Jivram Bhavanishankar Joshi was Gujarati language author of children"s literature.
Background
He was born on 6 July 1905 at Garani village near Jasdan in Amreli district than under Baroda State of Gujarat to Santokben and Bhavanishankar. His father died when he was studying in the third standard.He went to Ahmedabad from Saurashtra at early age.
Education
He was educated in Balwantray Thakore"s Proprietary School near Teen Darwaza, Ahmedabad. He studied Sanskrit and English languages in 1927 at Kashi.
Career
He worked as cook at home of Ramnarayan V. Pathak. Inspired by the life of Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi, he went to Kashi in North India. He was introduced to Kashi Vidyapith also.
He was involved in Indian independence movement.
He evaded his arrest by moving to Bihar and later to Gujarat. He later started writing children"s literature.
He edited Zagmag, a Gujarati children"s weekly. He died in 2004 at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.