In 1891,one British officer set up a factory for removing the skins of pigs at Sammed Shikharji.
Virchand Gandhi went all the way to kolkata.He spent six months preparing & fighting the case against the factory, and was eventually successful in getting the factory closed.
Virchand Gandhi went all the way to kolkata.He spent six months preparing & fighting the case against the factory, and was eventually successful in getting the factory closed.
At the age 21,as the secretary of "Jain Association of India",he worked for the abolition of poll tax levied on pilgrims to Palitana.
In those days to protest against the dictates of the ruler was to invite severe punishment & even death,but that doesn't stop Virchand gandhi.
In those days to protest against the dictates of the ruler was to invite severe punishment & even death,but that doesn't stop Virchand gandhi.
He often went up form Mahuva to Palitana and prepared the ground for the case.
He met Lord Ray, the governor of Bombay, and Colonel Watson,the Political Agent and made a strong representation and eventually forced the abolition of the poll-tax.
He met Lord Ray, the governor of Bombay, and Colonel Watson,the Political Agent and made a strong representation and eventually forced the abolition of the poll-tax.
“Sammed shikharji & Giriraj Palitana is a place of Jain pilgrimage and nobody else has any right to interfere there.”
Virchandji Gandhi did not give up his fight until he achieved his objectives to save our sacred Tirths.
#SaveShikharji
#savegiriraj
Virchandji Gandhi did not give up his fight until he achieved his objectives to save our sacred Tirths.
#SaveShikharji
#savegiriraj
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