Harji Lavji Damani

Harji Lavji Damani

All Nicknames

• Shayda

Town of birth

• Dhanduka

Province of birth

• Kathiawar

Country of birth

• British India

Date of Birth

• 24 -10-1892

Family tree

Parents

Lavjibhai Damani

Santokbahen Damani

Lavjibhai Damani(Born in).

Santokbahen Damani(Born in).

Damani was born on 24 October 1892[2] in Pipli, a village near Dhandhuka, Gujarat to Lavjibhai and Santokbahen. His family belonged to the Khoja Shia Ishna Asheri community.

Harji Lavji Damani (Gujarati: હરજી લવજી દામાણી), better known by his pen name Shayda (Gujarati: શયદા), was a Gujarati language poet, novelist, short-story writer and playwright from Gujarat, India. He is known as Ghazal Samrat,[1] the king of ghazal poetry, as he established the Gujarati ghazal form in Gujarati literature.

His novels deal with social and historical themes. The most famous among his social novels are Maa Te Maa and Moti Bhabhi. Maa Te Maa is tragic story of love and sacrifice of a mother for her children. Some of his novels dealt with typical communal problems. His well-known novel on this theme Amaanat was published posthumously. Another tragic novel Masuma described the problems of Islamic culture and religion.[6]