Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha

Indian historian

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1863

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1947

Profession: historian, author

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Rai Bahadur Pandit Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha (1863–1947), born in Rohida village of Sirohi District, was a historian from the Indian state of Rajasthan.
A prolific author, he wrote several books ( in Hindi ) on the history of Rajasthan and other historical subjects.
Subsequent historians from Rajasthan have referred to him as Guruvara Mahamahopadhyaya (e.g.
Dasharatha Sharma in Early Chauhan Dynasties).
Ojha regarded Kaviraj Shyamaldas as his guru and worked under him as assistant secretary of the historical department, Udaipur