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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Manubhai Pancholi
| image = File:Manubhai-Pancholi.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|10|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Panchashiya, [[Morbi district]], [[Gujarat]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|8|29|1914|10|15|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Sanosara]], [[Bhavnagar]], Gujarat
| occupation = Novelist, author, educationist and politician
| pseudonym = Darshak
| period =
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Vijayaben Patel||1995|end=died}}
| signature =
| awards = {{plainlist|
* [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] (1964)
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award to Gujarati Writers]] (1975)
* [[Moortidevi Award]] (1987)
* [[Padma Bhusan]] (1991)
* [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] (1996)
* [[Saraswati Samman]] (1997)
}}
}}

'''Manubhai Pancholi''' also known by his pen name '''Darshak''', was a [[Gujarati language]] novelist, author, educationist and politician from [[Gujarat]], India. He participated in the [[Indian independence movement]] and held several offices after independence.

==Biography==
Manubhai Pancholi was born on 15 October 1914 at Panchashiya village in [[Morbi district]], [[Gujarat]], India. He completed his primary education from Tithwa Lunsar. He left study to participate in [[Salt Satyagraha]] in 1930 when he was studying at [[Wankaner]]. He was jailed in Sabarmati, Nasik and Visapur.<ref name =lb>{{cite web|url=http://www.lokbharti.org/founder1.asp|work=Lokbharti|title=Manubhai Pancholi|access-date=1 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222114633/http://www.lokbharti.org/founder1.asp|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=gsp>{{cite web|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Manubhai-Pancholi.html|title=Manubhai Pancholi "Darshak"|work =[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|language =gu|access-date =1 May 2014}}</ref> He started his career as a rector in educational institute, [[Dakshinamurti]] at Bhavnagar in 1932 and later joined as a professor in Gramdakshinamurt, Ambala in 1938. He was also arrested during [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942 was jailed at [[Bhavnagar]]. He served as education minister of [[Bhavnagar State]] in 1948. He co-founded Lokbharti Gramvidyapith institute with [[Nanabhai Bhatt (Lokbharti)|Nanabhai Bhatt]] in 1953 at Sanosara.<ref name =lb/><ref name=gsp/> He married Vijayaben Patel, a daughter of [[Patidar]] family from Varad village of [[Bardoli]].<ref name="ReadGujarati.com 2010">{{cite web | title=ગૂર્જર ગૌરવ – ટીના દોશી | website=ReadGujarati.com | date=4 June 2010 | url=http://archive.readgujarati.in/sahitya2/2010/06/04/gurjar-gaurav/ | language=gu | access-date=26 March 2017}}</ref> Vijayaben died on 25 April 1995.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=શ્રીમતી વિજયાબહેન પંચોળીનું દુઃખદ અવસાન|trans-title=Death note of Vijayaben Pancholi|magazine=[[Shabdasrishti]]|date=May 1995|page=18|issn=2319-3220}}</ref>

He was a member of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] from 1967 to 1971 and served as an education minister in 1970. He was arrested during [[The Emergency (India)|the emergency]] in 1975. He served as the president of [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] from 1981 to 1983.<ref name =lb/><ref name=gsp/> He also served as the chairman of the [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] from 1991 to 1998.

He died on 29 August 2001 at [[Sanosara]], Bhavnagar, Gujarat following kidney ailment.<ref name =lb/><ref name=gsp/><ref name=tr>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010831/nation.htm|title =Gujarati novelist Manubhai dead|date=31 August 2001|work=The Tribune|agency =PTI}}</ref>

== Works ==
Pancholi is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in Gujarati literature. He was influenced by [[Mahatma Gandhi]], and followed [[Gandhian]] thinking and ways in his writings and life as well.<ref name="Pancholi2001">{{cite journal |last1=Pancholi|first1=Manubhai|author1-link=Manubhai Pancholi|last2=Singh|first2=Avadhesh Kumar|title=Manubhai Pancholi 'Darshak' in Conversation with Avadhesh Kumar Singh|year=November–December 2001|journal=[[Indian Literature (journal)|Indian Literature]]|volume=45|issue=6|page=143|jstor=23345763}} {{closed access}}</ref>

The novels Pancholi has written include: ''Jher To Pidha Chhe Jani Jani'' (1952), ''Socrates'' (1974), ''Bandhan ane Mukti'' (1938), ''Bandeeghar'' (1939), ''Deepnirvan'' (1944) and ''Prem ane Pooja'' (1939),<ref name="Pancholi2001"/> among which, ''Jher To Pidha Chhe Jani Jani'' and ''Socrates'' are regarded as classic.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} ''Dipnirvan'' is a historical novel about the revolt against [[Magadh]] in ancient India.<ref name="Das1991">{{cite book|author=Sisir Kumar Das|title=History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&pg=PA756|year=1991|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7201-798-9|page=756}}</ref>

His plays have been collected and published in: ''Paritran'' (1967), ''Adharaso Sattavan'' (1935), ''Jaliawala'' (1934) and ''Antim Adhyaya'' (1983). ''Mari Vachankatha'' (1969) and ''Vagishwari Na Karnaphoolo'' (1963) are collections of his critical articles. His ''Apano Varso ane Vaibhav'' (1953), ''Triveni Tirth'' (1955), ''Dharmachakra Parivartan'' (1956), ''Ramayan No Marma'' (1963), ''Lokshahi'' (1973), ''Mahabharat No Marma'' (1978) and ''Sarvodaya Ane Shikshan'' (1974) deal with different aspects of Indian culture.<ref name="Pancholi2001"/>

His classic adapted in the Gujarati film, ''Zer To Pidhan Jani Jani'' (1972) directed by [[Upendra Trivedi]].<ref name="Times 2015">{{cite web | title=Gujarati film actor Upendra Trivedi dies | website=The Times of India | date=2015-01-05 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Gujarati-film-actor-Upendra-Trivedi-dies/articleshow/45754295.cms | access-date=2017-03-26}}</ref> His novel ''Socrates'' was translated into [[Hindi]] by Sushila Joshi as ''Sukrat'' in 1987.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Manubhai Pancholi|author2=Sushila Joshi|title=Sukarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lKkGAQAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Gujarat Sahitya Akademi|location=Gandhinagar}}</ref>

==Awards==
He received [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1964, [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Socrates'' in 1975 and [[Bharatiya Jnanpith]] [[Moortidevi Award]] for ''Jher To Pidha Chhe Jani Jani'' in 1987.<ref name =lb/><ref name=gsp/><ref name=tr/> He was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1991<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> for his work in public affairs. He also received [[Saraswati Samman]] in 1997 for his book ''Kurukshetra'' and [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] in 1996.<ref name="SS-2005">{{Cite news|title=Saraswati Samman for Prof Paniker|date=19 February 2006|newspaper=The Tribune|location=Chandigarh, India|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060220/cth1.htm#21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216215051/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060220/cth1.htm#21|archive-date=16 December 2006|url-status=live}}</ref>

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Dave |first=Ramesh R. |title=Navalkathakar Darshak |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.537699 |year=1989 |publisher=Balgovinda Prakashan |location=Ahmedabad |oclc=21760503}}
* {{cite journal |last=Bhave|first=Sanjay S.|title=Manubhai Pancholi 'Darshak' (1914-2001)|date=November–December 2001|journal=[[Indian Literature (journal)|Indian Literature]]|volume=45|issue=6|page=139–142|jstor=23345762}} {{closed access}}

==External links==
* {{Gbooks-author|Manubhai Pancholi}}

{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1990–99}}
{{Saraswati Samman}}
{{Jamnalal Bajaj Award winners}}
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