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MULJI, KURSENDAS (1832–1875)
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See also:MULJI, KURSENDAS (1832–1875) , See also:Indian journalist and social reformer, was See also:born on the 25th of See also:July 1832, of a See also:family belonging to the Bhatia or trading See also:caste of western See also:India. Being repudiated by his family on See also:account of his views on widow remarriage, he became a See also:vernacular schoolmaster, and started a weekly See also:paper in See also:Gujarati called The Satya Prakash. In this he attacked the immoralities of the Maharajas or hereditary high priests of the Vallabhacharya See also:sect of Vaishnavism to which the Bhatias belong. In a suit for See also:libel brought against him in the High See also:Court at Bombay in 1862, he won a victory on the See also:main issue. After a visit to See also:England on business in connexion with the See also:cotton See also:trade, which was not successful and brought on him See also:excommunication from his caste, he was appointed in 1874 to administer a native See also:state in See also:Kathiawar during the minority of the See also:chief; and there he died in See also:August 1875. See See also:History of the Sect of Maharajas or Wallabhacharyas of Western India (1865). End of Article: MULJI, KURSENDAS (1832–1875)Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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