Banarsidas Chaturvedi
Banarsidas Chaturvedi (24 December 1892 – 2 May 1985)British India and died on 2 May 1985.[3]
He served as a nominated member of Rajya Sabha for twelve years.
Banarsidas became interested in the plight of
Indians in Fiji. With the intervention of Reverend C. F. Andrews
, the system of indentured labour in Fiji was formally ended in 1920.
He was actively associated with the founding and construction of Hindi Bhavana of
Santiniketan in 1939.[4]
A book in English titled 'Charles Freer Andrews, a Narrative' written by Banarsidas with Marjorie Sykes as co-author and foreword written by Mahatma Gandhi was published in 1949.
References
- ^ "Pandit Banarsidas Chaturvedi" (in Hindi). Rajkamal Prakshan Group. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015.
- ISBN 9788126018031.
- ^ "From Bharmacharyashrama to Visva-Bharati: A Chronicle of Metamorphosis of a Tiny School into an Internationally-Acclaimed Centre of Learning" (PDF). Chapter I, page 2. Visva Bharati. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
Further reading
- Sharma, Ramvilas (2002). Nirala Ki Sahitya Sadhana-V-1 (in Hindi). Rajkamal Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-267-0435-4.
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