Jain scholar who represented Jainism at the first World Parliament of Religions in 1893
Virachand Raghavji Gandhi
Virchand Gandhi
Born
(1864-08-25)25 August 1864
Mahuva, Gujarat
Died
7 August 1901(1901-08-07) (aged 36)
Mahuwar, near Mumbai, India
Education
B.A.(Law)
Alma mater
University of Bombay
Occupation(s)
Lawyer, scholar on Jainism
Known for
Representing Jainism at the first World Parliament of Religions, Chicago 1893
Children
1
Parent
Raghav Tejpal Gandhi
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Virachand Raghavji Gandhi (25 August 1864 – 7 August 1901)[1] was a Jain scholar who represented Jainism at the first World Parliament of Religions in 1893.[2] A barrister by profession, he worked to defend the rights of Jains, and wrote and lectured extensively on Jainism, other religions, and philosophy.
^Howard, Mrs. Charles (April 1902). The Open Court, Vol. 16, Nr. 4 "The Death of Mr. Virchand R. Gandhi". Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company.
^Tribune, India. "Virchand Gandhi – a Gandhi before Gandhi An unsung Gandhi who set course for his namesake". India Tribune. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
Gandhi was a friend of Mahatma Gandhi, and joined Mahatma in his "experiments in dietetics" (vegetarianism). Virchand helped Mahatma in the latter's struggle...
Pandurang Shastri Athavale Basavanna Vinoba Bhave Gopal Hari Deshmukh VirchandGandhi Narayana Guru Kazi Nazrul Islam Acharya Balshastri Jambhekar Vinayak...
ISSN 0955-2340. JSTOR 26198197. Cort 1998, pp. 85–86. "VirchandGandhi – a Gandhi before Gandhi An unsung Gandhi who set course for his namesake". India Tribune...
including revolutionaries such as B. R. Ambedkar, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, VirchandGandhi, Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozeshah Mehta, Nanabhai Haridas, Kashinath Trimbak...
Rajendrasuri Sukhlal Sanghvi T. K. Tukol Vidyadhar Johrapurkar V. A. Sangave VirchandGandhi Lists List of modern Eastern religions writers List of writers on Jainism...
Doshi; Priti Shah (9 August 2011) [Updated: 2019-03-14]. "VirchandGandhi, A Gandhi Before Gandhi". HereNow4U. Retrieved 9 August 2011. Talreja, Vinod (1...
a book by Mahatma Gandhi, he ran away from the mendicant order, to become a student of Vinoba Bhave, an eminent disciple of Gandhi and his nonviolence...
and defenders, such as VirchandGandhi, Champat Rai Jain, and Shrimad Rajchandra (well known as a spiritual guide of Mahatma Gandhi). East Asian philosophical...
Theravāda Buddhist preacher Anagarika Dharmapala, and the Jain preacher VirchandGandhi. This conference gave Asian religious teachers their first wide American...
independence movement and President of the Indian National Congress VirchandGandhi – First Gujarati patriot from Mahuva to visit USA officially and participate...
ISBN 81-261-0691-3. Gandhi, Mohandas (1955). Jitendra Thakorbhai Desai, (comp.) R.K. Prabhu (ed.). Truth Is God: Gleanings from the Writings of Mahatma Gandhi Bearing...
Scholars Nalini Balbir Colette Caillat Chandabai John E. Cort Paul Dundas VirchandGandhi Hermann Jacobi Champat Rai Jain Padmanabh Jaini Jeffery D. Long Hampa...
quote on world peace as per Jainism by a 19th-century Indian legend, VirchandGandhi: "May peace rule the universe; may peace rule in kingdoms and empires;...
Jainism in Tamil Nadu (Tamil Jain) Jainism in Bengal Jainism in Nagaland VirchandGandhi made a presentation of Jainism at the Parliament of the World's Religions...
Vidhata focused on how Mahatma Gandhi cultivated the values of truth and non-violence. The Mission gifted statue of Mahatma Gandhi to the city of Manchester...
Bharatiya Jnanpith. pp. 15–16. ISBN 81-263-0626-2. "Forgotten Gandhi, VirchandGandhi (1864–1901) – Advocate of Universal Brotherhood". All Famous Quotes...
Pankaz; Pankaz Hingarh; Dr. Bipin Doshi, Priti Shah. "VirchandGandhi, A Gandhi Before Gandhi". A german e-magazine. herenow4u. Watts, Tim J. "Religion...
Scholars Nalini Balbir Colette Caillat Chandabai John E. Cort Paul Dundas VirchandGandhi Hermann Jacobi Champat Rai Jain Padmanabh Jaini Jeffery D. Long Hampa...
record of his journey to Tibet. ("The Unknown life of Jesus Christ" by VirchandGandhi.) Polyandry was widely (and to some extent still is) practised in Lahaul-Spiti...
coverage in national newspapers. In September 1893, when in Chicago, VirchandGandhi mentioned this feat at the Parliament of the World's Religions. In...
Scholars Nalini Balbir Colette Caillat Chandabai John E. Cort Paul Dundas VirchandGandhi Hermann Jacobi Champat Rai Jain Padmanabh Jaini Jeffery D. Long Hampa...
Calcutta (page 58) Wadia, Ardeshir Ruttonji (1958). The Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi: And Other Essays Philosophical and Sociological. University of Mysore....
monks do not travel overseas, he recommended the bright young scholar VirchandGandhi to be the emissary for the religion. Today there are 100,000 Jains...
multi-religious society", taking Swami Vivekananda, Swami Dayananda and Mahatama Gandhi as cases. He asks the question "Why was Dayananda so aggressive and negative...
first World Parliament of Religions in 1893 which was attended by VirchandGandhi later. He was born on 6 April 1837 CE (Chaitra Shukla 1 Vikram Samvat...
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