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Swami Anand was born Himmatlal on 8 September 1887 at Shiyani village near [[Wadhwan]] to Ramchandra Dave (Dwivedi) and Parvati in Audichya Brahmin family. His father was a teacher. He was among seven siblings.<ref name=":0" /> He was brought up and educated in [[Bombay]]. At the age of ten, he left home in opposition to marriage and due to an offer by a monk to show him God. He wandered for three years with several different monks. He took a vow of renunciation while still in his teens, took on the name Swami | Swami Anand was born Himmatlal on 8 September 1887 at Shiyani village near [[Wadhwan]] to Ramchandra Dave (Dwivedi) and Parvati in Audichya Brahmin family. His father was a teacher. He was among seven siblings.<ref name=":0" /> He was brought up and educated in [[Bombay]]. At the age of ten, he left home in opposition to marriage and due to an offer by a monk to show him God. He wandered for three years with several different monks. He took a vow of renunciation while still in his teens, took on the name Swami Anand and became a monk with the [[Ramakrishna Mission]]. He also lived at the [[Advaita Ashrama|Advaita Ashram]] where he studied.<ref name="books.google">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4253|title=The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (Volume Five (Sasay To Zorgot)), Volume 5|last=Lal|first=Mohan|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=1992|isbn=9788126012213|location=New Delhi|pages=4253, 4254}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Venkatraman|first=T.|title=Discovery of Spiritual India|year=2007|publisher=lulu.com|location=Jersey City|pages=139|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xd_rc7vWaEQC&q=%22Swami+Anand%22+gandhi&pg=PA139|isbn=9781435704725}}</ref><ref name="AGSI2">{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ (ગાંધીયુગ અને અનુગાંધી યુગ)|last=Brahmabhatt|first=Prasad|publisher=Parshwa Publication|year=2007|location=Ahmedabad|pages=60–63|language=gu|script-title=gu:Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (Gandhiyug Ane Anugandhi Yug)|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature (Gandhi Era & Post-Gandhi Era)}}</ref> | ||
Anand's entry into the [[Indian independence movement]] was through his association with the [[Partition of Bengal (1905)|revolutionaries of Bengal in 1905]]. Later, he worked in the ''[[Kesari (newspaper)|Kesari]]'', the Marathi newspaper founded by [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]], in 1907.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name="gandhi-manibhavan">{{cite web|url=http://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org/gandhicomesalive/comesalive_associates_india.htm#Swami%20Anand|title=Gandhiji's Associates in India|access-date=12 October 2012}}</ref> He was also involved in independence activities in rural regions. He also edited the Gujarati edition of Marathi daily ''Rashtramat'' during the same period. When it was closed down, he travelled the Himalayas in 1909. In 1912, he taught at the Hill Boys School in [[Almoda]] which was founded by [[Annie Besant]].<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name=":0" /> | Anand's entry into the [[Indian independence movement]] was through his association with the [[Partition of Bengal (1905)|revolutionaries of Bengal in 1905]]. Later, he worked in the ''[[Kesari (newspaper)|Kesari]]'', the Marathi newspaper founded by [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]], in 1907.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name="gandhi-manibhavan">{{cite web|url=http://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org/gandhicomesalive/comesalive_associates_india.htm#Swami%20Anand|title=Gandhiji's Associates in India|access-date=12 October 2012}}</ref> He was also involved in independence activities in rural regions. He also edited the Gujarati edition of Marathi daily ''Rashtramat'' during the same period. When it was closed down, he travelled the Himalayas in 1909. In 1912, he taught at the Hill Boys School in [[Almoda]] which was founded by [[Annie Besant]].<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name=":0" /> | ||
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{{#description2:Swami Anand (1887 – 25 January 1976) was a monk, a Gandhian activist and a Gujarati writer from India.}} | |||
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