Taarak Mehta, inspiration behind 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah', passes away

Writer Taarak Mehta inspiration behind TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah has passed away PicTwitterRenowned writer columnist humourist and playwright Taarak Mehta has passed away at the age of 87 after prolonged illnessTaarak Mehta breathed his last in Ahmedabad Gujarat today Wednesday March 1 his family confirmed They also intend to donate Taarak Mehtas body to scienceA relative of the writer Atul Bhatt said He died of old age Atul Bhatt is a doctorTaarak Mehta passed away in Ahmedabad Gujarat PicNirav TrivediTaarak Mehta is best known for his Gujarati column Duniya Ne Undha Chasma The popular TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is based on this columnRenowned Indian humorist and playwright Taarak Mehta passes away at the age of 87 years after prolonged illness pictwittercom3BVkWFXFPPmdash ANI ANI_news 1 March 2017His humourous column first appeared in Chitralekha in March 1971Taarak Mehta has also written six popular Gujarati playsHe was awarded the Padma Shri Indias fourth highest civilian award in 2015Taarak Mehtas Gujarati column was the inspiration behind TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah PicNirav TrivediDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani among others took to Twitter to pay tribute toTaarak MehtaGujarati writer and Padma Shree Tarak Mehta ji passes aways May his soul rest in peacemdash Arvind Kejriwal ArvindKejriwal 1 March 2017Saddened by the death of Tarak Mehta humorist amp columnist He always brought smile to our faces My condolences to family membersmdash Vijay Rupani vijayrupanibjp 1 March 2017Tarak Mehta ji is no more Big lose to Gujarati Literature RIPTarakMehta pictwittercomkUjfBYuY5Hmdash Pankaj Shukla iPankajShukla 1 March 2017Tarak Mehta is no more Big lose to Gujarati Literature RIPTarakMehtamdash Mihir Raval raval_mih 1 March 2017Tarak Mehta ji is no more J writer Tarak Mehta passesaway in Ahmedabad at age of 88 RIPTarakMehtamdash kulwinder kulwindersain18 1 March 2017RIPTarakMehtaU always makes us smile by ur books pictwittercomX0elmMAB11mdash agravecurrenAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0086agravecurrenbrvbaragravecurreniquestagravecurrenmicroagravecurrenfrac34agravecurrencedilagraveyenAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0080 lionheart1288 1 March 2017Writer Tarak mehta was one of the best comedy writer in India He will be always in our memories RipTarakMehtamdash shantanu shantanu101 1 March 2017RIPTarakMehta Noted Gujarati humorist columnist playwright Tarak Mehta 87 passes away in Ahmedabad aftr prolonged illness pictwittercomAfXotDTj9bmdash Rahul Singh rahulreports 1 March 2017With inputs from IANS