page_title: Bhagavadgomandal
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bhagavadgomandal / History
caption_attribution_description: English: H.H. Maharaja Thakore Shri Sir Bhagwant Singhji Sagramji Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Gondal, GCSI, GCIE, 1911.
context_page_description: Bhagavadromandal is a Gujarati Encyclopedia and Gujarati to Gujarati dictionary.
  Conceived by King Bhagvatsingh of Gondal in 1928, this dictionary spreads over 9500 pages in 9 volumes and includes the meaning and description of over a 281,377 words.
context_section_description: The motivation behind the creation of the Bhagavadgomandal, was mainly to create and preserve the treasure of Gujarati language for future generations, in a way similar to that of Encyclopædia Britannica for knowledge in the English language.
  This dictionary cum encyclopedia was created by Chandubhai Bahecharbhai Patel with the inspiration and active support from King Bhagavadsinghji. Both were concerned that the language had no major dictionary to speak of despite centuries of rich cultural and literary heritage. It took more than 27 years of effort to collect all the words of Gujarati language and their definitions.
  The King and his team took an effort to collect the words not only from Gujarati, but also from the dialects spoken in various parts of Gujarat, such as Kutch, Kathiyawaad, North and South Gujarat.
  The whole project was supported by many literati, poets, historians, teachers and authors of that time. Three generation of Bhagavadsinhji continued their support for this mammoth task.
caption: Maharaja Thakore Shri Sir Bhagwant Singhji Sagramji, Maharaja of Gondal, GCSI, GCIE, 1911.
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