- Title Pages
- By the same author
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- 1 Ancestry
- 2 The Merchant Prince
- 3 The Coming of the Mahatma
- 4 Plunge Into Politics
- 5 High Tide
- 6 Low Tide
- 7 Vinoba Bhave in Wardha
- 8 The Nagpur Flag Satyagraha
- 9 The Khadi Board
- 10 Gandhi at Bay
- 11 The Mahatma in Retirement
- 12 In the Gandhian Mould
- 13 The Cult of the Spinning Wheel
- 14 Political Revival
- 15 Civil Disobedience
- 16 Battle Against Untouchability
- 17 Gandhi Comes to Wardha
- 18 The Crisis of the Congress Party
- 19 Life with the Mahatma
- 20 Facing the Family
- 21 Princes and the People
- 22 Business and Ethics
- 23 Business and Politics
- 24 The Last Battle
- 25 Last Days
- Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Ancestry
Ancestry
- Chapter:
- (p.1) 1 Ancestry
- Source:
- In Gandhi’s Footsteps
- Author(s):
B. R. Nanda
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter discusses the ancestry of Jamnalal Bajaj. It first describes Wardha, in central Maharashtra, where the Marwaris migrated from their native Rajasthan, and where Mahatma Gandhi decided to settle in the 1930s. The Marwaris were known for their successes in commerce, and one of these migrant Marwari merchants was Bachhraj, a successful moneylender and owner of a cotton bale business. The discussion takes a look at Bachhraj’s family before introducing Jamnalal Bajaj, his adopted grandson. It also examines Jamnalal’s brief education and subsequent marriage to the nine-year-old daughter of Seth Girdharilal Jajodia. Finally, the chapter reveals that Seth Bachhraj was prone to outbursts of temper, and that one such bout of Bachhraj’s temper led Jamnalal to depart for Hardwar and Rishikesh in order to become a sanyasi.
Keywords: ancestry, Jamnalal Bajaj, Seth Bachhraj, Marwari merchant, Wardha, Mahatma Gandhi, sanyasi
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- Title Pages
- By the same author
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- 1 Ancestry
- 2 The Merchant Prince
- 3 The Coming of the Mahatma
- 4 Plunge Into Politics
- 5 High Tide
- 6 Low Tide
- 7 Vinoba Bhave in Wardha
- 8 The Nagpur Flag Satyagraha
- 9 The Khadi Board
- 10 Gandhi at Bay
- 11 The Mahatma in Retirement
- 12 In the Gandhian Mould
- 13 The Cult of the Spinning Wheel
- 14 Political Revival
- 15 Civil Disobedience
- 16 Battle Against Untouchability
- 17 Gandhi Comes to Wardha
- 18 The Crisis of the Congress Party
- 19 Life with the Mahatma
- 20 Facing the Family
- 21 Princes and the People
- 22 Business and Ethics
- 23 Business and Politics
- 24 The Last Battle
- 25 Last Days
- Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index