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CHAPTER 9
Establishment of Prayogik Sanghas
Santbal was not merely a theorist. If his theories could not be practised in day life, they had nothing more than a book value. He, therefore, established two institutions which are running till today. One is at the village Gundi situated in Dholka Taluka of Ahmedabad District at a very little distance from the Harappan site called “Lothal”. (Lothal was a sea port in the days of Harappan civilazation.) And the other was in Bombay. The first one is named “Bhal-Nalkantha Prayogik Sangh" and the later is named “Vishwa-Vatsalya Prayogik Sangh”. The word "Prayogik” means experimental. The former is expected to conduct experiments in developing rural society while the later in developing urban society, on the lines of thinking process of social reconstruction on ethical basis, keeping normal balance between the four sections of the society in accordance with his "Anubandh” ideology, and trying to remedy the imbalances by resorting to the process of Shuddhi Prayog.
Bhal-Nalkantha Prayogik Sangh :
This institution was established in 1947 A.D. Its first President was revered Ravishanker Maharaj who presided over it up to 1956 A.D. Its second President was the well-known Gandhian leader Shri Gulamrasul Kureshi who presided over it from 1956 to 1985. From 1986 it is presided over by Kumari Kashiben,
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