Ramanbhai Neelkanth

Ramanbhai Nilkanth was noted author of Gujarati literature. He was also the Mayor of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. He belonged to "Pandit-Yug" or "Goverdhan-Yug". His father, Mahipatram Rupram Nilkanth, was also an author and social worker. He wrote two classics of Gujarati literature namely "Bhadram-Bhadra" and "Rai no Parvat". Ramanbhai Nilkanth– was a renowned short story writer and his wife –Lady Vidyagauri – was one of the state’s first women graduates. His daughter, Vinodinee Neelkanth, was perhaps the first Gujarati woman to get a post-graduate degree from the US. Though she was not a feminist in strictest sense, she perhaps is the first Gujarati novelist to have written a column for 40 years in a Gujarati daily – Gujarat Samachar. This noted philanthropist and humourist writer, Ramanbhai Nilkanth became the first Hon. Secretary. of the Ahmedabad Red Cross founded in 1923.