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'''Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik''' (22 February 1892 – 17 July 1972) was an [[Indian independence activist]], a leader of the [[All India Kisan Sabha]] and one who led the [[Mahagujarat Movement]], which spearheaded the demand for the separate statehood | '''Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik''' (22 February 1892 – 17 July 1972) was an [[Indian independence activist]], who smuggled indian tri colour flag hoisted by Madam Bhikaji Cama from Germany to India. He was a leader of the [[All India Kisan Sabha]] and one who led the [[Mahagujarat Movement]], which spearheaded the demand for the separate statehood of [[Gujarat]] on 8 August 1956.<ref name=sm>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-29/ahmedabad/28132960_1_security-plan-sanat-mehta-student-leader|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309000118/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-29/ahmedabad/28132960_1_security-plan-sanat-mehta-student-leader|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 March 2012|title=Lifting Indu Chacha to higher pedestal|last=Vashi|first=Ashish|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=29 April 2010}}</ref> He is also known as '''Indu Chacha'''.<ref name=sm/><ref name=avs>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-24/ahmedabad/29698319_1_autobiography-indu-chacha-indulal-yagnik|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103123408/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-24/ahmedabad/29698319_1_autobiography-indu-chacha-indulal-yagnik|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=Reprint of Indulal Yagnik's autobiography set for release|last=Vashi|first=Ashish|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=24 June 2011|access-date=29 November 2012}}</ref> He was also a writer and film maker.<ref name=avs/> | ||
Yagnik was elected to the [[2nd Lok Sabha]] from [[Ahmedabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ahmedabad constituency]] in the erstwhile [[Bombay state]] in 1957. He was re-elected to the [[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]], [[4th Lok Sabha|4th]] and [[5th Lok Sabha]] from the same constituency from 1962–1972.<ref name="ch">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vDEOwyZazkQC&pg=PA17|title=Subhas Chandra Bose and middle class radicalism: a study in Indian nationalism 1928–1940|last=Chakrabarty|first=Bidyut|publisher=I. B. Tauris|location=London|year=1990|isbn=1-85043-149-3|page=178}}</ref> | Yagnik was elected to the [[2nd Lok Sabha]] from [[Ahmedabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ahmedabad constituency]] in the erstwhile [[Bombay state]] in 1957. He was re-elected to the [[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]], [[4th Lok Sabha|4th]] and [[5th Lok Sabha]] from the same constituency from 1962–1972.<ref name="ch">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vDEOwyZazkQC&pg=PA17|title=Subhas Chandra Bose and middle class radicalism: a study in Indian nationalism 1928–1940|last=Chakrabarty|first=Bidyut|publisher=I. B. Tauris|location=London|year=1990|isbn=1-85043-149-3|page=178}}</ref> | ||
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==Independence movement (1915–1947)== | ==Independence movement (1915–1947)== | ||
Yagnik was deeply influenced by [[Annie Besant]] during his college days. In 1915, along with Jamnadas Dwarkadas and Shankerlal Banker, he published an English language magazine, ''[[Young India]]'', from [[Bombay]].<ref name="ch"/><ref>Chandra, Bipan and others (1998). ''India's Struggle for Independence'', New Delhi: Penguin Books, {{ISBN|0-14-010781-9}}, p.161</ref> In the same year, publication of the [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] monthly ''Navjivan ane Satya'' started. Yagnik was its editor until 1919, when he handed it over to [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. He wrote the first 30 chapters of Gandhi's autobiography in Yeravada jail after taking dictation from him.<ref name=cv>{{cite news|title=Indulal boycotted Swadeshi movement to express disapproval of Bapu's philosophy|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-25/ahmedabad/29702833_1_gandhiji-yeravada-jail-bapu|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103114617/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-25/ahmedabad/29702833_1_gandhiji-yeravada-jail-bapu|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|access-date=25 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=25 June 2011}}</ref> | Yagnik brought the tri colour flag from Stuttgart, Germany which was hoisted by Madam Cama. Yagnik was deeply influenced by [[Annie Besant]] during his college days. In 1915, along with Jamnadas Dwarkadas and Shankerlal Banker, he published an English language magazine, ''[[Young India]]'', from [[Bombay]].<ref name="ch"/><ref>Chandra, Bipan and others (1998). ''India's Struggle for Independence'', New Delhi: Penguin Books, {{ISBN|0-14-010781-9}}, p.161</ref> In the same year, publication of the [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] monthly ''Navjivan ane Satya'' started. Yagnik was its editor until 1919, when he handed it over to [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. He wrote the first 30 chapters of Gandhi's autobiography in Yeravada jail after taking dictation from him.<ref name=cv>{{cite news|title=Indulal boycotted Swadeshi movement to express disapproval of Bapu's philosophy|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-25/ahmedabad/29702833_1_gandhiji-yeravada-jail-bapu|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103114617/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-25/ahmedabad/29702833_1_gandhiji-yeravada-jail-bapu|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|access-date=25 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=25 June 2011}}</ref> | ||
He joined the [[Servants of India Society]] in the same year but resigned in 1917 and joined the [[Indian Home Rule Movement|Home Rule Movement]].<ref name="ch"/> In 1918, he participated in the [[Kheda Satyagraha]] led by Gandhi.<ref>Chandra, Bipan and others (1998). ''India's Struggle for Independence'', New Delhi: Penguin Books, {{ISBN|0-14-010781-9}}, p.180</ref> In 1921 he became the secretary of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee. In October 1922 he started another Gujarati monthly, ''Yugadharm''. He was imprisoned by the British from April 1923 to March 1924.<ref name="ch"/> From 1924–28, he was the editor of ''Hindustan'', a Gujarati daily from Bombay. During 1926–27, he was also an assistant editor of ''[[The Bombay Chronicle]]''. He travelled to a number of countries in Europe from 1930–35.<ref name="ch"/> | He joined the [[Servants of India Society]] in the same year but resigned in 1917 and joined the [[Indian Home Rule Movement|Home Rule Movement]].<ref name="ch"/> In 1918, he participated in the [[Kheda Satyagraha]] led by Gandhi.<ref>Chandra, Bipan and others (1998). ''India's Struggle for Independence'', New Delhi: Penguin Books, {{ISBN|0-14-010781-9}}, p.180</ref> In 1921 he became the secretary of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee. In October 1922 he started another Gujarati monthly, ''Yugadharm''. He was imprisoned by the British from April 1923 to March 1924.<ref name="ch"/> From 1924–28, he was the editor of ''Hindustan'', a Gujarati daily from Bombay. During 1926–27, he was also an assistant editor of ''[[The Bombay Chronicle]]''. He travelled to a number of countries in Europe from 1930–35.<ref name="ch"/> | ||
In 1936, he took active initiative in the formation of the All India Kisan Sabha and participated in its first session.<ref>Chandra, Bipan and others (1998). ''India's Struggle for Independence'', New Delhi: Penguin Books, {{ISBN|0-14-010781-9}}, p.345</ref> In 1939, he founded the ''Gujarat Kisan Parishad''. He was again imprisoned during 1940–41 for his anti-war campaign. In 1942, he presided over the annual session of the Akhil Hind Kisan Sabha. He started | In 1936, he took active initiative in the formation of the All India Kisan Sabha and participated in its first session.<ref>Chandra, Bipan and others (1998). ''India's Struggle for Independence'', New Delhi: Penguin Books, {{ISBN|0-14-010781-9}}, p.345</ref> In 1939, he founded the ''Gujarat Kisan Parishad''. He was again imprisoned during 1940–41 for his anti-war campaign. In 1942, he presided over the annual session of the Akhil Hind Kisan Sabha. He started the Gujarati daily ''Nutan Gujarat'' in 1943.<ref name="ch"/> | ||
==Post-independence (1947–1972)== | ==Post-independence (1947–1972)== | ||