Ramanlal was born on 22 May 1926 in Heerpura near
Vijapur in north
Gujarat to Jethalal and Maniben. His family belonged to
Vadnagar village. He completed primary education from
Vadnagar, and secondary education from
Pilvai in north Gujarat. He completed Bachelor of Arts in Gujarati and Sanskrit in 1950 from
Vadodara and Master of Arts in same subjects in 1954 from the
University of Bombay. He was a research fellow at School of Languages, Gujarat University from 1954 to 1959. He taught at GLS Arts College from 1959 to 1962. He completed PhD under
Umashankar Joshi in 1962 from
Gujarat University. He joined the School of Languages in Gujarat University and served as a professor from 1962 to 1968, as a reader from 1969 to 1979, a lecturer of Gujarati from 1979. In 1986, he retired from the post of Director of the School of Languages and Literature, Gujarat University. He later served as the director of College Development Council of Gujarat University. He served as the chairman of the
Gujarat Sahitya Akademi from 1986 to 1987. He also served as the vice president of
Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 1984 to 1988. He was a member of General Council of
Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi from 1983 to 1987. He was the Emeritus Fellow of
University Grant Commission from 1988 to 1998. He was also adviser of Gujarati for
Encyclopedia of Indian Literature. He was a founder editor of literary magazine,
Uddesh from August 1990. He died on 10 September 2006 at
Ahmedabad. ==Works==