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Shyamaji Krishna Varma was born October 4th, 1857 in Mandvi, a province in Kutch,
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1870 to 1873 |
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Had his Primary education in the village school at Mandvi and thereafter completed
Secondary education in Bhuj near Mandvi. |
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1873 |
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Secured admission in Wilson High School, Mumbai where he learnt Sanskrit |
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1875 |
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Got married to Bhanumati
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1877 |
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Toured India to propagate the philosophy of Vedas and earned the title of “Pandit”
from the pundits of Kashi |
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1878 |
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Joined professor Monier Williams as his assistant |
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1879 |
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Joined Balliol College, Oxford as assistant professor in Sanskrit |
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1881 |
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Represented India at the Berlin Congress of Orientalists and read a paper on "Sanskrit
as a Living Language of India" |
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1882 |
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Passed his degree of B.A. from Balliol College |
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1883 |
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Became a member of the Royal Asiatic Society |
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1884 |
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Earned “Barrister-at-Law” from Oxford |
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1885 to 1895 |
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Returned to India served as Diwan of Ratlam, practised as Lawyer at Ajmer and also
became the Diwan of Ajmer. He was also appointed as the council member with Maharaja
of Udaipur and later he served as the Diwan of Junagadh State |
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1897 |
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Decided to support the war of Independence from outside India and left for England |
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1905 |
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Published the first issue of "The Indian Sociologist" and founded "The
Indian Home Rule Society". Officially declared open "India House"
at 65, Cromwell Avenue, HighGate as a living accommodation for Indian students in
England. |
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1906 |
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Vir Savarkar arrived at “India House” in London on “Shivaji”
fellowship |
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1907 |
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Madam Cama unfurled the first flag of India at International Socialist Conference
in Stuttgart, Germany. Due to increasing pressure from the British Government, Shyamji
left Britain and arrived in Paris |
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1909 |
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Was removed from member's list of Inner Temple and his degree of Barrister was taken
back. The British Government sealed India House after Madanlal Dhingra was sentenced
to “hang till death”. Publication of ‘The Indian Sociologist”
was shifted to Paris |
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1911 |
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Shyamji shifted to Paris |
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1914 |
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Shifted to Geneva |
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1920 |
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Opened publication of “The Indian Sociologist” after lapse of 6 years |
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1930 |
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Breathed his last at a hospital in Geneva
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About Shyamji Krishna Varma
