Write a ten points of Ravi shankar Maharaj
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Ravishankar Vyas, better known as Ravishankar Maharaj, was an Indian independence activist, social worker and Gandhian from Gujarat
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1. Ravishankar Vyas was born on 25 February 1884.
2. He was influenced by Arya Samaj philosophy.
3. He met Mahatma Gandhi in 1915 and joined his independence and social activism.
4. He was one of the earliest and closest associates of Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and along with Darbar Gopaldas Desai, Narhari Parikh and Mohanlal Pandya, the chief organizer of nationalist revolts in Gujarat in the 1920s and 1930s.
5. He worked for years for rehabilitation of Baraiya and Patanvadiya castes of coastal central Gujarat.
6. He founded Rashtriya Shala (National School) in Sunav village in 1920. He left his rights on ancestral property against wish of wife and joined Indian Independence Movement in 1921.
7. In 1942, he also participated in Quit India Movement and also tried to pacify communal violence in Ahmedabad.
8. He also participated in Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928 and was imprisoned by British authority for six months. He participated in relief work of flood in 1927 which earned him recognition. He joined Gandhi in Salt March in 1930 and was imprisoned for two years.
9. After independence of India in 1947, he devoted himself to social work. He joined Vinoba Bhave in Bhoodan Movement and travelled 6000 kilometres between 1955 and 1958.
10. He died on 1 July 1984 in Borsad, Gujarat. The memorial dedicated to him is located at Adhyapan Mandir, Vallabh Vidyalaya, Bochasan.