Freedom Movement and Social Activism
As a social activist he participated in freedom movement of India in 1942 under Gandhi’s leadership and also suffered imprisonment for 21 months when the Indian government had suppressed all civil and political rights and imposed emergency in 1975-77. As a result he was elected to the Parliament of India with a margin of 1.86 lakh votes against his formidable rival who was later Chief Minister of Bihar. He has also raised his voice against inhuman blinding of under-trial prisoners in jail before the Supreme Court of India and had moved a Public Interest Litigation in the High Court for the protection of the rights of the landless people. As a Gandhian peace activist he has organized about 70 youth peace camps and helped to set up Departments of Gandhian Studies and peace research throughout the country from the time he was President of Indian Society of Gandhian Studies. He still continues to be the President of Indian Society of Gandhian Studies. He has taught Philosophy and Gandhian Thought for 50 years and he is still an Emeritus Fellow of the University Grants Commission. .
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