Brij katyal biography of mahatma gandhi

Indian freedom fighter

Brij Krishna Chandiwala was an Indian freedom fighter from Delhi and a political associate of Mahatma Gandhi who was awarded the Padma Shri in 1963 for his contributions to the field of social work.

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Early life and education

Brij Krishna was born in 1900, the sixth child of Banarsidas Chandiwala and Janki Devi.^[1] The Chandiwalas were a family of silver traders of Chandni Chowk in Delhi.

He was educated at St Stephen's College, Delhi where he met Gandhi, who had gone there as a guest of the college principal, S. K. Rudra, in 1918.^[2]

Gandhi's associate

His meeting with Gandhi deeply influenced Chandiwala and he became an ardent follower and close associate of Gandhi.

Chandiwala took to spartan meals and to wearing khadi under Gandhi's influence. Also, he took to himself the task of supplying Gandhiji his goat's milk whenever he stayed in Delhi and his earnestness in this matter earned him th