અરદેશર ફરામજી ખબરદાર

Ardeshar Faramji Khabardar was a major Parsi Gujarati poet whose verse helped carry Gujarati literary identity into civic and public life. Born in Daman, he wrote in Gujarati with a strong feeling for homeland, language, and collective belonging. His collection Rashtrika gathered patriotic and cultural songs, including the widely loved “Sadaakal Gujarat.” Khabardar’s work is especially important for showing Gujarati identity as linguistic and civilizational rather than narrowly regional: wherever Gujarati speech and memory travel, Gujarat travels too.