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{{BLP sources|date = January 2015}}'''Pyarelal Nayyar''' (1899&ndash;1982) was the personal secretary of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in his later years. His sister Dr. [[Sushila Nayyar]] was the personal physician to Mahatma Gandhi.<br />
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He received his [[B. A.]] from [[University of Punjab]] and quit his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] studies during the [[Non-cooperation movement]] of 1920.<br />
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==Freedom Struggle==<br />
Pyarelal was active in the freedom struggle, in the footsteps of Gandhi. He participated in the [[Salt Satyagraha|Salt March to Dandi]] in 1930.<ref name='list-of-salt-marchers'>{{cite web|url=http://www.saltmarch.org.in/h_marchers.html |publisher=Mahatma Gandhi Foundation|title=The List of Original Marchers}}</ref><br />
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Pyarelal was portrayed by [[Pankaj Kapur]] in the [[Richard Attenborough]] film ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982). Then personal secretary to Pyarelal, Dewan Vasdev Khanna (1923–2010), played a key role with Richard Attenborough in completing a script for film "Gandhi", which attained world fame.<br />
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==Post Gandhi==<br />
Pyarelal continued his literary work on Gandhi until his last days.<br />
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==Writings==<br />
He has biographical books on Mahatma Gandhi, on which he was assisted by Dewan Vasdev Khanna(1923-2010). Dewan Vasdev Khanna assisted Pyarelal Nayyar till 1980, before moving to United States of America. Following is a partial list:<br />
#The Early Phase, (Vol. I) <br />
#Mahatma Gandhi : The Discovery of Satyagraha – On the Threshold, (Vol. II)<br />
#Mahatma Gandhi : The Birth of Satyagraha, (Vol. III)<br />
#Mahatma Gandhi : Satyagraha at Work, (Vol. IV)<br />
#Mahatma Gandhi : India Awakened, (Vol. V)<br />
#Mahatma Gandhi : Salt Satyagraha – The Watershed, (Vol. VI)<br />
#Mahatma Gandhi : Preparing For Swaraj, (Vol. VII)<br />
#Mahatma Gandhi : Final Fight For Freedom, (Vol. VIII)<br />
#Mahatma Gandhi: The Last Phase, (Vol. IX)<br />
#Mahatma Gandhi : The Last Phase, (Vol. X)<br />
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Note: Vol. IV to VII were competed by Sushila Nayyar.<br />
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==References==<br />
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*[http://www.mahatma.org.in/mahatma/pictures/showpics.jsp?picture=piccat0004&link=ph&id=3&cat=pictures A picture of Pyarelal with Gandhi]<br />
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[[Category:Gandhians]]<br />
[[Category:1899 births]]<br />
[[Category:Panjab University alumni]]<br />
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