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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Dolarrai Mankad
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1902|01|23}}
| birth_place = [[Kutch District|Cutch]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1970|08|29|1902|01|23}}
| occupation = Critic<br>Researcher<br>Poet
| language = Gujarati
| nationality = Indian
| citizenship = Indian
| education =
| notableworks = ''Naivedya''
| awards = [[Sahitya Academy Award]]
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}}
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'''Dolarrai Mankad''', ({{lang-hi|डोलरराय मांकद}} {{lang-gu|ડોલરરાય માંકડ}}; 23 January 1902 – 29 August 1970),<ref name="gsp">{{cite web |url= http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Dolarrai-Mankad.html|title= સાહિત્યસર્જક: ડોલરરાય માંકડ|first= Jayanth|last= Gadit|first2= Rajendra|last2= Nanawati|publisher= Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|language= Gujarati|trans-title=Writer: Dolarrai Mankad}}</ref> full name '''Dolarrai Rangildas Mankad''',<ref name="gsp"/> was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] critic, researcher and poet who won the 1964 [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati|Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language]] for his essay ''Naivedya''.<ref name="gsp"/><ref name=sahitya>{{cite web | url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10318.htm#gujarati | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331234109/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10318.htm#gujarati | archivedate=31 March 2009 | title=Sanskrit Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955–2007 | publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was the first vice-chancellor of [[Saurashtra University]].

==Early life and Academic life==
Dolarrai Mankad was born in [[Kutch]] on 23 January 1902.<ref name="gsp"/> After completing his primary and secondary education in [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]], he went to [[Karachi]].<ref name="gsp"/> There he joined [[Bharat Sarasvati Mandir]] as an assistant teacher for 1923–25, after which he became the principal of the same institution again for a term of 2 years.<ref name="dmcisr">{{cite web|url= http://www.indology.org.in/life.html|title= Dr. Dolarrai's Life|publisher= Dr. Dolarrai Mankad Center for Indological studies and research|location= Jamnagar|accessdate= 2 November 2011|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20111104135241/http://www.indology.org.in/life.html|archivedate= 4 November 2011|df= dmy-all}}</ref> In 1927 he joined [[D. J. Science College]] as a professor for [[Gujarati language]] and [[Sanskrit]]. He held this office till the [[partition of India]].<ref name="gsp"/><ref name="dmcisr"/>

Then he came to [[India]] and became the principal of [[Vithalbhai Patel]] University, again for a 2-year term.<ref name="dmcisr"/> In coming 7 years, he held the same office in Darbar Gopaldas University.<ref name="dmcisr"/> Then he became the director of Haribhai Research Center.<ref name="dmcisr"/> Then he went forward to become the first vice-chancellor of Saurashtra University, and held this position until his death.<ref name="dmcisr"/>

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

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ Gbooks-author|Dolararāya Raṃ Māṅkaḍa}}

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[[Category:1902 births]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Gujarati]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]]

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