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In 1891, young Gandhiji returned from
England after
completing his legal studies. He
was then 23 years old. He
learned of
his mother's
death on that very day.
Thereafter they met regularly. ........therefore Ahimsa*
and Satya** are of paramount importance.
SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRA
At dinner, on the same day that he returned. Mohandas, meet my brother Popat's son-in-law Rajchandra. He is a scholar and Shatavadhani poet.
Shrimad Rajchandra's spiritual bent influenced Gandhiji greatly.
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He stayed at his friend Dr. Pranjivandas' house in Bombay.
He was the brother of Shri Popatbhai, Shrimad Rajchandra's father-in-law.
Gandhiji wanted to test him.
Could you repeat these two hundred words in different languages?
Shrimad Rajchandra not only repeated them, but also in the exact sequence.
Gandhiji observed him.
His intellect compels as great a) regard as his moral earnestness. I can
confide my innermost thoughts to him. His manner, befits a true yogi.
Certainly.
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