Gujarat]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2001|6|10|1911|1|26}}
| death_place = [[Vadodara]], Gujarat, India
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* scholar
* poet
* critic
* translator
* freedom fighter
}}
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| alma_mater = [[Gujarat Vidyapith]]
}}
'''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 language|Bengali]] languages. In his early years, he came under the influence of [[Communism]], and became an active member of [[Communist Party of India]].

==Biography==
Bhogilal Gandhi was born on 26 January 1911 in [[Modasa]], a town in [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name="Dutt Sahitya 1999">{{cite book|last=Dutt|first=K.C.|title=Who's Who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|year=1999|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA369|page=369|access-date=2022-02-13|archive-date=2022-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213205715/https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA369|url-status=live}}</ref> He passed his matriculation exam in 1926 from [[Bharuch]]. He graduated from [[Gujarat Vidyapith]], Ahmedabad.<ref name="Datta 1988">{{cite encyclopedia|editor-last=Datta|editor-first=Amaresh|editor-link=Amaresh Datta|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|volume=2|year=1988|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|title=Gandhi, Bhogilal Chunilal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1345|page=1345|access-date=2022-02-13|archive-date=2022-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203184023/https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1345|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Dave2006">{{cite book|editor-last=Dave|editor-first=Ramesh R.|title=Gujarātī Sāhityano Itihāsa Gāndhīyugīna-anugāndhīyugīna Gadyasarjako : 1985thī 1935|script-title=gu:ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઇતિહાસ (૧૮૯૫થી ૧૯૩૫) : ગાંધીયુગીન-અનુગાંધીયુગીન ગદ્યસર્જકો|trans-title=History of Gujarati Literature (1895 to 1935) : Prose Writers of Gandhian Era and Post-Gandhan Era|volume=6|date=August 2017|edition=3rd|location=Ahmedabad|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|pages=445–455|oclc=52268627|chapter=ભોગીલાલ ચુનીલાલ ગાંધી 'ઉપવાસી'|last=Shah|first=Prakash N.|author-link=Prakash N. Shah|language=gu}}</ref>

He came under influence of [[Communism]] in his early life, and became an active member of [[Communist Party of India]], along with his wife Subhadra Gandhi.<ref name="Dutt Sahitya 1999"/> He was arrested several times between 1928 and 1951 due to his involvement in political activities.<ref name="Datta 1988"/> He died on 10 June 2001 in [[Vadodara]], Gujarat.<ref name="Gujarati Vishwakosh">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Shah|first=Prakash N.|encyclopedia=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]]|title=ગાંધી, ભોગીલાલ ચુનીલાલ 'ઉપવાસી'|url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/ગાંધી-ભોગીલાલ-ચુનીલાલ-ઉ/|date=January 2010|language=gu|access-date=2022-05-26|archive-date=2022-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213205718/https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%E0%AA%97%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%80-%E0%AA%AD%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B2-%E0%AA%9A%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B2-%E0%AA%89/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Works==
Gandhi's [[pen name]] was Upvasi.<ref name="Dutt Sahitya 1999"/> ''Sadhana'', a collection of his poems, was published in 1943 with the preface by [[Umashankar Joshi]]. The poems of ''Sadhana'' are divided into three sections namely Pranaya (love), Jhankhana (longing), and Sadhana (meditation). He published his literary criticism and book reviews in ''Mitakshar'' (''In Brief''; 1970).<ref name="Datta 1988"/> He published two short story collections, ''Parajit Prem'' (1957) and ''Lata'' (1967).<ref name="Gujarati Vishwakosh"/>

Gandhi translated several works from English and Bengali languages.<ref name="Dave2006"/> He translated [[Maxim Gorky]]'s ''[[Mother (novel)|Mother]]'' into Gujarati.<ref name="Dutt Sahitya 1999"/>

He wrote biographies of [[Leo Tolstoy]] as ''Leo Tolstoy : Jivansangram'', [[Joseph Stalin]] as ''Yugpurush Stalin'', [[C. Rajagopalachari]] as ''Rajagopalachari'', [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] as ''Shubhashchandra'', [[Romain Rolland]] as ''Mahamanav Romain Rolland'', [[Durgaram Mehta]] as ''Aadya Sudharak Mahetaji Durgaram'', and [[Narmad]] as ''Narmad: Navyug no Prahari''.<ref name="Dave2006"/>

A memorial volume for Gandhi, ''Bhogilal Gandhi Janmashatabdi Grantha'', was published on his birth centenary in 2011, edited by [[Prakash N. Shah]], [[Raman Soni]], and [[Rajendra Patel]].<ref name="opinionmagazine">{{cite web|title=ભોગીલાલ ગાંધી જન્મ શતાબ્દી ગ્રંથ : પુસ્તક પરિચય|website=Opinion Magazine|date=13 January 2017|url=https://opinionmagazine.co.uk/details/2343/bhogilal-gandhi-janma-sataabdee-granth-pustak-parichay|language=gu|access-date=13 February 2022|archive-date=13 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213211635/https://opinionmagazine.co.uk/details/2343/bhogilal-gandhi-janma-sataabdee-granth-pustak-parichay|url-status=live}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBpuAAAAMAAJ&q=Gandhi%2C+Bhogilal Interview] (10 July 1988)

==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Bhogilal Gandhi |sopt=t}}
* {{Gujarati Vishwakosh}}

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