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Choithram Gidwani

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276:, organising relief work during floods and earthquakes as also during communal riots, and taking measures to prevent persecution of one community at the hands of the other. He died in the Northcote Nursing Home at Bombay on the night of 13 September 1957. Dr. Choithram was an embodiment of service and self-sacrifice. Way back in 1924 Gandhiji wrote about him in the Young India - "He has sacrificed everything and turned into a 'Faqir' all for the cause of his country." 24: 135: 267:
launched by Gandhiji. Whenever outside jail, besides attending to his political activities he did valuable humanitarian work such as running a charitable dispensary, supplying medicines to the poor and the needy free of charge, collecting donations for
246:, but finding little scope for his activities there he chucked it up returning to Hyderabad, he joined the Medical School there, and after completing the course he entered Government service as a Medical Officer. Dr. Choithram came in contact with 262:
at Karachi; again during the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1932 and also in 1933 for defying the Govt. orders not to leave Hyderabad; in 1940 for making a fiery speech at Lahore; and finally in 1942 for joining the
242:(Sind) on 25 December 1889 and received his entire education there. After passing the matriculation examination his spirit of service impelled him to accept a teacher's job at Bubak in 254:
in 1915. In the following year, he attended the Session at Lucknow as a delegate from Sind. He successfully organised 'hartal' at Hyderabad in March 1919 in protest against the
351: 258:. Dr. Choithram was sent to jail several times, first in 1922 when as editor of the "Hindu" his writings were regarded as seditious; then in 1930 when he broke the 356: 341: 361: 331: 41: 107: 336: 88: 60: 45: 67: 74: 34: 56: 346: 326: 199: 264: 273: 81: 294: 259: 239: 162: 247: 320: 243: 255: 23: 134: 269: 203: 295:"First Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile SHRI CHOITHRAM PARTABRAI GIDWANI" 251: 180: 17: 225: 217: 209: 195: 187: 169: 144: 122: 48:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 191:Civil Disobedience Movement, Quit India Movement 8: 133: 119: 108:Learn how and when to remove this message 352:Prisoners and detainees of British India 285: 7: 357:Indian National Congress politicians 46:adding citations to reliable sources 342:Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra 14: 362:Praja Socialist Party politicians 250:at the Congress Session held in 22: 33:needs additional citations for 1: 332:Indian independence activists 299:Parliament of India LOK SABHA 229:Praja Socialist Party (PSP) 378: 149:Choitram Partabrai Gidwani 127:Choitram Partabrai Gidwani 132: 221:Shamrao Vishnu Parulekar 301:. Lok Sabha Secretariat 236:Dr. Choithram Gidwani 200:Member of Parliament 42:improve this article 337:India MPs 1952โ€“1957 265:Quit India Movement 57:"Choithram Gidwani" 173:September 13, 1957 233: 232: 159:December 25, 1889 118: 117: 110: 92: 369: 311: 310: 308: 306: 290: 176: 163:Hyderabad, Sindh 158: 156: 139:Choitram Gidwani 137: 120: 113: 106: 102: 99: 93: 91: 50: 26: 18: 377: 376: 372: 371: 370: 368: 367: 366: 317: 316: 315: 314: 304: 302: 292: 291: 287: 282: 226:Political party 183: 178: 174: 165: 160: 154: 152: 151: 150: 140: 128: 125: 114: 103: 97: 94: 51: 49: 39: 27: 12: 11: 5: 375: 373: 365: 364: 359: 354: 349: 344: 339: 334: 329: 319: 318: 313: 312: 284: 283: 281: 278: 248:Mahatma Gandhi 231: 230: 227: 223: 222: 219: 215: 214: 211: 207: 206: 197: 193: 192: 189: 188:Known for 185: 184: 179: 177:(aged 67) 171: 167: 166: 161: 148: 146: 142: 141: 138: 130: 129: 126: 123: 116: 115: 30: 28: 21: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 374: 363: 360: 358: 355: 353: 350: 348: 345: 343: 340: 338: 335: 333: 330: 328: 325: 324: 322: 300: 296: 289: 286: 279: 277: 275: 271: 266: 261: 257: 253: 249: 245: 244:Dadu District 241: 237: 228: 224: 220: 216: 212: 208: 205: 201: 198: 194: 190: 186: 182: 172: 168: 164: 147: 143: 136: 131: 121: 112: 109: 101: 90: 87: 83: 80: 76: 73: 69: 66: 62: 59: โ€“  58: 54: 53:Find sources: 47: 43: 37: 36: 31:This article 29: 25: 20: 19: 16: 303:. Retrieved 298: 293:Web Master. 288: 238:was born at 235: 234: 175:(1957-09-13) 104: 95: 85: 78: 71: 64: 52: 40:Please help 35:verification 32: 15: 347:1957 deaths 327:1889 births 256:Rowlatt Act 98:August 2020 321:Categories 280:References 274:Narishalas 270:Pathshalas 155:1889-12-25 68:newspapers 240:Hyderabad 218:Successor 213:1952-1957 204:Lok Sabha 260:Salt Law 82:scholar 305:22 May 252:Bombay 181:Bombay 84:  77:  70:  63:  55:  196:Title 89:JSTOR 75:books 307:2020 272:and 210:Term 170:Died 145:Born 61:news 44:by 323:: 297:. 202:, 124:Dr 309:. 157:) 153:( 111:) 105:( 100:) 96:( 86:ยท 79:ยท 72:ยท 65:ยท 38:.

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