27-04-2016: Govardhanram Tripathi A commemorative postage stamp

Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi born on 20th October 1855 at Nadiad in Gujarat, was a renowned novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who wrote mostly in Gujarati languages. He regarded his childhood years and the first few years of his life as the happiest period of his life. After finishing his Graduation in 1875, he studied Law and completed L.L.B. in 1883, despite poor health and financial difficulties. He started working as a lawyer in Bombay High Court in June 1884. He did remarkably well, despite refusing as a matter of principle, lucrative assignments offered to him. During this period, he also did an incredibly large amount of literary work of highest merit. The period from 1885 to 1915 is called “Govardhan-Yug” or “Govardhan-Era” in Gujarati literature. Shri Govardhanram Tripathi died in Mumbai on the evening of 4 January 1907. The Department of Posts is pleased to release a commemorative postage stamp on Govardhanram Tripathi.