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==Family and background== | ==Family and background== | ||
Abbas Tyabji was born to a [[Sulaimani Bohra]] | Abbas Tyabji was born to a [[Sulaimani Bohra]] [[Tyabji family|Arab]] family of [[Cambay]] in [[Gujarat]]. He was the son of Shamsuddin Tyabji and grandson of Mullah Tyab Ali, a merchant. His father's elder brother was [[Badruddin Tyabji]], first Indian to become a Barrister later on a judge of the [[Bombay High Court]] and an early, loyalist president of the [[Indian National Congress]]. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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On 7 May 1930 Tyabji launched the [[Dharasana Satyagraha]], addressing a meeting of the satyagrahis, and beginning the march with Gandhi's wife [[Kasturba Gandhi|Kasturba]] at his side. An eyewitness remarked "It was a most solemn spectacle to see this Grand Old Man with his flowing snow-white beard marching at the head of the column and keeping pace in spite of his three score and sixteen years."<ref>{{cite book | last =Bakshi | first =Shiri Ram | title =Advanced History of Modern India | publisher =Anmol Publications | year =1995 | location =India | isbn =81-7488-007-0 }} p. 86-87.</ref> On 12 May, before reaching Dharasana, Tyabji and 58 satyagrahis were arrested by the British. At that point, [[Sarojini Naidu]] was appointed to lead the Dharasana Satyagraha, which ended with the beating of hundreds of satyagrahis, an event that attracted worldwide attention to India's independence movement.<ref name=Ackerman/> | On 7 May 1930 Tyabji launched the [[Dharasana Satyagraha]], addressing a meeting of the satyagrahis, and beginning the march with Gandhi's wife [[Kasturba Gandhi|Kasturba]] at his side. An eyewitness remarked "It was a most solemn spectacle to see this Grand Old Man with his flowing snow-white beard marching at the head of the column and keeping pace in spite of his three score and sixteen years."<ref>{{cite book | last =Bakshi | first =Shiri Ram | title =Advanced History of Modern India | publisher =Anmol Publications | year =1995 | location =India | isbn =81-7488-007-0 }} p. 86-87.</ref> On 12 May, before reaching Dharasana, Tyabji and 58 satyagrahis were arrested by the British. At that point, [[Sarojini Naidu]] was appointed to lead the Dharasana Satyagraha, which ended with the beating of hundreds of satyagrahis, an event that attracted worldwide attention to India's independence movement.<ref name=Ackerman/> | ||
[[Mahatma Gandhi]] appointed Tyabji, at age seventy-six, to replace him as leader of the [[Salt Satyagraha]] in May 1930 after Gandhi's arrest.<ref name=Ackerman>{{cite book | last =Ackerman | first =Peter |author2=DuVall, Jack | title =A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict | publisher =Palgrave Macmillan | year =2000 | isbn =0-312-24050-3 }} p. 87-90.</ref> Tyabji was arrested soon afterward and imprisoned by the British Indian Government. Gandhi and others respectfully called Tyabji the "Grand Old Man of Gujarat".<ref name=Hindu>{{cite news | last =Nauriya | first =Anil | title =Memories of Another Gujarat | newspaper =The Hindu | date =24 December 2002 | url =http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/12/24/stories/2002122400941000.htm | access-date =25 January 2008 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080201083805/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/12/24/stories/2002122400941000.htm | archive-date =1 February 2008 | url-status = | [[Mahatma Gandhi]] appointed Tyabji, at age seventy-six, to replace him as leader of the [[Salt Satyagraha]] in May 1930 after Gandhi's arrest.<ref name=Ackerman>{{cite book | last =Ackerman | first =Peter |author2=DuVall, Jack | title =A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict | publisher =Palgrave Macmillan | year =2000 | isbn =0-312-24050-3 }} p. 87-90.</ref> Tyabji was arrested soon afterward and imprisoned by the British Indian Government. Gandhi and others respectfully called Tyabji the "Grand Old Man of Gujarat".<ref name=Hindu>{{cite news | last =Nauriya | first =Anil | title =Memories of Another Gujarat | newspaper =The Hindu | date =24 December 2002 | url =http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/12/24/stories/2002122400941000.htm | access-date =25 January 2008 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080201083805/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/12/24/stories/2002122400941000.htm | archive-date =1 February 2008 | url-status =usurped }}</ref><ref>"ONE OF MY STAUNCHEST FRIENDS GONE. MOTHER AND YOU WILL FIND ME EQUAL SHARER IN LOSS. FATHER WAS TRULY GRAND OLD MAN OF GUJARAT AND FAITHFUL SERVANT OF NATION WHO KNEW NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HINDU AND MUSLIM. SARDAR AND OTHERS ALL JOIN ME." {{cite web | last =Gandhi | first =Mahatma | title =Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi | work =69:127 Telegram to Raihana Tyabji | publisher =GandhiServe Foundation | url =http://www.gandhiserve.org/cwmg/VOL069.PDF | access-date =26 January 2008 }}</ref> | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
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[[Category:Gujarati people]] | [[Category:Gujarati people]] | ||
[[Category:Chief Justices of the Gujarat High Court]] | [[Category:Chief Justices of the Gujarat High Court]] | ||
[[Category:Indian people of Arab descent]] | |||