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Who is the first winner of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak Award?

A. Gijubhai Badheka

B. Jhaverchand Meghani

C. Ravishankar Raval

D. Ratnamanirao Jote

Answer: Option B

Solution (By Examveda Team)

Jhaverchand or Zaverchand Kalidas Meghani was an Indian poet, writer, social reformer and freedom fighter. He is a well known name in the field of Gujarati literature. He was born in Chotila where the Government College has been renamed for this literary figure as Raashtreeya Shaayar Zaverchand Meghani College, Chotila. Mahatma Gandhi spontaneously gave him the title of Raashtreeya Shaayar (National Poet). Besides this he received many awards like Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak and Mahida Paaritoshik in literature.

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