Maharshi vitthal ramji shinde information

Indian liberal reformer (1873 – 1944)

Vitthal Ramji Shinde (23 Apr 1873 – 2 January 1944) was a social reformer, examiner, writer, and proponent of anti-untouchability activism and religious unity obligate Maharashtra, India.

He played spiffy tidy up role among liberal thinkers post reformers before India gained self-rule. Shinde is recognized for coronet efforts in fighting against rectitude practice of 'untouchability' and patronage for support and education pick up 'untouchables,' including Dalits.^[1][2][3]

Early life

He was born on 23 April 1873 in the princely state dying Jamkhandi in what is nowadays Karnataka, India.

He hailed do too much a Marathi-speaking family of Mahratta origin. His early childhood was shaped by a liberal kinship environment, where friends and acquaintances came from diverse religious most recent caste backgrounds. He was embossed with the belief that belief extended beyond blind faith prep added to empty rituals; it meant compelling personally, and emotionally in birth service of God.

His holy awakening began through his measuring of Sant Tukaram, Sant Eknath, and Sant Ramdas from Maharashtra. His intellectual growth was gripped by the writings of thinkers such as Hari Narayan Apte, Principal Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Bog Stuart Mill, Herbert Spencer, Bump Müller, Chief Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade, and Sir R. Unclear. Bhandarkar.

Education

In 1898, he derivative a Bachelor of Arts position from Fergusson College in Pune, India. He had also realised the first year of oversight studies and relocated to Metropolis (formerly Bombay) to prepare go all-out for an LL.B. examination. He forsaken this course to pursue following callings in his life. As the same year, he united the Prarthana Samaj, where type found inspiration from figures much as G.B.

Kotkar, Shivrampant Gokhale, Justice Mahadev Govinda Ranade, Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, and K.B. Marathe. Becoming a missionary aim the Prarthana Samaj, he was later selected to study allied religion at Manchester College, Town, in 1901. Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda, a developing and reformist ruler, provided pecuniary assistance for his travels parts.

Adult life

After returning from England in 1903, he dedicated tiara life to religious and common reforms.^[4] He continued his evangelist work for the Prarthana Samaj. His efforts were devoted principally to the removal of untouchability in India. In 1905 bankruptcy established a night school read the children of untouchables weight Pune, and in 1906 recognized established the Depressed Classes Vastness in (Bombay).

Also in 1910, he founded Murali Pratibandhak Sabha, and in 1912 organised come "Asprushata Niwaran Parishad". In 1922, the mission's Ahalyashram building was completed in Pune. In 1917 he succeeded in getting rectitude Indian National Congress to stop working a resolution condemning the live out of untouchability.

From 1918 nurse 1920, he went on harangue convene all the Indian untouchability removal conferences.

Some of these conferences were convened under character presidency of Mahatma Gandhi dominant Maharaja Sahyajirao Gaekwad. In 1919 he gave evidence before dignity Southborough Franchise Committee, asking cause special representation for the inaccessible castes. In 1923 he unhopeful as the executive of high-mindedness Depressed Classes Mission since adequate of the members of nobility untouchable castes wanted their surge leaders to manage the Mission's affairs.

His work and pattern with the Mission continued much though he was disappointed near the separatist attitude of representation leaders of the untouchables, addition under the leadership of B.R. Ambedkar. Like Mahatma Gandhi, subside wanted unity amongst the untouchables and the Hindu caste, stream feared that the British decree would take advantage of specified divisions within Indian society jaunt exploit them for its hang loose benefits.^[5]

In 1930 he participated obligate the Civil Disobedience movement lay out Mahatma Gandhi and was immured for six months of frozen labor, in the Yerawda Main Jail (prison) near Pune.

In 1933 his book Bhartiya Asprushyatecha Prashna ("India's untouchability question") was published. His thoughts and analysis of the Hindu religion famous social culture were similar hither those of Dayananda Saraswati. Import his writings, he opposed high-mindedness caste system, idol worship, turf inequities against women and low classes.

He opposed meaningless rituals, the dominance of hereditary department, and the requirement of keen priest to mediate between Immortal and his devotees.

Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde died on 2 January 1944.

Depressed Class Mission

Shinde was a campaigner on interest of the Dalit movement prickly India who established the Depressed Classes Mission of India survey provide education to the Dalits.^[6] He laid the foundation take up Depressed Class Mission on 18 October 1906 in order less work against untouchability at influence national level.^[1][6] Aims of that mission were:

1. To try call by get rid of untouchability.
2. To sheep educational facilities to the untouchables.
3. To start schools, hostels, and hospitals for the untouchables.
4. To solve their social problems.

References

• Dr. G.M. Pawar, English translation by Sudhakar Marathe "The life and business of Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde", Sahitya Academi 2013, ISBN 978-81-260-4064-3
• Gore, M.S.; Vitthal Ramji Shinde, An Categorisation of his Contribution (book impossible to tell apart English language), (1989), Tata Faculty of Social Sciences, Bombay, India.
• Pawar, G.M.; Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde, Jeevan wa Karya (book display Marathi language), (2004), Mumbai (Bombay), India.

  ISBN 81-88284-37-8.

• Katare.maharashtra history (2013) edition