Jawahar Bakshi

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1947|02|19}}

| birth_place = Junagadh, Gujarat

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| occupation = {{ubl|Poet}}

| language = Gujrati

| citizenship = Indian

| notableworks = {{ubl|Tarapanana shaherma (1999)}}

| awards = {{ubl|Narmad Suvarna Chandrak|Kalapi Award|Kavishwar Dalpatram Award|Narsinh Mehta Award}}

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Jawahar Ravirai Bakshi is a Gujarati poet from Gujarat, India.

Biography

Jawahar Bakshi was born on 19 February 1947 in Junagadh to Nilavati and Ravirai Bakshi. He completed his schooling from Swami Vivekanand Vinay Mandir. He completed Bachelor of Commerce from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1964 and became a chartered accountant.{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ|last=Brahmabhatt|first=Prasad|publisher=Parshwa Publication|year=2010|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7|location=Ahmedabad|pages=125–126|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}{{Cite web|url=http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/gujarati/connect+gujarat+gujarati-epaper-cguj/javahar+bakshino+parichay+aadikavi+narasinh+mahetana+vanshaj+saphal+kavi+gazalakar+ane+aadhyatmik+guru-newsid-81965797|title=જવાહર બક્ષીનો પરિચય : આદિકવિ નરસિંહ મહેતાના વંશજ , સફળ કવિ - ગઝલકાર અને આધ્યાત્મિક ગુરુ|last=|first=|date=|website=DailyHunt|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-01-08}}

Bakshi wrote his first ghazal in 1959 and had written more than 700 ghazals. His ghazals explore spirituality. Tarapanana Shaherma (1999) and Parpotana Killa (2012) are his ghazal collections having 108 and 11 ghazals respectively. He has received prizes from Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. He was awarded Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1998. He was also awarded Kalapi Award for his ghazals in 2006. He was awarded the Kavishwar Dalpatram Award for 2019.{{cite news | title=2019 અને 2020ના કવિશ્વર દલપતરામ એવોર્ડ જાહેર | website=Gujarati News, News in Gujarati – ગુજરાત સમાચાર | દિવ્ય ભાસ્કર | date=23 December 2018 | url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/SAU-SUR-OMC-MAT-latest-surendranagar-news-032125-3483460-NOR.html | language=gu | access-date=2 May 2020}} He received the 2020 Narsinh Mehta Award.{{cite news |title=ચાર કવિને અપાશે નરસિંહ મહેતા અવૉર્ડ|trans-title=Narsinh Mehta Award will be given to these four poets from Gujarat|newspaper=Gujarati Mid-Day|date=12 September 2023|url=https://www.gujaratimidday.com/news/gujarat-news/article/narsingh-mehta-award-will-be-given-to-these-four-poets-from-gujarat-202799| access-date=9 November 2023|language=gu}}