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Kalyan Mal Lodha

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Kalyan Mal Lodha is an educationist, Hindi writer, literary critic and social reformer[citation needed] who served as vice-chancellor of Jodhpur University.[1]

Lodha was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, and now lives in Kolkata. He has contributed significantly[how?] to the cause of Jain religion and the Jain community.[citation needed] He was Head of the Department of Hindi at Calcutta University.[citation needed]

Lodha was presented with the Bihari Award by the K. K. Birla Foundation at Kolkata for his book titled Vagdwar. It comprises a thorough study of the productions of eight prominent Hindi poets: Tulsi, Soordas, Kabir, Nirala, Maithili Sharan Gupta, Jai Shankar Prasad, Mahadevi Verma, and Makhanlal Chaturvedi.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ "Padatik felicitates Usha Ganguly". Daily Excelsior. Archived from the original on 19 June 2007.