Dhirubhai Thaker

Dhirubhai Thaker
Dhirubhai Thaker
	Thaker in September 2012 at Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust
Born	27 June 1918; Kodinar, Gujarat, India
Died	22 January 2014 (aged 95); Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Occupation	Author
Language	Gujarati
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Elphinstone College (1936–1939; BA)
Notable awards	Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak (1994); Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar (1998); Narmad Suvarna Chandrak (2012); Padma Bhushan (2014);
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Academic background
Thesis	'Manilal Nabhubhai: Sahitya Sadhana' (1956)
Doctoral advisor	Ramnarayan V. Pathak
Academic work
Doctoral students	Kumarpal Desai; Pravin Darji; Manilal H. Patel;

Dhirubhai Premshankar Thaker (27 June 1918 – 22 January 2014) was an Indian Gujarati writer, who was best known for creating the Gujarati Vishwakosh, a 25-volume encyclopedia of the Gujarati language.

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