Jhaverchand or Zaverchand Kalidas Meghani ((1896-08-28)28 August 1896 – (1947-03-09)9 March 1947) was an Indian poet, writer, social reformer and freedom fighter.

His first book was a translation work of Rabindranath Tagore's called Kathaa-u-Kaahinee titled Kurbani Ni Katha (Stories of martyrdom) which was first published in 1922.

A sample of his collection of folk tales from Saurashtra has recently been published in English, with the translation done by his son Vinod Meghani.

His father Kalidas worked in the Police force and hence was often transferred to new places causing most of Jhaverchand's education to happen in Rajkot.

He started his career in Kolkata and joined Jeevanlal and Co. in 1918 as Personal Assistant and was fondly called Paghadee Babu by his colleagues and workers alike.

[citation needed] In 1930, he was sentenced to 2 years in jail for writing the book Sindhudo that contained songs to inspire the youth of India that was participating in the struggle for Independence against the British Raj.

[5][failed verification] In 1926, he ventured into poetry with his book of children poems Veni Na Phool and started writing in Janmabhumi under the column Kalam Ane Kitaab.

[2][failed verification] A movie song Man Mor Bani Thangat Kare in the 2013 Hindi film Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela is written by him.