Gujarati Sahitya Parishad
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| Founder(s) | Ranjitram Mehta |
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| Established | 1905 |
| President | Chandrakant Topiwala |
| Location | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Website | www |
Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (Gujarati Literary Council) is a literary organisation for the promotion of Gujarati literature located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded by Ranjitram Mehta with the aim of creating literature appealing to all classes of the society and cultivate a literary sense among the people. Many prominent people like Mahatma Gandhi and Kanaiyalal Munshi presided this organisation in the past. The headquarters of the organisation, located on Ashram Road, is known as Govardhan Bhavan. It has conference hall and library.
Parab is the monthly periodical magazine of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and is published on the 10th of every month.
It published seven volume of History of Gujarati literature, of which the first volume covers a period of 1150 A.D to 1450 A.D. It gives awards to writers annually such as Ushnas Prize, Takhtasinh Parmar Prize and Uma-Snehrashmi Prize to promote Gujarati literature
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