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Tribute to Behramji Merwanji Malabari (1853 – 1912) on the occasion of his death centenary
By Marzban Jamshedji Giara
He was born at Vadodara on 18th May 1853. His father’s name was Dhanjibhai Mehta who was in the service of the Gaekwar government. As his father died, his mother remarried her relative Merwanji Malbari. He adopted his stepfather’s name. Merwanji owned a shop in Surat selling sandalwood and other goods from the Malabar Coast and hence was known as Malabari. He passed matriculation exam in 1872. He came to Bombay at a young age and served as a teacher in Fort Proprietory School in 1876. He was married to Dhanbaiji at age 21 and had three sons and two daughters.
He was the first Parsi poet to write in pure classical Gujarati language. He published small Gujarati poetry books ‘Nitivinod’ the pleasures of morality in 1875, Wilson Virah, Sarode-i- Ittifaq ghazals and poems in Hindi as also a collection of English poems ‘Indian Muse in English Garb’ in 1876. He was a bilingual poet and author fluent in both English and Gujarati.
He took up the task of translating in various Indian languages Max Mueller’s Hibbert lectures on Hindu religion and philosophy delivered in 1878 and collected funds for the same from various princely states and published Gujarati translation of these lectures Dharmani utpatti tatha vruddhi vishena bhashan in 1881 at Bombay. His English translation of Professor Max Mueller’s “Origin and Growth of Religion” was published in 1881 at London.
In 1879 he purchased a weekly publication ‘Indian Spectator’ and wrote articles which made him famous among the people and the government. This publication was edited by him till his death. (except for a brief period of two three years after 1901). He became famous as a critic of the government through his paper. He wrote in simple English ‘Gujarat and the Gujaratis’ in 1882 and ‘The Indian Eye in English Life’ in 1885. He also brought out books and magazins such as ‘Anubhavika’, ‘Sansarika’, ‘Aadmi ane teni duniya’.
In 1887 he was made a Fellow of Bombay University and a Justice of Peace. In 1900 he was presented Kaiser E Hind gold medal for his public services during the famine. He was the first to be awarded this medal. Dayaram Gidumal wrote a biography of Behramji Malabari in 1888 when Malabari was only 40 years of age. Malabari was influenced by Wordsworth and Tennyson as also by Premanand and Akha.
In February 1889 he wrote extensively about raising the age of girls for marriage which gained sympathy of the people of India. The pundits and shastris of Benares and Mathura listening to his lectures on social reform started accepting the fairness of his arguments. In 1890 Lala Baij Nath, B.A., Chief Justice of Indore published his magazine ‘Social Reform in the North’. In August 1890 Mr. Malabari published a book in England “An Appeal from the daughters of India”.
He chose journalism as his career and devoted his life to fighting the evils of child marriage and enforced widowhood among the Hindus. He was a fearless journalist. He travelled extensively throughout India and made three trips to England. He was vociferous in his struggle to get infant marriage and correlated evils abolished. Seeking women’s emancipation he advocated, “If new India is to be blessed with a generation of free and enlightened sons, a nation to manage its own affairs the Hindus of today might to see in their midst a race of free, enlightened mothers”. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak advised Malabari to look after the interests of women in his own community but Malabari relentlessly persisted in his efforts and succeeded.
He made great efforts to establish a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients at Dharampor on the road to Simla. He became famous for raising the issue of freedom of Hindu widows to remarry, which was debated throughout India. His successful campaign from 1884-1891 resulted in passing the Age of Consen
By Marzban Jamshedji Giara
He was born at Vadodara on 18th May 1853. His father’s name was Dhanjibhai Mehta who was in the service of the Gaekwar government. As his father died, his mother remarried her relative Merwanji Malbari. He adopted his stepfather’s name. Merwanji owned a shop in Surat selling sandalwood and other goods from the Malabar Coast and hence was known as Malabari. He passed matriculation exam in 1872. He came to Bombay at a young age and served as a teacher in Fort Proprietory School in 1876. He was married to Dhanbaiji at age 21 and had three sons and two daughters.
He was the first Parsi poet to write in pure classical Gujarati language. He published small Gujarati poetry books ‘Nitivinod’ the pleasures of morality in 1875, Wilson Virah, Sarode-i- Ittifaq ghazals and poems in Hindi as also a collection of English poems ‘Indian Muse in English Garb’ in 1876. He was a bilingual poet and author fluent in both English and Gujarati.
He took up the task of translating in various Indian languages Max Mueller’s Hibbert lectures on Hindu religion and philosophy delivered in 1878 and collected funds for the same from various princely states and published Gujarati translation of these lectures Dharmani utpatti tatha vruddhi vishena bhashan in 1881 at Bombay. His English translation of Professor Max Mueller’s “Origin and Growth of Religion” was published in 1881 at London.
In 1879 he purchased a weekly publication ‘Indian Spectator’ and wrote articles which made him famous among the people and the government. This publication was edited by him till his death. (except for a brief period of two three years after 1901). He became famous as a critic of the government through his paper. He wrote in simple English ‘Gujarat and the Gujaratis’ in 1882 and ‘The Indian Eye in English Life’ in 1885. He also brought out books and magazins such as ‘Anubhavika’, ‘Sansarika’, ‘Aadmi ane teni duniya’.
In 1887 he was made a Fellow of Bombay University and a Justice of Peace. In 1900 he was presented Kaiser E Hind gold medal for his public services during the famine. He was the first to be awarded this medal. Dayaram Gidumal wrote a biography of Behramji Malabari in 1888 when Malabari was only 40 years of age. Malabari was influenced by Wordsworth and Tennyson as also by Premanand and Akha.
In February 1889 he wrote extensively about raising the age of girls for marriage which gained sympathy of the people of India. The pundits and shastris of Benares and Mathura listening to his lectures on social reform started accepting the fairness of his arguments. In 1890 Lala Baij Nath, B.A., Chief Justice of Indore published his magazine ‘Social Reform in the North’. In August 1890 Mr. Malabari published a book in England “An Appeal from the daughters of India”.
He chose journalism as his career and devoted his life to fighting the evils of child marriage and enforced widowhood among the Hindus. He was a fearless journalist. He travelled extensively throughout India and made three trips to England. He was vociferous in his struggle to get infant marriage and correlated evils abolished. Seeking women’s emancipation he advocated, “If new India is to be blessed with a generation of free and enlightened sons, a nation to manage its own affairs the Hindus of today might to see in their midst a race of free, enlightened mothers”. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak advised Malabari to look after the interests of women in his own community but Malabari relentlessly persisted in his efforts and succeeded.
He made great efforts to establish a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients at Dharampor on the road to Simla. He became famous for raising the issue of freedom of Hindu widows to remarry, which was debated throughout India. His successful campaign from 1884-1891 resulted in passing the Age of Consen
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Behramji Merwanji Malabari was an Indian poet, publicist, author, and social reformer best known for his ardent advocacy for the protection of the rights of women and for his activities against child marriage.
Behramji Merwanji Malabari was born on 18 May 1853 at Baroda (present-day Vadodara, Gujarat). He was a son of Dhanjibhai Mehta, aParsi clerk employed by the Baroda State, and Bhikhibai. His father of whom nothing more is known "than that he was a mild, peace-loving man, with a somewhat feeble constitution and not overmuch force of character" died when the boy was six or seven.His mother then took him to Surat (on the coast, 140 km from Baroda), where Behramji was then educated in an Irish Presbyterian mission school.He was subsequently adopted by Merwanji Nanabhai Malabari, the childless owner of a drugstore who traded in sandalwood and spices from the Malabar Coast hence the name 'Malabari'. Merwanji had previously lost two wives before he married Behramji's mother.
Behramji Merwanji Malabari was an Indian poet, publicist, author, and social reformer best known for his ardent advocacy for the protection of the rights of women and for his activities against child marriage.
Behramji Merwanji Malabari was born on 18 May 1853 at Baroda (present-day Vadodara, Gujarat). He was a son of Dhanjibhai Mehta, aParsi clerk employed by the Baroda State, and Bhikhibai. His father of whom nothing more is known "than that he was a mild, peace-loving man, with a somewhat feeble constitution and not overmuch force of character" died when the boy was six or seven.His mother then took him to Surat (on the coast, 140 km from Baroda), where Behramji was then educated in an Irish Presbyterian mission school.He was subsequently adopted by Merwanji Nanabhai Malabari, the childless owner of a drugstore who traded in sandalwood and spices from the Malabar Coast hence the name 'Malabari'. Merwanji had previously lost two wives before he married Behramji's mother.
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