page_title: Krishnalal Jhaveri
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Krishnalal Jhaveri / Life
caption_attribution_description: English: Jaybhikhkhu accepting Gold Medal
context_page_description: Diwan Bahadur Krishnalal Mohanlal Jhaveri was an Indian writer, scholar, literary historian, translator, and judge from Gujarat, India. His works have been published in Gujarati, English, and Persian. Jhaveri served as president of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 1931 to 1933.
context_section_description: Krishnalal Jhaveri was born on 30 December 1868 in Broach into a family of educators. His grandfather, Ranchhoddas Girdhardas Jhaveri, was a pioneer in the field of education and laid the foundations for educational services in Gujarat. Jhaveri's father, Mohanlal Ranchhodlal, was one of the founders of a number of primary schools in the Surat District.
  After finishing school in Broach, Surat, and Bhavnagar, Jhaveri attended Shamaldas Arts College in Bhavnagar where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Persian in 1888. In 1890, he finished a  Master of Arts degree in English and Persian at Elphinstone College where he began working as a lecturer of the Persian language. After completing a Bachelor of Laws in 1892, he started his career as a lawyer in 1893. Jhaveri practised on the appellate side of the High Court of Bombay from 1903 to 1905. At the Presidency Court of Small Causes he served as a judge from 1905 to 1917 and as a chief judge from 1918 to 1928. Jhaveri also served as chief judge at the High Court of Palanpur State.
  He was appointed as president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 1931 to 1933. He was the president of the Forbes Gujarati Sabha for three decades, one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, a member of the Syndicate of Bombay University, and the vice-chancellor of Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University. He was a member of Government Book Committee and Bombay Presidency Social Reform Association and served as joint secretary of Pleader's Association.
  He died on 15 June 1957, aged 88, in Mumbai, India.
caption: Jhaveri awarding gold medal to Jaybhikhkhu
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