On February 19, 1945, the anniversary of the death of Gopala Krishna Gokhale, Sastri spoke for about forty-five minutes at a public-meeting and suddenly lost consciousness. When he regained it after a while, he was advised by his doctors to give up all arduous work including public speaking. Nevertheless, on March 6. 1945, he gaveContinue reading “CONCLUDED:The Rt.Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri’s memory and legacy…(Part-20): Death of the “Brahmin-Liberal””
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The Rt.Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri’s memory and legacy… (Part-5): When Sastri corrected Gandhi’s English sentence-syntax and advised him to give up his dicatorial ways!
Between his return to India from South Africa in 1939 until his death in 1946, how did Sastri occupy himself ? What were his major political accomplishments and contributions to the Freedom movement? And what were his other pursuits, literary and academic? Between 1939 and 1946, Sastri’s life was devoted to literary scholarship, educational leadership,Continue reading “The Rt.Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri’s memory and legacy… (Part-5): When Sastri corrected Gandhi’s English sentence-syntax and advised him to give up his dicatorial ways!”