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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Kishansinh Chavda
| image = KishansinhChavdaPic.jpg
| caption =
| native_name = કિશનસિંહ ગોવિંદસિંહ ચાવડા
| native_name_lang = gu
| pseudonym = Gypsy
| birth_name = Kishansinh Govindsinh Chavda
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1904|11|17}}
| birth_place = [[Vadodara]], [[Gujarat]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1979|12|1|1904|11|17}}
| death_place = [[Mirtola]], near [[Almoda]]
| occupation = Author, journalist, translator
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| education =
| alma_mater = [[Gujarat Vidyapith]], [[Santiniketan]]
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| notableworks = * ''Amasna Tara''
* ''Gypsy Ni Ankhe''
| spouse =
| children =
| awards = [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] (1950)
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'''Kishansinh Govindsinh Chavda''' ([[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]: કિશનસિંહ ગોવિંદસિંહ ચાવડા; 17 November 1904 – 1 December 1979), also known by his pen name '''Gypsy''', was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] author and journalist. He studied at [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] and [[Santiniketan]], and taught briefly. He started a printing press and also involved writing career. He had spiritual interests which drove him to Aurobindo and Mirtola Ashrams. He wrote autobiographical works and translated some books.

==Life==
Kishansinh was born on 17 November 1904 at [[Vadodara]]. He was a native of Bhanj village near Sachin, Surat. He studied in Vadodara, [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] and [[Santiniketan]]. He taught at the Fellowship High School, [[Bombay]] for a brief period. He worked as the personal assistant of the rulers of several princely states. He resided at [[Sri Aurobindo Ashram]], [[Pondicherry]] from 1927 to 1928. In 1948, he went to [[Carnegie Institute of Technology]], [[Pittsburgh]], US to study printing plant management for six months. After returning, he started a printing press in Vadodara, ''Sadhna Mudranalaya''. He was the director of ''Kshatriya'' and coeditor of ''[[Navjivan]]'' magazines. He moved to [[Mirtola]] Ashram near [[Almoda]] in 1960. He died there on 1 December 1979.<ref name=gsp>{{cite web|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Kishansinh-Chavda.html|title =
કિશનસિંહ ગોવિંદસિંહ ચાવડા|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=PA672|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|page=672}}</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=381}}</ref>

==Works==
While running his press in Baroda, he came in contact with [[Umashankar Joshi]] which drew him in the field of literature. He relied on his own experiences and started writing personal essays and later autobiography.<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dFUZAAAAIAAJ|volume=2|year=1962|publisher=S.L. Shastry|page=13}}</ref> His ''Amasna Tara'' and ''Gypsy ni Ankhe'' are collections of essays about characters and incidents from his own life. ''Himalaya ni Pada-yatra'' is about his stay in [[Himalaya]]s. ''Amasthi Poonam Bhani'' is his autobiographical work.<ref name=gsp/><ref name="Datta1987"/><ref name="Kendra2007"/>
He was well-acquainted [[Bengali literature|Bengali]] and [[Hindi literature]] and had done some translation from both the languages into Gujarati.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jagmohan|first=Sarla|title=Selected Stories from Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ghkJaKIVTsC&pg=PT9|accessdate=25 April 2017|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7224-955-7|page=9}}</ref> He translated two commentaries on the ''[[Bhagavad Gita]]'' in Gujarati, ''[[Jnaneshwari]]'' from [[Marathi language |Marathi]] and [[Krishna Prem]]'s ''The Yoga of The Bhagwadgita'' from English.<ref name=gsp/><ref name="Datta1987"/> He also translated the autobiography of [[Dhondo Keshav Karve]] in Gujarati.<ref name="Chatterjee1928">{{cite book|author=Ramananda Chatterjee|title=The Modern Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJgPAQAAIAAJ|volume=44|year=1928|publisher=Prabasi Press Private, Limited|page=81}}</ref>

== Recognition ==
He received [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1950 for his book ''Amasna Tara''.

==References ==
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==External links==
* {{Gbooks-author|Kishansingh Chavda}}

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