Background
His father, Mahipatram Rupram Nilkanth, was also an author and social worker
His father, Mahipatram Rupram Nilkanth, was also an author and social worker
He was also the Mayor of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. He belonged to "Pandit-Yug" or "Goverdhan-Yug". He wrote two classics of Gujarati literature namely "Bhadram-Bhadra" and "".
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 humorist writer, Ramanbhai Nilkanth, became the first Honorary Secretary. of the Ahmedabad Red Cross founded in 1923.