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'''[[Sadhu]] Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani''' [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]: '''साधू थांवरदास लीलाराम वास्वाणी''' ''Sādhū Thāṃvaradās Līlārām Vāsvāṇī'' (25 November 1879 – 16 January 1966)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.darshanmuseum.org |title=www.darshanmuseum.org |publisher=www.darshanmuseum.org |access-date=2012-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517041508/http://darshanmuseum.org/ |archive-date=17 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiayogi.com/content/indiangurus/sadhu-vaswani.aspx |title=Sadhu T. L. Vaswani |website=indiayogi.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019124644/http://www.indiayogi.com/content/indiangurus/sadhu-vaswani.aspx |archive-date=2012-10-19}}</ref> Sadhu T. L. Vaswani was an Indian educationist who started the Mira Movement In Education and set up St. Mira's School in [[Hyderabad, Sindh]], and later moved to [[Pune]] after 1949.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Sadhu Vaswani Mission |url=http://www.sadhuvaswani.org/index-3.html |publisher=Official website }}</ref> A museum, [[Darshan Museum]] dedicated to his life and teaching was opened in Pune, in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Life and times of Sadhu Vaswani|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_life-and-times-of-sadhu-vaswani_1568633 |publisher=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]] |date=23 Jul 2011}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==

Sadhu Vaswani was born Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani(Sindhi family), in [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]] [[Sindh]].<ref name=Bio/> When he was a boy, he attended the Academy at Hyderabad-Sind. As a boy, he first learned about the sacred texts called the Upanishads from [[Brahmabandhav Upadhyay]], a [[Brahmin]] from Bengal who adopted Christianity but later he realized that he did a mistake and in 1907 he did undergo ''prayashchitta'' (expression of reparation in Hindu custom) through a public ceremony to return into [[Hinduism]]. Later in his lifetime, Sadhu Vaswani was recognized as an accomplished proponent of the [[Upanishads]] and a skilled interpreter of the Bible and the Qur'an.<ref name="JPV1"/>

He passed his Matriculation and completed his B.A. from the [[University of Bombay]] in 1899. After completing his B.A. examination, he received the Ellis Scholarship and became a Dakshina Fellow at D.J. Sind College in Karachi while studying for his master's degree. He received his M.A. degree also from the University of Bombay in 1902.<ref name=Bio>[http://www.sadhuvaswani.org/sadhu.html Biography] Official web site, Retrieved June 2011,</ref> He then asked his mother for permission to devote his life to the service of God and man. His mother desired that her son have success in life and would not agree. As a result, Vaswani agreed to take a teaching job at his alma mater, Union Academy. His mother sought to arrange a marriage for her son but Vaswani vowed to remain a [[Brahmacharya|brahmachari]] and never to marry. He soon accepted a position as Professor of History and Philosophy at Metropolitan College in Calcutta. There in Calcutta Vaswani found his guru, Sri Promotholal Sen, called Naluda.<ref name="JPV1"/>

==Career==
After receiving his M.A. degree, at the age of 22, Vaswani took a job at Union Academy, his alma mater. After a few months, he accepted a position as a Professor of History and Philosophy at [[City College, Kolkata]] in 1903. In 1908 he moved to [[Karachi]] to join [[D. J. Science College]] as Professor of English and Philosophy, before participating in the Indian independence movement.<ref name=Bio/><ref name="JPV1"/>

In July 1910, when Vaswani was 30 years old, he and his guru, Sri Promotholal Sen, sailed from Mumbai to Berlin. In August 1910, they participated in the [[Welt Congress]] or the [[World Congress of Religions]] in Berlin. Sadhu Vaswani spoke to the conference as a representative of India and expressed a message of peace, tranquility, the helping and healing of India, and Atman.<ref name=Bio/><ref name="JPV1"/><ref name="I Am a Sindhi">J.P. Vaswani (2008). ''I Am a Sindhi: The Glorious Sindhi Heritage The Culture and Folklore of Sind''. Sterling Paperbacks.</ref>

He was 40 years old when his mother died. He fulfilled his promise to her to work and make an income during her lifetime, but after her funeral he resigned his employment. In 1948, Vaswani reluctantly migrated to India from Sindh, which lay in the newly formed state of [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Westland">{{cite book|author=Bhavnani, Nandita |page=434|title=The Making of Exile: Sindhi Hindus and the Partition of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJQ5swEACAAJ|year=2014|publisher=Tranquebar Press|isbn=978-93-84030-33-9}}</ref> Prior to his exile, he and his followers had stirred controversy after ''[[prasad]]'' was distributed as usual at his weekly meeting that took place two days after the death of Pakistan's founder, [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]].<ref name="Westland"/> The ''prasad'' ceremony was seen by local Muslims as an act to celebrate Jinnah's death.<ref name="Westland"/>

He was an early supporter of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s [[Non-Cooperation Movement]]. Upon his motion and under his influence the Sind Political Conference of the [[Indian National Congress]] passed a resolution regarding the Non-cooperation program. He wrote many books, which include: ''India Arisen''; ''Awake, Young India!''; ''India's Adventure''; ''India in Chains''; ''The Secret of Asia''; ''My Motherland''; ''Builders of Tomorrow''; and ''Apostles of Freedom''.<ref name="I Am a Sindhi"/>

[[File:Sadhu Vaswani Circle, Pune.jpg|thumb|Sadhu Vaswani Circle, Pune at which busy arterial roads meets]]

Gurudeve Sadhu Vaswani said, "There are so many who can believe only one thing at a time. I am so made as to rejoice in the many and behold the beauty of the One in the many. Hence my natural affinity to many religions; in them all I see revelations of the One Spirit. And deep in my heart is the conviction that I am a servant of all prophets."<ref>{{cite book |author=J.P. Vaswani |title=Many paths : one goal |date=May 2011 |publisher=Gita Publishing House |location=Sadhu Vaswani Mission (India) |isbn=978-93-80743-11-0 |edition=2nd}}</ref>

==In Culture==
Annually, the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, which exists to take forward the life and mission of Sadhu T. L. Vaswani, celebrates the International Meatless Day on Vaswani's birthday, 25 November, because he had strongly advocated universal practice of vegetarian living.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180723034509/http://www.sadhuvaswani.org/meatlessday.html Vaswani, D.P., What is Meatless Day all about ?], Sadhu Vaswani Mission</ref> This is celebrated widely wherever Vaswani's heritage is recalled.

==Awards and recognition==

* The [[Government of India]] issued a postage stamp in his honour.<ref>[http://www.istampgallery.com/sadhu-vaswani/ Sadhu T. L. Vaswani]. Istampgallery.com (2015-01-26). Retrieved on 2018-12-17.</ref>
* [[Darshan Museum]] [[Pune]] is a [[biographical museum]] that is based on his life.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="JPV1">{{cite book |title=Sadhu Vaswani: His Life and Teachings |author=J.P. Vaswani|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd |year=2002|isbn=81-207-2462-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SkFovI0_q_IC&q=Sadhu+Vaswani+Mission&pg=PA118 |ref=Va }}</ref>
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== External links ==
* [http://www.sadhuvaswani.org/sadhu.html Biography of Sadhu Vaswani] at Sadhu Vaswani Mission
* [http://www.sadhuvaswani.org/ Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Official website]
* [http://www.darshan.net.in Darshan website] dedicated to Sadhu Vaswani

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[[Category:University of Karachi faculty]]
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