Niranjan Narhari Bhagat (18 May 1926 – 1 February 2018) was[1] an Indian Gujarati language poet, critic and translator who won the 1999 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his critical work Gujarati Sahiyta – Purvardha Uttarardha.

Later he joined Saint Xavier's College, Ahmedabad, as a professor of English in 1975 and served there until his retirement.

He also served as a member of Advisory Board for Gujarati, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, from 1963 to 1968.

He received Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1953 for his book Chhandolay and Sahitya Akademi Award in 1999 for his critical work Gujarati Sahiyta – Purvardha Uttarardha.

[6][7] Bhagat died of a stroke on 1 February 2018 at a hospital in Ahmedabad at the age of 91.