Ramlal Chunilal Modi (27 July 1890 – 14 July 1949) was a Gujarati writer, researcher, critic and historian. He is known for his research on medieval Gujarati literature, particularly his research on the medieval poet Bhalan. He was posthumously awarded the Narmad Suvarna Medal for the year 1945-50.
Ramlal Chunilal Modi was born on July 27, 1890 at Patan. His father's name was Chunilal Narabheram and mother's name was Jadav. After passing the matriculation examination from Patan High School in 1908, he worked as the Headmaster of Unjha and Chansmani Middle School. He then joined the Patan High School as a teacher, and served there till his death.
Sahitya Surjan : Ramlal Chunilal Modi has done important work mainly in the field of Old Gujarati and Medieval History of Gujarat. He has published about 150 research articles in addition to several books. In 1909, his first article titled 'Gujarati Dictionary' was published in the magazine 'Buddhiprakash'. In 1919, he published 'Bhalan', a classically written biographical book on the medieval Gujarati poet Bhalan. In 1924, he published 'Kavi Bhalankrit Be Nalakhyan' Sanshidhan Granth, for which he was given an award of Rs.101 by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He has done the Gujarati translation of Jadunath Sarkar's book on Mughal Administration under the title 'Mughal Rajyawahivat'. 'Patan-Siddpurno Travas' is his travel-themed treatise. 'Karna Solanki' and 'Vayupurana' are his historical texts.
Award: During 1945-50, he was posthumously awarded the Narmad Suvarna Medal by the Narmad Sahitya Sabha for historical research.
He died on July 14, 1949 at Rajkot.
