About Prabhudas Gandhi
Lived 1901 – 1995 (aged 93). Prabhudas Gandhi was a writer.
Prabhudas Gandhi (4 December 1901 – 6 May 1995) was an Indian freedom fighter,Gandhians, social worker, Gujarati language writer and translator. Prabhudas arrived in South Africa with his mother in 1905. He spent his childhood at the Phoenix Ashram there. and toured Bihar along with Gandhi and Kasturba. During the Non-cooperation movement in 1921, he worked with Mamasaheb Phalke in Godhra for the upliftment of manual scavengers.
In 1928, he was jailed for six months and sentenced to solitary confinement at Belgaum for participating in the Bardoli Satyagraha led by Vallabhbhai Patel. In 1929, when he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, he followed Gandhi's advice and moved to Almora in the Himalayas.
Awards and honors He was awarded the Narmad Suvarna Chandrak (1948) by the Narmad Sahitya Sabha for his book Jivannu Parodh.
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Who was Prabhudas Gandhi?
Gujarati writer and translator from India
When was Prabhudas Gandhi born?
Prabhudas Gandhi was born on 4 December 1901 in Porbandar.
When did Prabhudas Gandhi die?
Prabhudas Gandhi died on 6 May 1995 in Pardi, Rajkot, Gujarat.
What was Prabhudas Gandhi's occupation?
Prabhudas Gandhi was a writer.
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