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India's Struggle for Freedom (3rd Series) (click for stamp information)
India's Struggle for Freedom (3rd Series) (click for stamp information)

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India's Struggle for Freedom (3rd Series) (click for stamp information)
Issue Date
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24 December 1985
Denomination
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50
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Ravishankar Maharaj, a  humble servant of the people was born in Radhu Village of Kaira Distt. on Feb. 25, 1884, on Mahashivaratri day.

Ravishankar  Maharaj  dropped  out  of school after the sixth standard and thereafter came under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi. His association  with  Mahatma Gandhi  brought  a  drastic change in  his vision of life. He actively participated in all the movements launched by Gandhiji and played a leading role  in carrying out his constructive work. In 1920, he established Rashtriya Shala in Sunav for imparting national education to the youths aspiring to dedicate their lives for the country. During the course of Borsad Satyagrah in 1923 he extensively toured many villages and awakened the people  against the injustice of foreign rule. He made fervent appeals to the people not to pay "Haidia Vero".  In  1928 he  was  arrested and sentenced w six months  imprisonment for participating in the Bardoli Satyagrah  along  with   Sardar Patel. In the satyagrah of 1930 too, he was jailed for two years. In 1941, when communal riots broke out in Ahmedabad, he moved fearlessly in  the  disturbed areas  and played an indispensible role in restoring peace and communal harmony. He was jailed  again   by the British Government in the wake of the historic "Quit India Movement"  of  1942.

After independence Ravishankar Maharaj concentrated his entire energy on carrying out constructive work for the welfare  of the  people  of  Gujarat.  He worked all through his  life  for  the  upiift of the backward and down-trodden people of Gujarat.

Ravishankar Maharaj also took active part in the Bhudan and Sarvodya Movements of Acharya Vinoba Bhave and undertook several padyatras for this noble cause. He moved from village to village organising relief works for the aid  of the victims of natural calamities like cyclone, floods, draughts etc. and made permanent arrangements for the implementation of relief work in view of the  repeated onslaught of such natural calamities in Gujarat. The  most noted  worthy work of  Maharaj's  life  was the reformation  of a number of notorious desperadoes in Gujarat.

Ravishankar Maharaj also launched the new state of Gujarat in 1960. This silent servant and great son of Gujarat announced his retirement from public life and issued a special appeal to the people not to raise any funds in his mime, nor to raise any memorial in his name.

Ravishankar Maharaj, the tallest Gandhian of Gujarat and a "Muthi Uchero Manvi" (a man first above the rest) breathed his last in hospital at Borsad on the morning of 1st July, 1984 at the age of 101.

The Department of Posts is privileged to issue a commemorative stamp in honour of late Ravishankar Maharaj, one of the leading freedom fighters and national leader  of  the  country.

Source : Information Folder issued by Indian Posts & Telegraph Department, Government of India

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