G. Ramachandran (social reformer)

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G. Ramachandhran (7 October 1904 – 17 January 1995) was a Gandhian, social reformer, author and teacher. With his wife, Dr. T. S. Soundram he started the Gandhigram, Tamil Nadu in 1945. Viswabharati, Rabindranath Tagore's University, in Santhiniketan awarded him the higher title "Desikottama" ('The Best teacher'). He was an MP and Health and Education Minister in Pattom Thanu Pillai's Ministry in Kerala. Ramachandran met Gandhi at Dilkush during his 1921 21 day fast and had a number of conversations with the Mahatma. He was then a student of CF Andrews at Santiniketan. Ramachandran soon became an inmate of Gandhi's ashram at Sevagram and under Gandhi's direct guidance and supervision became involved in the national movement and the Gandhian Constructive Programme. During the Freedom struggle, he was arrested eleven times and spent seven years in jail. Ramachandran was sent to Jamia Millia Islamia at the request of Dr Zakhir Hussain where he served as a lecturer and taught spinning. Khadi...

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