Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar

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[edit] Personal

  • January 6, 1891, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
  • 1914, BA (Honors), English, Calcutta University
  • 1916, MALLB, Allahabad University
  • Started practising Law at Jhansi Highcourt
  • Marriage  : May 10th, 1912, Married Smt Janki of Raipur

[edit] An Accomplished Linguist

  • Proficient in 11 foreign languages including Persian,German & Arabic

[edit] The Freedom Struggle

  • 1916 - Joined HomeRule, League with Lokmanya Tilak
  • 1920 - Gave up sweet & sugar intake at the request from Mahatma Gandhi
  • 1920-25 - Published Hindi newspaper 'Swaraja Prapti' & 'Free India' in English using own money and resources
  • 1925 - Arrested for the first time by British forces for being part of Freedom Struggle
  • 1934 - Established 'Rashtra Seva Mandal' at Jhansi. Founded Ayurvedic College 'Acharya Dhulekar Ayurvedic College'
  • 1937-44 - Went to jail for continuing partipation in Freedom movement
  • 1937 - Elected as Congressman in UP Legislative Assembly
  • 1939-44 - House arrested for Anti-Imperialism activities
  • 1946 - Presented a bill to make Hindi, the national language.
  • Bill was passed in constituent assembly and because of his effort Hindi became National language of India.
  • 1946 - Elected Member of Constituent Assembly alongwith Dr. B R Ambedkar

[edit] After Independence

  • 1952-57 - Elected Member of Parliament from Jhansi.
  • Key Colleagues in Parliament - Pt Nehru, Sardar Patel, VV Giri, VK Krishna Menon, Dr B R Ambdekar, Maulana Azad
  • 1958-64 - Elected Chairman of UP Legislative Council, Lucknow
  • 1964 - Resigned from Politics and turned towards Spiritualism & Philosophy
  • 1967 - Started delivering discourses on spiritualism in Jhansi
  • 1967 - Founded 'Siddheshwar Vedant Peeth' and constructed Shiva Temple
  • 1974 - Donated Ayurvedic College to UP Government
  • 1974 - Honored with Degree of D.Litt by Bundelkhand University
  • 1978 - Felicitated by JagatGuru Shankaracharya at Lucknow
  • 1980 - Left for heavenly abode at Jhansi

[edit] Books Authored

[edit] Reference Websites below : Debates of Loksabha & other

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