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Jul 31, 2011

Virchand Gandhi: Gandhi Before Gandhi Video Hindi

Virachand Raghav Gandhi (Gujarati: વીરચંદ રાઘવ ગાંધી; 1864–1901) from Mahuva represented Jains at the first World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 and won a silver medal. Gandhi was most likely the first Jain & First Gujarati to travel to the United States and his statue still stands at the Jain temple in Chicago. In his time he was world famous personality


This is a short Video Clip on this great Jain.





Read More about Virchand Gandhi at:
Virchand Raghavji Gandhi | First Jain Missionary to North America
Posted by Chittaranjan Chavan at 2:54 PM
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1 comment:

anand said...

we should be proud of vir chand gandhijee who was the 1st jain to visit usa....now so many jains are in usa....

August 4, 2011 at 4:23 PM

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