Gujarat Sahitya Sabha

Gujarat Sahitya Sabha, originally called the Social and Literary Association is a literary institution for the promotion of Gujarati literature located in the city of Ahmedabad, India. It was founded by Ranjitram Vavabhai Mehta in 1898. Its name was later changed in 1905.^[1][2][3]

The main aim of the association is to celebrate the birth anniversaries of great Gujarati littérateurs, publishing and releasing books and also preserving manuscripts. The Gujarat Sahitya Sabha also gives an award called the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak since 1928^[1] and is considered as the highest literary honour of the state of Gujarat.^[3][4]

List of presidents

Following people served as presidents:^[5]

No	President	From	To
1	Ramanbhai Neelkanth	1904	1928
2	Keshavlal Dhruv	1928	13 March 1938
3	Anandshankar Dhruv	1938	1942
4	Ramnarayan V. Pathak	1942	1947
5	Vidyagauri Nilkanth	1947	1959
6	Rasiklal Parikh	1959	1982
7	Anantrai Raval	1982	1988
8	Keshavram Kashiram Shastri	1990	2006
9	Madhusudan Parekh	2006	2010
10	Kumarpal Desai	2010	Incumbent

List of vice-presidents

Following people served as vice-presidents:^[5]

No	President	From	To
1	Janubhai Achratlal Saiyad	1922	1925
2	Sakarlal Amritlal Dave	1925	1926
3	Hariprasad Vrajrai Desai	1926	1929
4	Gaurishankar Govardhanram Joshi	1929	1932
5	Hariprasad Vrajrai Desai	1933	1950
6	Gaurishankar Govardhanram Joshi	1955	1957
7	Rasiklal Parikh	1957	1959
8	Chunilal Vardhman Shah	1959	1964
9	Anantrai Raval	1964	1980
10	Keshavram Kashiram Shastri	1982	1989
11	Yashwant Shukla	1990	1999
12	Madhusudan Parekh	2003	2006
13	Kumarpal Desai	2006	2009
14	Yogesh Joshi	2010	Incumbent

See also

• Gujarati Sahitya Parishad
• Gujarat Vidhya Sabha
• Gujarat Sahitya Akademi