INSPIRATION FOR REVOLUTIONARIES

ALTHOUGH SHYAMJI KRISHNA VARMA DID NOT LIVE TO SEE INDIA BECOME INDEPENDENT FROM BRITISH RULE, HE MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH GENEVA'S MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO PRESERVE HIS AND HIS WIFE'S ASHES AT THE CEMETERY AND TO SEND THEIR URNS TO INDIA WHENEVER IT BECOMES INDEPENDENT

Shyamji Krishna Varma, a fervent nationalist, established India House, The Indian Sociologist, and the Indian Home Rule Society in London. Through the Indian Home Rule Society, he criticised British rule in India, and the bimonthly The Indian Sociologist was developed into a forum for nationalist ideas.

In the Gujarati town of Mandvi, Shyamji Krishna Varma was born on October 4, 1857. After completing his elementary schooling in Bhuj, he was admitted to Mumbai's Wilson High School.

SWAMI DAYANAND’S DISCIPLE

He contacted Swami Dayanand Saraswati, the Arya Samaj founder, radical reformer, and proponent of the Vedas. Swamiji adopted him as his pupil. Shyamji was a well-known figure and a founding member of the first Arya Samaj Centre, which was established in Kakadwadi, Mumbai, on April 10, 1975. Shyamji's proficiency in Sanskrit and religious literature greatly delighted Swamiji. He helped Shyamji and inspired him to deliver lectures on Vedic philosophy and religion. Shyamji travelled throughout Bharat in 1877, spreading the Vedic ideology. During this visit, he received widespread praise from the general public and many eminent academics and scholars for his knowledge and public discourse.