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पहला तिरंगा लहराकर कामा ने
जो महकाया वो फुल हुँ मैं ।
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ऐसे लाखो शहीदों का शुल हुँ मैं
सावरकर का उसुल हुँ मैं ।

On his Birth Anniversary, tweeting few details about KrantiGuru Pandit #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma (Nakhua) - One of the first and greatest freedom fighters.

#ShyamjiKrishnaVarma (Nakhua) was born October 4th, 1857 (The year of 1st War of Independence) in Mandvi, a province in Kutch, Gujarat.
He was a revolutionary, lawyer & journalist who founded Indian Home Rule Society, India House & The Indian Sociologist in London

In 1877, #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma Toured India to propagate the philosophy of Vedas and earned the title of “Pandit” from the pundits of Kashi.
He joined professor Monier Williams as his assistant in 1878.
In 1879, he joined Balliol College, Oxford as Asst Professor in Sanskrit

In 1881, #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma Represented India @ Berlin Congress of Orientalists & read a paper on "Sanskrit as a Living Language of India".
In 1883, he became a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, London.
In 1884, he earned “Barrister-at-Law” from Oxford University.

In 1905 #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma published 1st issue of "The Indian Sociologist" & founded "The Indian Home Rule Society"

#ShyamjiKrishnaVarma opened "India House" at 65, Cromwell Avenue, High Gate as living accommodation for Indian students in England.

In 1906 Veer Savarkar arrived at “India House” in London on “Shivaji” fellowship established by Pandit #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma.
In 1907 Madam Cama unfurled the first flag of India at International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany.

This flag unfurled by Madam Cama was designed in India House founded by #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma

In 1907, due to increasing pressure from the British Government, #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma left Britain and arrived in Paris.
In 1909 he was removed from member's list of Inner Temple and his degree of Barrister was taken back.

#ShyamjiKrishnaVarma was posthumously reinstated by London’s Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in 2015.
amp.theguardian.com

amp.theguardian.com

In 1909-Publication of ‘The Indian Sociologist” was shifted to Paris by #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma
His work in Paris helped gain support for Indian Independence fm European countries.
He agitated for the release of SwantatryaVeer Savarkar & got great support all over Europe & Russia.

In 1914 - Presence of #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma in France, became an embarrassment as French politicians had invited King George V to France.
He foresaw this & shifted his headquarters to Geneva.
Swiss govt imposed political restrictions during the entire period of World War I.

#ShyamjiKrishnaVarma kept in touch with his contacts, but he could not support them directly during World War I due to restrictions on him.

In 1920, post World War I #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma offered a sum of 10,000 francs to the League of Nations to endow a lectureship to be called the President Woodrow Wilson Lectureship for the discourse on the best means of acquiring and

Safeguarding national independence consistently with freedom, justice,and the right of asylum accorded to political refugees.
It is said that the league rejected his offer. due to political pressure from British government.

#ShyamjiKrishnaVarma made similar offer to the Swiss government which was also turned down.

#ShyamjiKrishnaVarma offered another lectureship at the banquet given by Press Association of Geneva where 250 journalists & celebrities, including Presidents of Swiss Federation & League of Nations.
His offer was applauded but nothing came out of it.

#ShyamjiKrishnaVarma was disappointed with the response and he published all his abortive correspondence on this matter in the next issue of the Sociologist appearing in December 1920, after a lapse of almost six years.

#ShyamjiKrishnaVarma left for heavenly abode at 11:30pm on March 30, 1930 leaving his wife, Shrimati Bhanumati Krishnavarma.

News of death of #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma was suppressed by British govt in India. Tributes were paid to him by Hutatma Bhagat Singh & his co-revolutionist brothers in Lahore Jail where they were undergoing a long-term drawn-out trial.

Maratha, a newspaper started by Shri Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak in Marathi, paid very touching tribute to #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma as a great revolutionary.

Pandit #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma didnt live to witness the independence of India, but his confidence in India gaining its freedom from British rule in future was so strong tht Shyamji Krishna Varma md prepaid arrangements with local govt of Geneva and

St Georges cemetery to preserve his and his wife’s ashes (Asthis) at the cemetery for 100 years and to send their urns to India whenever it became independent during that period.

The Congress (then ruled by Jawaharlal Nehru & now ruled by Nehru Gandhi Vadra family) who took over control of India at the end of British rule did not bother to pursue the matter of bringing his ashes for sectarian and political reasons.

Due to the joint efforts of @MangalBhanusha2 , ex-corporator of Mumbai & trustee of Krishnavarma Foundation, Mandavi, Shri @KiritSomaiya ji , Member of Parliament, Mumbai NE, Hemantkumar Padhya, researcher & founder/president

of Hindu Swatantryavir Smruti Sansthanam, Milton Keynes fm UK, Late Vinod Khanna, MP, Bollywood actor & Min of External Affairs for the Govt of India, Shri @NarendraModi ji, (then) CM of Gujarat State and many others, finally succeeded

in getting back urns of Pandit Shyamji Krishna Varma and his wife Bhanumati to Motherland India.

The urns were officially handed over to Shri @narendramodi ji, then CM of Guj & now PM of India on 22/08/2003, by d Ville de Genève
Here is the pic where urns of Pandit #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma &his wife were handed over to @narendramodi ji &others in Geneva.

The Memorial for #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma "Kranti Tirth" was built in Mandvi and was dedicated to the nation on 13th December, 2010 by then CM @narendramodi
In Kranti Tirth, a full size replica of India House is created and is open to public

Here is a small video about Pandit #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma
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One more small video about Pandit #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma
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An interesting article on KrantiGuru Pandit #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma (Gujarati)

Ebook on #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma can be downloaded from here
archive.org

archive.org

The book " #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma The Unknown Patriot
by Ganeshi Lal Varma" - published by GOI is available here
publicationsdivision.nic.in

www.publicationsdivision.nic.in

A small documentary film on Pandit Shyamji Krishna Varma (15 m)
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A small documentary film on Pandit #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma (15 min) (in Gujarati)
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Here is a blog written on Pandit #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma by dear friend @SuryahSG
suryah.in

suryah.in

If the true and precise history of Indian Freedom Struggle was written and taught to the people of India after independence, the name of Pandit #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma would not have been unfamiliar to the general public of India.

His name should be on the front page of the chapters of Indian Freedom Struggle in 19th century as Pandit #ShyamjiKrishnaVarma initiated the movement in London in 1905, twenty years before Gandhiji entered into the politics of Indian independence.

#ShyamjiKrishnaVarma advocated the principle of non-cooperation & movement in his newspaper 13 yrs before Gandhiji put it into practice.
Shyamji Krishna Varma called it movement Asahakar Andolan.

Although Pandit #ShymajiKrishnaVarma preached nonviolence movement for the Indian Independence, he never ruled out the use of arms and violence if required to free his Motherland from British occupation.

इसीलिए कहता हुँ
सावरकर का उसुल हुँ मैं
राणा का त्रिशुल हुँ मैं
पहला तिरंगा लहराकर कामा ने
जो महकाया वो फुल हुँ मैं ।
क्रांति गुरु श्यामजी का कुल हुँ
मैं जान बुझ कर भुलाये गए
ऐसे लाखो शहीदों का शुल हुँ मैं
सावरकर का उसुल हुँ मैं ।

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