Balmukund Dave

Balmukund Dave (7 March 1916 – 28 February 1993) was an Indian Gujarati-language poet and journalist.

He worked at Sastu Sahitya Karyalaya briefly before joining Navjivan and starting journalism.

[2][4][5] Dhruvakhyan was his first poetry based on Dhruva, a mythological character, in medieval poetic form, Akhyana in 1948.

[6] His children poetry collections include Sone Champo (1959), Allal Dallak (1965) and Zarmariya (1973).

Hari no Hansalo is his Bhajan style poem dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi on his death.