Amritlal Vegad
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Amritlal Vegad | |
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 Vegad in 2013 | |
| Native name | अमृतलाल वेगड़ |
| Born | 3 October 1928 |
| Died | 6 July 2018 (aged 89) Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Writer, essayist, poet |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Subject | Gujarati Hindi |
Amritlal Vegad (3 October 1928 – 6 July 2018) was a noted Gujarati and Hindi language writer and painter living in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.[1][2][3]
Education
Amritlal was born to Govamal Jivan Vegad, who was a railway contractor hailing from village Kumbhariya in Kutch belonging to a small but enterprising Mestri community of Kutch. Govamal Jivan settled in Jabalpur, while working as railway contractor for Bengal Nagpur Railway laying railway lines in Gondia – Jabalpur section in year 1906 with fellow Mistri contractors.[4]
Amritlal Vegad did his studies from Visva Bharati University at Shantiniketan and was trained under able teachers like Nandalal Bose, during the years 1948 to 1953, from whom he learned to appreciate nature & its beauty.[2] He was trained in water colours but he painted also in oil colours.[2] After coming back to Jabalpur, he joined as teacher at Institute of Fine Arts in Jabalpur.[2] His story written as a students project, while studying at Shantinikaten – Introducing Ahimsa to the Battlefield has been a part of famous book – Gandhi-Ganga published in 1968.[4][5]
