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The family originally followed [[Jainism]]. However, in 1828, [[Swaminarayan]], the founder of the [[Swaminarayan Sampraday]], visited Rajkot to meet the Governor of Bombay, Sir [[John Malcolm]].<ref name=”p13-15″>Shah, 1934, p. 13-15.</ref> Nanchand and Dalichand attended this meeting and were deeply influenced by Swaminarayan’s teachings and the devout conduct of his paramhansas (monks). Consequently, the family converted to the Swaminarayan faith, which remained their family religion thereafter.<ref name=”p13-15″/> |
The family originally followed [[Jainism]]. However, in 1828, [[Swaminarayan]], the founder of the [[Swaminarayan Sampraday]], visited Rajkot to meet the Governor of Bombay, Sir [[John Malcolm]].<ref name=”p13-15″>Shah, 1934, p. 13-15.</ref> Nanchand and Dalichand attended this meeting and were deeply influenced by Swaminarayan’s teachings and the devout conduct of his paramhansas (monks). Consequently, the family converted to the Swaminarayan faith, which remained their family religion thereafter.<ref name=”p13-15″/> |
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Asharam died on 26 March 1921.<ref name=gks>{{cite book|author=Asharam Dalichand Shah|title=Gujarati Kahevat Sangraha or A collection of Gujarati proverbs|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gujarati_Kahevat_Sangraha_or_A_Collection_of_Gujarati_Proverbs.pdf|year=1911|page=5}}</ref><ref name=”Lal1992″ /> He had served as the administrator of the several [[princely state]]s of [[Kathiawar]].<ref name=”wwi”>{{cite book|title=Who’s Who India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3oYAAAAMAAJ|year=1927|publisher=Tyson & Company|page=232}}</ref> |
Asharam died on 26 March 1921.<ref name=gks>{{cite book|author=Asharam Dalichand Shah|title=Gujarati Kahevat Sangraha or A collection of Gujarati proverbs|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gujarati_Kahevat_Sangraha_or_A_Collection_of_Gujarati_Proverbs.pdf|year=1911|page=5}}</ref><ref name=”Lal1992″ /> He had served as the administrator of the several [[princely state]]s of [[Kathiawar]].<ref name=”wwi”>{{cite book|title=Who’s Who India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3oYAAAAMAAJ|year=1927|publisher=Tyson & Company|page=232}}</ref> |
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| Born | 8 February 1842[1] |
| Died | 26 March 1921 (aged 79)[1] |
| Occupation | writer |
| Language | Gujarati |
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| Children | Mulchand |
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Asharam Dalichand Shah (8 February 1842 ― 26 March 1921) was Gujarati language writer who pioneered the research in Gujarati proverbs and idioms.[2]
Ancestry and Background
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Asharam was born into a Shrimali Bania family with a history of commerce and government service.[3] His grandfather, Nanchand Shah, and his father, Dalichand Shah, were originally from Ahmedabad. Following the devastating famine of 1812–13, Nanchand, 51, Dalichand, 19, and the rest of the family migrated to Kathiawar to seek new opportunities.[4] In the early 19th century, Nanchand Shah secured contracts to supply grain and fodder to the British Army and the Commissariat during military campaigns in the region, specifically working with Parsi contractors named Kamaji and Dadabhai.[4] When the British established a permanent political agency in Rajkot around 1820, the family settled in the Rajkot Civil Camp, becoming one of the earliest settlers in the new colonial administrative hub.[5]
The family originally followed Jainism. However, in 1828, Swaminarayan, the founder of the Swaminarayan Sampraday, visited Rajkot to meet the Governor of Bombay, Sir John Malcolm.[6] Nanchand and Dalichand attended this meeting and were deeply influenced by Swaminarayan’s teachings and the devout conduct of his paramhansas (monks). Consequently, the family converted to the Swaminarayan faith, which remained their family religion thereafter.[6]
Asharam’s education began in an era when formal schooling was in its infancy in Kathiawar.
Asharam died on 26 March 1921.[1][2] He had served as the administrator of the several princely states of Kathiawar.[7]
He published Gujarati Kahevat Sangraha (A Collection of Gujarati Proverbs) in 1911. It contained proverbs and idioms along with their versions, origin, use in different parts of Gujarat and circumstances or incidents which resulted in their origin. It also presented the transformation of proverb if it is originated from Sanskrit. He has also compared corresponding Hindi and Marathi proverbs.[2][8]
His son Mulchand had written his biography, Asharam Dalichand Shah ane Temno Samay (1934).[7][9]
