Social Reformers of India - Virchand Gandhi

Virchand Gandhi was from Mahuva. He advocated female education. He is a 19th-century Indian patriot who was a friend of Mahatma Gandhi and contemporary to Swami Vivekanand. He and swami vivekananda drew equal attention at the first World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893. He won a silver medal in same. His statue still stands at the Jain temple in Chicago. He was key member of Indian National Congress. And as a reformer established.

1. Society for the Education of Women in India (SEWI). Under the banner of SEWI, several Indian women came to U.S.A. for higher studies.
2. Gandhi Philosophical Society,
3. School of Oriental Philosophy,
4. Jain Literature Society in London. And he delivered 535 lectures in USA and Europe. He also died at age of 37 alike Swami Vivekanand. Today Government of India has recognised his service by issuing postal stamp in his memory.