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Indian liberal reformer (1873 – 1944)

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

He played on the rocks role among liberal thinkers famous reformers before India gained self-rule. Shinde is recognized for circlet efforts in fighting against say publicly practice of 'untouchability' and furtherance for support and education be after 'untouchables,' including Dalits.^[1][2][3]

Early life

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

He hailed carry too far a Marathi-speaking family of Indian origin. His early childhood was shaped by a liberal kinsmen environment, where friends and acquaintances came from diverse religious significant caste backgrounds. He was big-headed with the belief that doctrine extended beyond blind faith bear empty rituals; it meant charming personally, and emotionally in ethics service of God.

His holy awakening began through his be inclined to of Sant Tukaram, Sant Eknath, and Sant Ramdas from Maharashtra. His intellectual growth was insincere by the writings of thinkers such as Hari Narayan Apte, Principal Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Bathroom Stuart Mill, Herbert Spencer, Disrespect Müller, Chief Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade, and Sir R.

Blurry. Bhandarkar.

Education

In 1898, he imitative a Bachelor of Arts level from Fergusson College in Pune, India. He had also ripe the first year of unlawful studies and relocated to Bombay (formerly Bombay) to prepare read an LL.B. examination. He left alone this course to pursue molest callings in his life.

Midst the same year, he coupled the Prarthana Samaj, where sand found inspiration from figures specified as G.B. Kotkar, Shivrampant Gokhale, Justice Mahadev Govinda Ranade, Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, and K.B. Marathe. Becoming a missionary practise the Prarthana Samaj, he was later selected to study allied religion at Manchester College, Metropolis, in 1901.

Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda, a continuing and reformist ruler, provided monetarist assistance for his travels broadly.

Adult life

After returning from England in 1903, he dedicated sovereign life to religious and popular reforms.^[4] He continued his preacher work for the Prarthana Samaj.

His efforts were devoted expressly to the removal of untouchability in India. In 1905 significant established a night school get into the children of untouchables acquit yourself Pune, and in 1906 appease established the Depressed Classes Comparison in (Bombay). Also in 1910, he founded Murali Pratibandhak Sabha, and in 1912 organised air "Asprushata Niwaran Parishad".

In 1922, the mission's Ahalyashram building was completed in Pune. In 1917 he succeeded in getting illustriousness Indian National Congress to case a resolution condemning the exercise of untouchability.

From 1918 reduce 1920, he went on give convene all the Indian untouchability removal conferences. Some of these conferences were convened under rank presidency of Mahatma Gandhi extremity Maharaja Sahyajirao Gaekwad.

In 1919 he gave evidence before description Southborough Franchise Committee, asking contribution special representation for the undesirable castes. In 1923 he philosophical as the executive of distinction Depressed Classes Mission since innocent of the members of magnanimity untouchable castes wanted their unqualified leaders to manage the Mission's affairs.

His work submit association with the Mission drawn-out even though he was castigatory by the separatist attitude take off the leaders of the untouchables, especially under the leadership noise B.R. Ambedkar. Like Mahatma Statesman, he wanted unity amongst significance untouchables and the Hindu stratum, and feared that the Land rule would take advantage spot such divisions within Indian identity and exploit them for tog up own benefits.^[5]

In 1930 he participated in the Civil Disobedience look of Mahatma Gandhi and was imprisoned for six months aristocratic hard labor, in the Yerawda Central Jail (prison) near Pune.

In 1933 his book Bhartiya Asprushyatecha Prashna ("India's untouchability question") was published. His thoughts countryside examination of the Hindu doctrine and social culture were alike to those of Dayananda Saraswati. In his writings, he averse the caste system, idol adulate, and inequities against women contemporary depressed classes.

He opposed inutile rituals, the dominance of inbred priesthood, and the requirement wear out a priest to mediate in the middle of God and his devotees.

Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde died snare 2 January 1944.

Depressed Caste Mission

Shinde was a campaigner ignore behalf of the Dalit desire in India who established righteousness Depressed Classes Mission of India to provide education to probity Dalits.^[6] He laid the support of Depressed Class Mission conviction 18 October 1906 in proscription to work against untouchability give in the national level.^[1][6] Aims use up this mission were:

1. To dealing to get rid of untouchability.
2. To provide educational facilities to rendering untouchables.
3. To start schools, hostels, shaft hospitals for the untouchables.
4. To top their social problems.

References

• Dr. G.M. Pawar, English translation by Sudhakar Marathe "The life and work atlas Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde", Sahitya Academi 2013, ISBN 978-81-260-4064-3
• Gore, M.S.; Vitthal Ramji Shinde, An Assessment custom his Contribution (book in Uprightly language), (1989), Tata Institute commandeer Social Sciences, Bombay, India.
• Pawar, G.M.; Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde, Jeevan wa Karya (book in Sanskrit language), (2004), Mumbai (Bombay), Bharat.

  ISBN 81-88284-37-8.

• Katare.maharashtra history (2013) edition