Shyamji Krishnavarma
| Shyamji Krishna Varma શ્યામજી ક્રિશ્ના વર્મા |
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Shyamji Krishna Varma
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4 October 1857 Mandvi, Cutch State, British India (now Kutch, Gujarat) |
| Died | 30 March 1930 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Monuments | Kranti Teerth, Mandvi, Kutch |
| Education | B.A. |
| Alma mater | Wilson High School, Mumbai; Balliol College, Oxford University |
| Occupation | Indian revolutionary, lawyer, journalist, nationalist |
| Organization | The Indian Home Rule Society, India House, The Indian Sociologist |
| Known for | Indian Independence Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Bhanumati (m. 1875) |
| Parent(s) | Karsan Bhanushali (Nakhua), Gomatibai |
| Website | www |
Shyamji Krishna Varma (4 October, 1857 – 30 March, 1930) was an Indian revolutionary fighter, lawyer and journalist who founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and The Indian Sociologist in London. A graduate of Balliol College, Krishna Varma was a noted scholar in Sanskrit and other Indian languages. He pursued a brief legal career in India and served as the Divan of a number of Indian princely states in India. He had, however, differences with Crown authority, was dismissed following a supposed conspiracy of local British officials at Junagadh and chose to return to England. An admirer of Dayanand Saraswati's approach of cultural nationalism, and of Herbert Spencer, Krishna Varma believed in Spencer's dictum: "Resistance to aggression is not simply justified, but imperative".
In 1905 he founded the India House and The Indian Sociologist, which rapidly developed as an organised meeting point for radical nationalists among Indian students in Britain at the time and one of the most prominent centres for revolutionary Indian nationalism outside India. Most famous among the members of this organisation was Veer Savarkar. Krishna Varma moved to Paris in 1907, avoiding prosecution. He died in 1935
Shyamji Krishna Varma was born on 4 October 1857 in Mandvi, Cutch State (now Kutch, Gujarat as Shamji, the son of Karsan Bhanushali (Karsan Nakhua; Nakhua is the surname while Bhanushali is the community name), a labourer for cotton press company, and Gomatibai, who died when Shyamji was only 11 years old. He was raised by his grandmother. His ancestors belonged to Bhachunda (23°12'3"N 69°0'4"E), a village now in Abdasa taluka of Kutch district. They migrated to Mandvi in search of employment and because of family disputes. After completing secondary education in Bhuj he went to Mumbai for further education at Wilson High School. While in Mumbai, he learned Sanskrit.
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