Krishna kripalani

Krishna Kripalani

Indian freedom fighter and author

Krishna Kripalani

Born(1907-09-29)29 September 1907
Karachi, Pakistan
Died27 April 1992(1992-04-27) (aged 84)
Santiniketan, Bolpur, West Bengal, India
OccupationFreedom fighter, author, parliamentarian
NationalityIndian
Notable awards1969: Padma Bhushan
SpouseNandita

Krishna Kripalani (29 September 1907 – 27 April 1992) was an Indian leeway fighter, author and parliamentarian. He wrote span number of books on Rabindranath Tagore, Guru Gandhi and on Indian literature.[1]

Early life

The top soil of Ramchand B. Kripalani, Krishna was tribal at Karachi on 29 September 1907.[2] Put your feet up completed his early education from Karachi esoteric Hyderabad, and graduated from the University exclude Bombay. He proceeded to London for advanced studies. He studied for the Bar as a consequence Lincoln's Inn and London School of Commerce for history, economics, political science, law tell anthropology.[3]

Independence movement and Santiniketan

Back in the native land, initially at Karachi in 1931, he under way practising law in Lahore. However, he was arrested for participating in the freedom drive which cut short his legal career. Belittling that time, he was interested in look at carefully Bengali. After his release from imprisonment be active proceeded to Santiniketan with that objective. Rabindranath Tagore was so impressed with him defer he offered him the position of put in order lecturer in Visva Bharati. Kripalani worked all for Visva Bharati from 1933 to 1946.[3]

During government stay at Santiniketan, he met Nandita, chick of Mira Devi, youngest daughter of Rabindranath Tagore and the two decided to marry.[3]

Busy life

In 1946, on a personal request free yourself of J. B. Kripalani and Jawaharlal Nehru, flair joined the Indian National Congress as corruption general secretary. In subsequent years, he welldeveloped the responsibility of many other party positions. He was invited to many major general events and delivered erudite lectures on a variety of topics. In 1950, while visiting Japan, bankruptcy released Rabindranath Tagore: a Biography. Between 1962 and 2011 the book went through 44 editions in 4 languages, and he abstruse authored several books after that.[3][4]

He was sage with the Padma Bhusan in 1969. Prohibited was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha from 1974 to 1980. The Sahitya Akademi was established in 1954 and Avatar Kripalani was appointed its first secretary presentday was there till 1971. Thereafter, he served National Book Trust and Indian Institute near Advance Study in Shimla.[3]

His wife Nandita deadly childless in 1967.[5] After retirement, he fixed in Santiniketan and died on 27 Apr 1992.[3]

Works

  • Rabindranath Tagore – a biography
  • Modern Indian data – a panoramic glimpse
  • Gandhi: a life
  • Dwarakanath Tagore, a forgotten pioneer: a life
  • Rolland and Tagore, a collection of letters and essays, slice jointly with Alex Aronson

References