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{{Infobox person
| name = Keshavram Kashiram Shastri
| image = File:Keshavram Kashiram Shastri.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = July 28, 1905
| birth_place = [[Junagadh district|Mangrol]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
| death_date = September 9, 2006 (Aged 101)
| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]]
| other_names = કેકા શાસ્ત્રી, કાઠિયાવાડી વિદૂર
| movement =
| organization = [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]]
| monuments =
| awards =
| footnotes =
| signature = K K Shatri autograph.png
}}

'''Keshavram Kashiram Bambhaniya also known as k.k.shastri''' born on 28 July 1905 at Mangarol in [[Junagadh district]], [[Bombay Presidency]]. He was the founding leader of the [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]]. He was among the dignitaries who attended the first meeting of VHP in 1964 and since then continuously associated with the VHP work and was head of the Gujarat unit also.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vskbharat.com/28-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8/ |title=28 जुलाई / जन्म-दिवस; विश्व हिन्दू परिषद और केशवराम शास्त्री |access-date=2014-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821004014/http://vskbharat.com/28-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8/ |archive-date=2014-08-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=obituary>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Renowned scholar and senior VHP leader K. K. Shastri is no more |newspaper=Organiser |date=24 Sep 2006 |url=http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modulesf196.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=149&page=8 |access-date=21 Aug 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105002954/http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modulesf196.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=149&page=8 |archive-date=5 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Biography==
K. K. Shastri completed matriculation from [[Mumbai University]] in 1922. Later he studied poetry, [[Sanskrit]] language and grammar. He did his [[Diploma in Literature]] from [[Saurashtra University]]. He started his career in teaching as an assistant teacher of Sanskrit at [[Coronation High School]] in 1925 in Mangrol (District: Junagadh - Gujarat)& Left it because of Muslim Management{{cn|date=October 2018}}. Later he joined Sanskrit Pathshala as a part-time teacher. He became assistant editor of '''Prajabandhu''' (Gujarati weekly) in [[Ahmedabad]] in 1936. He worked with Gujarat Vernacular Society and Gujarat Assembly in 1937. He joined L.D. Institute of Learning and Research in 1958. He also worked as an honorary lecturer of Gujarati at the B.J. Institute of Learning and Research. He was an associate professor of Sanskrit and Gujarati at the B.D. Women's College. He joined the Gujarat Research Society in 1961 as the honorary Regulator.He also was a "KULPATI" of Bharatiya Sanskar Dham.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://panchjanya.com/arch/2004/9/19/File20.htm |title= Keshavram Kashiram Shastri: Life devoted to religion |publisher=Panchajanya |date = 19 Sep 2004 |access-date=21 Aug 2014}}</ref> He was a mentor to the current Prime Minister of India- Narendra Modi.<ref name="Firstpost 2014">{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/modis-mentors-kk-shastri-the-scholar-who-helped-save-the-gujarati-language-1433267.html|date=13 March 2014|title=Modi's mentors: KK Shastri, the scholar who helped save the Gujarati language - Firstpost|website=Firstpost|access-date=18 March 2016}}</ref>

==Achievements==
[[File:K K Shastri Educational Campus Ahmedabad.jpg|thumb|K K Shastri Educational Campus, located in [[Maninagar]], is named after him]]
He guided more than 19 researchers in completing their Ph. D degrees and more than 1500 other graduate students in Gujarati literature.{{cn|date=October 2018}} He was regarded as a mobile dictionary of [[Gujarati language]], grammar as well as Vedic literature.{{by whom|date=October 2018}} A guide and patron to innumerable students, followers and VHP workers, Shastriji himself was an institution. Besides 240 books to his credit, he has written over 1500 research papers in Gujarati, Sanskrit, Hindi and English.{{cn|date=October 2018}}

He was conferred [[Padma Shri]] decades back recognizing his talent and outstanding services to the Gujarati literature. He won gold medals {{cn|date=October 2018}} from Gujarat Sahitya Sabha, Gujarat Itihas Parishad and Nadiyad Pushtmargiya Library and bronze medal from Gujarat Research Society.

==Death==
He died September 9, 2006 in Ahmedabad at the age of 101.<ref name="Firstpost 2014"/>

==Books==
Shastri's prominent publications are as under,
* Brihad Gujarati Kosh (part I&II)
* Vanaushadhi Kosh (which is translated in 10 languages)
* Jaisamhita (an 8800 episode book on Mahabharat)
* Bharatsamhita
* Shrimadbhagwat Puran (Sanskrit).
* Gujarati Vagvikas
* Vagvaibhav
* Bhalan - ek adhyayan
* Kavi rachit part 1 & 2
* Apbhransh vyakaran
* Narsinh mehta - ek adhyayan
* Pramanand - ek adhyayan
* Akshar ane Shabda (base of gujaratee vyakaran)
* Aakshvanee ane bija lekho

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