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Committee (JAINA) of New York. He suggested publishing a re-print of 'A Saga of an Inspiring Personality'. Shri Pannalal R. Shah, the author, suggested the inclusion of recent information obtained on Shri Virchand Gandhi and offered to prepare a revised edition. Thus, he added in Gujarati edition:
1) A letter written by V.R. Gandhi from Chicago in 1894. 2) The address given to Shri Virchand Gandhi at a meeting under chairmanship of Shri Premchand Raichand in 1896.
3) The address given at a meeting presided over by Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade in 1889.
We are obliged to the management of Shri Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya for allowing us to include in this book, the photographs of the medals preserved at the Vidyalaya.We are also obliged to Pravinbhai Shah and the members of the committee of trustees of V.R.G.Scholarship Committee JAINA. We also thank for to Dipika & Dilip Doctor, of New york, for sponsoring this book.
I hereby pay a loving tribute to the selfless actions of Shri Virchand Gandhi who, like a caravan-leader of the Universal Consciousness, spread the Shramana culture in different parts of the world, just as a bee transports the sweetness of the flower by flying from one flower to another and thereby enriches the beauty of the garden.
Gujarati revised edition of Shri Virchand Gandhi's biography was published in the centenary year of his death. On Occasion of Jaina convention 2003 we are publishing English verson, we have made addition of number of photographs, articles and a letter Mr. Howard to VRG has been included in appendix-7. We also thank Mrs.Kurangiben Desai of Mumbai for the translation work.
Mumbai
Mahavir Jayanti (April 2003)
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