Ravishankar maharaj

Social workers of gujarat

1. Ravishankar Maharaj By: raju penda Faculty: Diploma in electrical

2. Ravi Shankar Vyas Born Ravishankar Vyas 25 February 1884 Radhu village,  British India  (now in  Kheda district ,  Gujarat , India) Died 1 July 1984 (aged 100) Borsad , Gujarat, India Nationality Indian Occupation Activist, social worker Spouse(s) Surajba Parent(s) Pitambar Shivram Vyas, Nathiba

3. He is better known as  Ravishankar Maharaj , was an Indian independence activist, social worker and Gandhian from Gujarat. He was one of the earliest and closest associates of Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and along with Darbar Gopaldas Desai, Narhari Parikh and Mohanlal Pandya, the chief organizer of nationalist revolts in Gujarat in the 1920s and 1930s. He worked for years for rehabilitation of Baraiya and Patanvadiya castes of coastal central Gujarat. In 1942, he also participated in Quit India Movement in 1942 and also tried to pacify communal violence in Ahmedabad. He wrote about education, rural reconstruction, and caste equality. Life

4. After independence of India in 1947, he devoted himself to social work. He joined  Vinoba Bhave  in  Bhoodan Movement  and travelled 6000 kilometres between 1955 and 1958. Ravishankar Maharaj inaugurated Gujarat state when it was created on 1 May 1960. Until his death, it was a tradition that every newly appointed  Chief Minister of Gujarat  visit him for blessings after taking oath of office. He died on 1 July 1984 in  Borsad ,  Gujarat .The memorial dedicated to him is located at Adhyapan Mandir, Vallabh Vidyalaya, Bochasan .

5. Recognition The  Government of India  released postal stamp in his honour in 1984. Ravishankar Maharaj Award for social work, worth ₹1  Lakh , is instituted by Department of Social Justice,  Government of Gujarat  in his honour .

6. In popular culture Jhaverchand Meghani  has written  Manasai Na Diva  based on his experiences with him during his social work among tribals. Pannalal Patel has also written a biographical novel  Jene Jivi Janyu  (1984) on him.

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