Ravji Patel

Ravji Patel (15 November 1939 – 10 August 1968) was a modernist poet, short story writer and novelist of Gujarati language.

After staying in Amirgadh and Anand for few months, he died in Ahmedabad on 10 August 1968 due to tuberculosis and mental disorder.

One of his songs, "Mari Aankhe Kankuna Suraj Athamya" is considered as the landmark in Gujarati literature.

Rakh Pan Bole Chhe is his one-act play published in third issue of Kriti magazine.

[3] In 2018, Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust published his biography entitled Mol Bharelu Khetar, written by Manilal H.

Sansthan High School at Dakor where Ravji studied
Bust of Ravji Patel inaugurated in 2017 at Dakor