Nandshankar Mehta

Rao Bahadur

Nandshankar Mehta
BornMehta Nandshankar Tuljashankar
(1835-04-21)21 April 1835
Surat, British India
Died17 July 1905(1905-07-17) (aged 70)
Surat, British India
OccupationNovelist, social reformer
LanguageGujarati
NationalityIndian
Notable workKaran Ghelo (1866)
SpouseNandagauri
ChildrenManubhai Mehta
Vinayak Mehta
RelativesHansa Jivraj Mehta (granddaughter)
Sumant Mehta (grandson)

Nandshankar Tuljashankar Mehta (21 April 1835 – 17 July 1905) was an Indian Gujarati language author and social reformer. He is known for Karan Ghelo, the first original novel in Gujarati.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "પહેલી ગુજરાતી નવલકથા 'કરણ ઘેલો' : ઉંમર વર્ષ ૧૫૦" (in Gujarati). 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. ^ "પહેલી ગુજરાતી નવલકથાના લેખક". Mumbai Samachar (in Gujarati). Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Book Review: 'Karan Ghelo'– Gujarat's 'Game of Thrones'". 21 June 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.