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Part IV. Rise and Glory
Oshwals. He therefore stayed in the rooms rented by Yuvak Mandal. The leaders of Yuvak mandal approached him and briefed him about their activities and future goals. Kanjibhai was impressed and promised to help them. Even though he had completed his personal business, he stayed longer. He traveled from one village to another, house-tohouse and person-to-person and collected substantial funds for the project. He became a hero of the Oshwal community of Halar. The property was bought for the rest house.
Now Jamnagar has become a major business and industrial center. Because of its strategic position it is a major center for all Indian armed forces units. It has one of the most attractive crematorium grounds with a beautiful garden. There are many colleges and a medical center thanks to the generosity of the Halari Oshwals.
Jamnagar Boys' Boarding House: The majority of people in Halar lived in villages. They were either farmers or farm hands. Most of the villages did not have schools. In early days very few felt the need for education even though some villages had schools up to primary level. Therefore people had very little or no education. But as time passed, more and more people started leaving the villages to get jobs. But to get better jobs education was necessary. Therefore many youths would walk miles to other villages to get education. To alleviate that problem, the government opened schools in more villages. Some schools even introduced the teaching of the English language.
But to get high school diploma the students had to go to Jamnagar. This was not easy as there were no facilities for them to have a place to live or eat in Jamnagar. A few who had relatives would stay with them others were helpless. Most other communities had boarding houses for their students. Halari Oshwal students were not admitted in those boarding houses.
