Chandrakant Bakshi

Chandrakant Bakshi

Chandrakant Keshavlal Bakshi (Gujarati: ચંદ્રકાંત કેશવલાલ બક્ષી) (August 20, 1932 – March 25, 2006) was a Gujarati author. He was a son of Keshavlal and Chanchalbahen. He completed his primary education at Palanpur. Fans also address him as "Bakshi" or "Bakshibaabu".

He completed his M.A. in History and Bachelor of Laws from Calcutta. He was the Sheriff of Mumbai in the 1990s. He is author of 178 books, including 17 books on history and culture, 26 novels, 15 collections of short stories, six books on politics, eight travelogues, two plays and 25 books on varied subjects, besides his autobiography Bakshinama

He has also written in extensively in newspapers and 15 of his books have been translated into Hindi, Marathi, English and other languages.