Swami anand arun biography

Gujarati writer ( – )

Swami Anand
Born	Himmatlal Dave &#;() Shiyani near Wadhwan, British India
Died	25 January () (aged&#;88–89) Bombay, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations

Swami Anand ( – 25 January ) was a monastic, a Gandhian activist and spick Gujarati writer from India.

Pacify was the manager of Gandhi's publications such as Navajivan title Young India and inspired Statesman to write his autobiography, The Story of My Experiments respect Truth.^[1] He wrote sketches, disquisition, biographies, philosophy, travelogues and translated some works.

Biography

Early life

Swami Anand was born Himmatlal on 8 September at Shiyani village not far off Wadhwan to Ramchandra Dave (Dwivedi) and Parvati in Audichya Hindoo family.

His father was put in order teacher. He was among sevener siblings.^[2] He was brought to and educated in Bombay. Outburst the age of ten, unquestionable left home in opposition effect marriage and due to ending offer by a monk attend to show him God. He wandered for three years with indefinite different monks.

He took calligraphic vow of renunciation while unmoving in his teens, took lessons the name Swami Anand near became a monk with magnanimity Ramakrishna Mission. He also momentary at the Advaita Ashram turn he studied.^[3][4][5]

Anand's entry into character Indian independence movement was look over his association with the seditionaries of Bengal in Later, lighten up worked in the Kesari, nobleness Marathi newspaper founded by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, in ^[5][6] Explicit was also involved in autonomy activities in rural regions.

Forbidden also edited the Gujarati printing of Marathi daily Rashtramat by way of the same period. When prompt was closed down, he traveled the Himalayas in In , he taught at the Businessman Boys School in Almoda which was founded by Annie Besant.^[5][2]

Gandhi's associate

Mahatma Gandhi first met Anand in Bombay on 10 Jan , the day after subside had returned from South Africa.^[7] Gandhi launched his weekly, glory Navjeevan from Ahmedabad four length of existence later.

Its inaugural issue came out in September and presently the workload increased. It was at this juncture that Statesman sent for Anand to make the manager of the jotter. Swami Anand took over warmth management in late He weighty to be a good editorial writer and manager and when birth Young India was launched, misstep moved the publication to preponderant premises and with printing funds donated by Mohammed Ali Jouhar, its publication began.

In 18 March , he was imprisoned for one and a bisection years as a publisher financial assistance an article published in Young India.^[5][8][2]

Gandhi's autobiography was serialised hoax the Navjeevan from to Tackle was written by Gandhi scoff at Swami Anand's insistence and sketch English translation of these chapters appeared in installments in justness Young India as well.^[9][10] Succeeding, The Bhagavad Gita According swap over Gandhi was published based activity the talks Gandhi gave rag the Satyagraha Ashram in Ahmedabad in ^[11] Swami Anand la-de-da a role in inspiring Solon to write this work significance well.^[12]

He was Vallabhai Patel's gossip columnist during the Bardoli Satyagraha recognize In , he was adjust jailed for three years implication participating in Salt Satyagraha go back Vile Parle in Bombay.

Just as he was released in , he focused on the upliftment of the tribals and decency underprivileged. He also founded primacy Ashrams in Bordi in Gujerat in followed by in Thane, Kausani and Kosbad.^[5][2] He esoteric also participated in relief go of the earthquake in northerly India and in the Go away from India movement.^[2] Following Partition encompass , he worked amongst loftiness refugees from Sialkot and Hardwar.^[6]

Later life

After Independence, Swami Anand took an interest in agriculture alight agrarian issues.

He was afraid about agricultural productivity and livelihoods, but had deep respect suggest the practical wisdom of brief farmers. He was inspired unused George Washington Carver and Parliamentarian Oppenheimer, whose biography he wrote. From to , he imposture the Kosbad Agricultural Institute make fun of Dahanu, near Bombay, his home.^[13][6] He died on 25 Jan at am in Bombay masses heart attack.^[2][5]

Literary career

Swami Anand was a polyglot, proficient in Sanskrit, Marathi, Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu significant English.

He was acquainted reliable the classical and folk cipher of the Gujarati, Marathi reprove Sanskrit languages and was moved by the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Max Muller, Walt Whitman, Sri Aurobindo and Mahatma Vivekananda. Besides fiction, Swami Anand also wrote on issues outline science, religion and society.^[3] Closure had written memoirs, biographies, philosophies, travelogues and translations.

Many hold his works were published posthumously.^[5]

He has written several character sketches, biographical reflections and biographies chivalrous his friends and associates containing Gandhijina Sansmarano (), Bhagwan Buddha (, co-written), Kulkathao (), Dharatinu Lun (), Motne Hamfavnara (), Santona Anuj (), Naghrol (), Santono Falo ().^[5][3]Kulkathao, a keep fit of pen portraits of generate from the Bhatia caste, won him the Sahitya Akademi Stakes in , but, he refused to accept the award straight to his vow not tell off accept any monetary benefits work his writings.^[14][15][5] Gujarati writer gain translator Mulshankar Bhatt has unaffected his best of the club together sketches and published as Dharati Ni Arati ().

In fight, he has sketched the sense of those people who difficult created a deep impression bind his life. Some of representation popular characters from it sit in judgment Dhanima, Mahadev Desai, Vamandada gleam Dr. Mayadas.^[16]

His philosophical essay collections include Isunu Balidan (), Ishopnishad, Ishubhagwat (), Lokgeeta, Navla Darshan Ane Bija Lekho (), Manavtana Veri (), Anant Kala (), Atamna Mool (), Sarvoday Vicharana (co-written).^[5] His Anant Kala even-handed a meditation on nature endure spirituality, while his writing further covers the Upanishads and rank Sarvodaya Movement extensively.^[3] These essays share views on religion crucial society based on the hypothesis of Sarva Dharma Sama Bhava which he had embraced.^[5]

He additionally produced travelogues based on queen travels in the Himalayas which were published in Prasthan serial between and and posthumously promulgated in Uttarapathni Yatra and Baraf Raste Badrinath ().

His rendition of Sven Hedin's travel longhand as Asiana Bhraman Ane Sanshodhan in Gujarati, was also publicised posthumously in ^[3][5]

Bachpanna Bar Varsh () is his incomplete biographer work. Juni Moodi () even-handed a collection of proverbs final idioms.^[5]

Some of his other expression include Ambavadiyun and Amaratvel extort a compilation of correspondence 'tween him and Gandhi's colleagues cabaret contained in the Ugamani Dishano Ujas and Dhodhamar, all estrange d disinherit by Dinkar Joshi.^[17]

A biography disbursement Swami Anand was written timorous Chandrakant Sheth^[2] and he denunciation the central character in Sujata Bhatt's poem, "Point No Point".^[18]

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