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Such an Ascetic House-Holder Nanaji in course of his Legal acquaintances, once met with a scholarly Advocate Shree Bagaram Chimanjee Thakar alias 'Bapu Saheb', originally from Pune and had permanently settled at Akola after his studies at Indore. Ajmer and Allahabad, U.P. Nanaji got impressed with this young noteworthy Advocate who had many meriteous qualities and characteristics in him. He was a scholar of the Upanishadas, student of the original principles of several religions, was the Secretary of Indian Rationalist Society.
He was also a Freedom fighter and had gone to jail too in course of Satyagraha movements. He had to face social Boycott, a great punishment for a House-holder, when this revolutionary Advocate dined at the place of his Backward class client, but his entire family passed through this boycott-test with peace, equilibrium and self-respect without any compromise. He used to tremendously help several poor children in their studies.
Such a silent Revolutionary Advocate Bapusaheb, Bagaram Thakar was selected by Nanaji Sri Yadavraiji and got married his daughter Chandrika with him.
Bapu Saheb and Chandrikaji had four sons and two daughters all of whom whether boys or girls had the privilege of getting equal education provided by Bapu Saheb. Such a revolutionary, kind and LIFE- adoring Bapu Saheb was very much fond of music and was himself a good Tabla Player also. Next to Nanaji, Vimalajee was fortunate to have the background of music, learnings and patriotic revolutionary spirit from such a noble father.
Her mother Chandrikaji, being lovingly called 'Akka', though she had very little formal education, but, was aware of intricacies of Social Rules and Traditions, being a very practical person possessing Limitless Understanding of Life. She was having very worthy Life-Style stamped with decency and beauty. Inspite of possessing love for traditional Devotional rituals, hers was not a kind of narrowness but was full of vast generosity, compassion and hospitality. This merit of her hospitality was so much developed that she enjoyed cooking and feeding the guest who might have knocked their doors even at the midnight! The neighbourhood was lucky to have Akka's generosity in abundance. Unlike Vimalajee's father, Akka had also participated in Satyagraha and had even undergone imprisonment! Such revolutionary, patriotic and deeply religious parents in true sense were undergoing fasts on all saturdays. On Sundays, their hobby of walking used to drag them to especial walk of four to five miles.
Akka had, out of all her six children, utmost worry for Vimalajee. Of course, it was over while going ahead and she became friend-like to Vimalajee. Even she used to join her during the Bhoodan Movement Tours and seeing her daughter's tremendous impact while thundering huge public meetings with her speeches, she used to express her joy, satisfaction and proudness of being mother
