Shyamji Krishna Varma, the unknown patriot

120 Pages·1993·7 MB·English

by  Verma, Ganeshi Lal, 1940-

SHYAMJI
KRISHNA
VARMA
THE UNKNOAVN PATRIOT
DR GANESHI LAL VARMA
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SHYAMJI
lOaSHNA
VARMA
THE UNKNOWN PATRIOT
Dr Ganeshi Lai Varma
PUBLICATIONS DIVISION
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
GOVERNMENT OE INDIA
July 1993 {Asadha 1915)
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(Views, if any, expressed in this volume are the author’s own)
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PREFACE
Shyamji Krishna Varma was a great scholar and a greater
reformer-patriot. While working through doctoral thesis of the
University of Delhi, on national movement—Pre-Gandhian phase,
I was much impressed by this unique personality of our freedom
struggle. Though there is an excellent work on Shyamji Krishna
Varma and his times written by Indulal Yagnik in 1934 which was
serialized in Gati, a Gujarati magazine of Ahmedabad in 1947 and
another book containing recollections of him by Harbilas Sarda of
Ajmer, published in 1959, the people do not know much about him.
The realization that this great man laid buried in the archives of
history and nothing was done to rescue him out of oblivion and
familiarize the countrymen to his heroic activities for the freedom
of the country, was very painful and so in 1979 with the help of a
few friends, Shyamji Krishna Varma Committee was established to
' revive the memories of Shyamji Krishna Varma, his comrades and
other such forgotten heroes of the Indian independence movement.
Since then, the Committee has brought out a number of pamphlets,
booklets, articles and has also organized functions on their birth
anniversaries. A biography entitled Swatantra Shilpi Shyamji
Krishna Varma, written by me, was also published in 1981.1 am
happy that now the Publications Division has agreed to publish his
biography.
Shri Subodh Kant Sahai, the Information and Broadcasting
Minister in the Chandra Shekhar Government has put me under an
obligation by readily accepting the proposal for bringing out the
biography of Shyamji Krishna Varma. Dr S. S. Shashi, the Director
of the Publications Division had shown keen interest even before
the proposal was put forth to the Hon’ble Minister. Needless to say
I am much indebted to them. Mrs. Bharati Narasimhan, the Editor
has worked hard on the manuscript. I am grateful to her for her
cooperation.
I also express my indebtedness to the writers of earlier biog¬
raphies of Shyamji Krishna Varma.
Ganeshi Lai Varma