Ravji Patel was a modernist poet and novelist in Gujarati

Gujarati language

Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is derived from a language called Old Gujarati which is the ancestor language of the modern Gujarati and Rajasthani languages...

. He was born in Vallavpura village in Kheda

Kheda

Kheda is a town and a municipality in Kheda district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Kheda, also known as Kaira, is 35 km from Ahmedabad. The National Highway no. 8 connecting Ahmedabad and Mumbai passes through Kheda...

 District of Gujarat. His only collection was published posthumously titled 'Angat' ( 1971).

He could only study up to the second year of college and had to leave his studies owning to financial difficulties. He worked sporadically at various places like mills, libraries, newspapers and universities and died at the age of 29 due to tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...

 after staying in Amirgadh and Anand on 8 August 1968 in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...

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His immortal song, Mari Aankhe Kankuna Suraj Athamya has become a landmark in Gujarati literature. The song flags a great change in the trends and styles of writing in Gujarati literature, bringing it in to what is now known as the modern Gujarati literary trend.