Ushnas
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Natwarlal Pandya, better known by his pen name, Ushnas (Gujarati: ઉશનસ્), was a Gujarati language poet from India.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Savli
- Place of death
- Valsad
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
- Languages spoken
- Gujarati
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- date of birth
- 1920-09-28
- date of death
- 2011-11-06
- writing language
- Gujarati
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Natwarlal Pandya, better known by his pen name, Ushnas (Gujarati: ઉશનસ્), was a Gujarati language poet from India.
== Biography == He was born in Savli village near Vadodara on 28 September 1920. He studied in Mehsana, Sidhpur, Savli and Dabhoi. He completed his Bachelor of Arts with Sanskrit in 1942 and Masters in Gujarati in 1945 from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He taught at Rosery Highschool and Garda College in Navsari. He also taught at J P Shroff Arts College in Valsad. He also served as a president of Gujarati Adhyapak Sangh (Gujarati Teachers Union) in 1979. He also served as a president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 1991 to 1993.
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