Nandshankar Tuljashankar Mehta

Born: 21 April 1835

Died: 17 July 1905

He was an Indian Gujarati language author and social reformer.
He is known for Karan Ghelo, the first original novel in Gujarati.
He was also a member of the Buddhivardhak Sabha which was established in Bombay in 1851.
After retirement in 1890, he worked with several organisations.
He died on 17 July 1905 in Surat.
He was the father of Manubhai Mehta and the grandfather of Hansa Mehta.
He was also maternal grandfather of Sumant Mehta.
He wrote his only novel Karan Ghelo which he started in 1863 and completed in 1866.
The novel depicts Karan Vaghela, the last Rajput ruler of Gujarat (c.1296 – 1304) who was defeated by the Turkish forces of Alauddin Khilji in 1298.
He translated R. G. Bhandarkar’s Sanskrit Margopadeshika and an English textbook on trigonometry into Gujarati.
He had written several articles in newspapers.
His son, Vinayak Mehta, had written his biography.