Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha

Dr. Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha
Personal details
Born	(1863-09-15)15 September 1863 Rohida, Sirohi State, Rajputana
Died	17 April 1947(1947-04-17) (aged 83) Rohida, Sirohi State, Rajputana
Nationality	Indian

Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha (15 September, 1863– 17 April, 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^[1]