Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania (Born : 22 July 1910 - Died : 28 February 2000) : History-Researcher, Editor. Born in Saila (District Surendranagar). Father died before completing primary education in Saila. Stayed in Jain gurukulas at Jaipur, Byawar etc. and got the titles of 'Jain Visharad' and 'Nyayatirtha'. I A Comparative Study of Sanskrit, Prakrit Grammar and Different Religions by Pandit Bechardas Doshi. Went to Santiniketan in 1932 to study Pali language and Buddhist philosophy. Here he came in contact with Munishree Jinvijayji and his serious study got a new impetus. 'Jain Prakash', mouthpiece of Sthanakavasi Jains since 1934, in Mumbai. Reader of Pandit Sukhlalji at Banaras Hindu University from 1938 and later Professor of 'Jain Chair' there.
From 1959 to La.D. Director of Indian Culture Academy, Ahmedabad. Retired in 1976. Mentor of PhD students in Banaras, Delhi, Mumbai, Indore and Ujjain Universities as well as Visiting Professor at University of Toronto, Canada, Free University of Berlin and University of Paris. In 1976, Chairman of the Research Department in the Porbandar Congress of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. Editor of 'Sambodhi' Quarterly. This author's contribution to philosophy, especially Jain Darshan, is significant. Apart from Gujarati, he has also edited, researched and written essays in Hindi and English and has received many scholarly editions and reliable translations.
At the age of 22, in 1932, he got married to Mathurabehan (Mathuragauri). In 1934, he paid Rs. Joined with a monthly salary of 40. His wife died in 1965. A year later his book 'Ddarshan' was published by Sanmati Jnanpith, Agra. Dalsukhbhai received the Padma Award in 1992. He died on 28 February 2000.
