Jawahar Bakshi
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. She completed his schooling from Swami Vivekanand Vinay Mandir. He completed Bachelor of Commerce from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics in Bombay in 1964 and became a chartered accountant.
Bakshi wrote his first ghazal in 1959 and had written more than 700 ghazals. His ghazals explore spirituality. Tarapanana Shaherma and are Parpotana Killa his ghazal collections having 108 and 11 ghazals respectively. He has received prizes from Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. He is awarded Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1998. He is also awarded Kalapi Award for his ghazals in 2006. He was awarded the Kavishwar Dalpatram Award for 2019.Personal life
Bakshi married Daksha and they has a daughter named Pooja.
