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4 unusual facts about Swami Keshwanand


Swami Keshwanand

By one account: "There was no vegetation left on the ground. There was no drop of water. All the animals died for want of fodder. People survived on grasses and the bark of "Khejri" trees. Even that also became scarce. There was nothing like governance. The ruling Samants were least bothered for the poor people....".

He was again arrested the same year, but was soon released pursuant to the Gandhi-Irwin pact.

Thakarsi, who used to escort prosperous Seths (Businessman) from Ratangarh to Delhi on his camel, died in 1890 when Birama was seven.

When Birama was five, his family left Magluna for the nearby town of Ratangarh.



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