Jayanti Patel

Dr. Jayanti Kalidas Patel was born May 24, 1925 in Ahmedabad, India. He received his BA from University of Mumbai in 1947, and was awarded a Ph.D for his work in Natya Yoga[disambiguation needed] from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan at the Mungalal Goenka Institute in Mumbai.As a young man, Patel joined Mahatma Gandhi and the Quit India Movement in protest of the British rule of India. During one march, Patel was shot in the leg, sustaining an injury that produced a lifelong indentation and limp.In the 1940s and 1950s, Patel portrayed the comic character \"Ranglo\" on All-India Radio and in subsequent stage and television productions. He took this name also for his cartooning persona, and continued to explore this character throughout his life.In 2015, at age 91, Patel published the book Chaplin, Gandhi and Me2, exploring the correlation between the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin.In 1944, Dr Patel married Smt. Sharda, and together they had three children: Ms Nivedita Desai, Ms Warsha Patel, and Mr Nilesh Patel. Dr Patel currently resides in Pune with his daughter Warsha and son Nilesh.

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