S.R. Rana
| Sardarsinh Rana | |
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S. R. Rana with his German wife
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| Born |
10 April 1870 Kantharai village, Limbdi State, British India |
| Died | 25 May 1957 Veraval, Bombay State (now Gujarat), India |
| Education | Barrister |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Indian Revolutionary, lawyer, journalist, writer, jeweller |
| Organization | The Indian Home Rule Society, India House, Paris Indian Society |
| Known for | Indian Independence Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Sonba Recy (m. 1904–31) |
| Parent(s) | Rawabhai II, Kulajiba |
Sardarsinh Rawabhai Rana (1870–1957), often abbreviated S. R. Rana, was an Indian political activist, founding member of the Paris Indian Society and the vice-president of the Indian Home Rule Society.
Sardarsinh Rana was born on 10 April 1870 (Chaitra Sud 9 according to Hindu calendar) in Kantharia village in Kathiawar to a Rajput family of Rawabhai II and Kulajiba. He studied at Dhuli School and later joined Alfred High School, Rajkot where he was classmate of Mohandas Gandhi. After completing his matriculation in 1891, he studied at Elphinstone College, graduating with a baccalaureate from Bombay University in 1898. He also studied in Fergusson College, Pune where he came in contact with Lokmanya Tilak and Surendranath Banerjee. He was influenced to join home rule movement as he volunteerred at Indian National Congress Conference in Pune in 1895. After completing his studies, he went to London to study Barrister degree. There he came contact with Shyamji Krishna Varma and Bhikhaji Cama. He was instrumental in establishment of India House in London. He married Sonba from Bhingada village during his early life and had two sons, Ranjitsinh and Natwarsinh.
In 1899, Rana left for Paris after taking his examination of Barrister. He served as a translator to Jivanchand Uttamchand, a jeweller from Cambay who was in Paris for World Trade Show. He became an expert and began a jewellery business trading in pearls. He resided at 56, Rue La Fayette street in Paris. It was at this time that Rana came to associate with Indian nationalist politicians, including Lala Lajpat Rai who is known to have visited Paris and stayed with the Rana. In 1905, Rana became one of the founding-members of the Indian Home Rule Society, of which he was the vice president. Together with Munchershah Burjorji Godrej and Bhikaji Cama, he founded the Paris Indian Society that same year as an extension of the Indian Home Rule Society on the European continent. As Shyamji Krishna Varma did also, Rana announced three scholarships for Indian students, each worth Rs 2,000. in memory of Maharana Pratap, Chhatrapati Shivaji and Akbar in December, 1905 issue of The Indian Sociologist. He had announced several other scholarships and travel fellowships.
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