What was done by the thakkar bapa...
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Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar, popularly known as Thakkar Bapa (29 November 1869 – 20 January 1951) was an Indian social worker who worked for upliftment of tribal people in Gujarat state in India. He became a member of the Servants of India Society founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1905.[1] In 1922, he founded the Bhil Seva Mandal. Later, he became the general secretary of the Harijan Sevak Sangh founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1932 .[2] The Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh was founded on 24 October 1948 on his initiative.[3] When Indian constitution was in process, Kenvi visited remotest and most difficult parts of India and conducted probe into the situation of tribal and Harijan people. He added valuable inputs[which?] in the process of constitution. Mahatma Gandhi would call him 'Bapa'.
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What was done by the thakkar bapa.
- Born to a middle-class family, Thakkar was given his primary education at Bhavnagar and Dholera.
- In 1886, he secured the topmost rank in the matriculation exam in Bhavnagar and was given the Jashvantsinhji Scholarship.
- He then joined the Engineering College, Poona in 1887 and passed out with an L.C.E. (Licentiate of Civil Engineering – today’s graduate in civil engineering) in 1890.
- He worked as an engineer in Porbander and also in Uganda. He was also the Chief Engineer of Sangli State for some time.
- One year after joining the Sangli State, he took up a job with the Bombay Municipality. He was posted at the Bombay suburb of Kurla where he came in touch with “untouchables”. He was shocked to see the miserable conditions in which they lived.
- Thakkar established a school for the children of the sweepers of Kurla with help from Ramaji Shinde, a member of the Depressed Classes Mission.
- In 1914, he joined the Servants of India Society.