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RARE ORIGINAL VIRCHAND GANDHI AUTOGRAPHED JAIN LEADER BOMBAY INDIA 1864-1901 🔥:
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Virachand Raghavji Gandhi Virchand Gandhi Virchand Gandhi Born 25 August 1864 Mahuva, Gujarat Died 7 August 1901 (aged 36) Mahuwar, near Mumbai, India Education B.A.(Law) Alma mater University of Bombay Occupation(s) Lawyer, scholar on Jainism Known for Representing Jainism at the first World Parliament of Religions, Chicago 1893 Children 1 Parent Raghav Tejpal Gandhi Signature Virchand Gandhi Signature Virachand Raghavji Gandhi (25 August 1864 – 7 August 1901)[1] was a Jain scholar who represented Jainism at the first World Parliament of Religions in 1893.[2] A barrister by profession, he worked to defend the rights of Jains, and wrote and lectured extensively on Jainism, other religions, and philosophy.
Background and early accomplishments[edit]
Poster announcing lecture by Virachand Gandhi Gandhi was born on 25 August 1864[3] in Mahuva near Bhavnagar (now in Gujarat, India),[4] to Mahuva Nagar Sheth[5] and Raghavji Tejpalji Gandhi. His father, Raghavji, was a businessman.[2][6] After completing primary and secondary school in Mahuva, Gandhi was sent to Bhavnagar for further studies.[7] In 1879, Gandhi married Jiviben.[8][5] At the age of sixteen, upon placing first on the Bhavanagar matriculation examination, he was awarded the ‘Shri Jaswant Singhji’ scholarship.[7] Gandhi continued his education at Elphinstone College, of the University of Bombay.[2][4][9] He graduated with honors in 1884, having earned a bachelor's degree in law.[2][3][4][9] Gandhi was a polyglot who spoke fourteen languages, including Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali, English, Prakrit, Sanskrit, and French.[3] Gandhi was a friend of Mahatma Gandhi, and joined Mahatma in his "experiments in dietetics" (vegetarianism). Virchand helped Mahatma in the latter's struggle to establish a legal practice.[10]
In 1885, at the age of 21, he became the first honorary secretary of the Jain Association of India.[9] During his term, he fought against a tax being levied by the ruler of Princely State of Palitana on pilgrims visiting Mount Shatrunjaya, Palitana.[4] During the course of this fight Gandhi met Lord Reay, the British colonial governor of Bombay, and Colonel John Watson of the Kathiawar Agency. With the help of these two individuals, he ultimately negotiated an annual fixed payment of Rs. 15000, rather than an individual tax on each pilgrim.[6] Gandhi also fought to close a pig slaughterhouse that had been started in 1891 close to Mount Shikharji, a holy place of Jain pilgrimage. Gandhi spent six months in Calcutta learning Bengali and preparing his case against the slaughterhouse. He was eventually successful in getting the slaughterhouse closed.[4]
At the World Parliament of Religions. From left to right: Virchand Gandhi, Hewivitarne Dharmapala, Swami Vivekananda, and (possibly) G. Bonet Maury Trip to the World Parliament of Religions[edit] See also: Jainism in America Gandhi represented Jainism at the first World Parliament of Religions, held in Chicago in 1893.[4] Jain monk Acharya Vijayanandsuri, also known as Acharya Atmaram, had initially been invited to represent Jainism at the Parliament, but as Jain monks do not travel overseas, he could not attend. Atmaram recommended Gandhi to go in his stead and serve as the emissary for the religion. Atmaram and his disciple Vallabhsuri trained Gandhi for six months.[4][6]
Poster calling Gandhi 'a most eloquent scholar and linguist' Gandhi received a positive response at the Parliament[4][6] and was asked to deliver more lectures. He ultimately stayed two years in the US and one year in the UK[4] He went outside India to promote Jain values on two other occasions,[4] and is known for giving about 535 lectures on Jainism and having attracted followers from outside India to Jainism.[4] He was awarded various medals for his lectures.[4]
He was a contemporary to Swami Vivekanand, who deeply admired him. He faced criticism over his sea voyage, which was at the time considered unholy. Vivekanand, impressed with Gandhi's adherence to vegetarianism in the face of the cold Chicago climate, came to his defence: in an 1894 letter to Haridas Viharidas Desai, Diwan of Junagadh, he wrote "Now here is Virchand Gandhi, the Jain whom you knew well in Bombay. This man never takes anything but mere vegetables even in this terribly cold climate and tooth and nail tries to defend his countrymen and the religion. The people of this country like him very well. But what are they doing who sent him over? They are trying to outcast him."
Herbert Warren, who studied Jainism under Gandhi and adopted the Jain religion, published a book on Gandhi's lectures titled Herbert Warren's Jainism.
The American newspaper, the Buffalo Courier, wrote regarding Gandhi, "of all Eastern scholars, it was this youth whose lectures on Jain Faith and Conduct was listened to with the greatest interest and attention". Later, in Kasadova, he delivered a lecture on 'Some Mistakes Corrected' on 8 August 1894, which prompted the citizens of the city to award him a gold medal.[11]
Gandhi had studied Buddhism, Vedanta Philosophy, Christianity, and western philosophy. He praised Mogul Emperor Akbar for his equal treatment of all religions.
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Later life and death
Virchand Gandhi teaching Jainism to a lady in US, 1893 Part of a series on Jainism
Jains History Gandhi founded Gandhi Philosophical Society and the Society for the Education of Women in India (SEWI). He participated in Pune session of Indian National Congress in 1895 as a representative of Bombay state,[2][4] and lectured on Indian politics and industry in Large Hall of William Science building on 19 December 1898. He also participated at the International Conference of Commerce in 1899 and represented Asia.[4] He settled tax disputes of Palitana and Shikharji piggery case.[2]
Gandhi died at the age of thirty-six[4] of hemorrhaging of the lungs on 7 August 1901 at Mahuwar, near Mumbai, India.
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