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In 1973, a road in Bombay was named Vaju Kotak Marg. On 9 June 1993, spiritual leader
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magazine. In 1950, he started his independent weekly news magazine
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magazine published from Rajkot. In 1946, he became the editor of
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Writing credits: H. Advani, Vaju Kotak, G.S. Potdar, Tara Singh
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709:(in Gujarati). Gujarati Vishvkosh Trust.
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