Gujarat Vidhya Sabha, originally called The Gujarat Vernacular Society is a literary institution for the promotion of Gujarati literature

Gujarati literature

The history of Gujarati literature may be traced to 1000 AD, and this literature has flourished since then to the present. It is unique in having almost no patronage from a ruling dynasty, other than its composers...

 located in the city of 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...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It was founded by a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 judge Alexander Forbes in 1848. The name was changed on the occasion of the centenary of the institution.

Under the guidance of the Gujarati poet Dalpatram

Dalpatram

Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi was a noted author, poet of Gujarati literature, and was given a title of "Kavishwar" by people of Gujarat...

, the Gujarat Vidhya Sabha published Gujarat's first newspaper, established the first Gujarati school for girls, the first library and the first Gujarati periodical. This institution is currently working in the field of literature, teaching, research and book publishing.