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=== Later life === | === Later life === | ||
After [[Independence of India|Independence]], Swami Anand took an interest in agriculture and agrarian issues. He was concerned about agricultural productivity and livelihoods but had deep respect for the practical wisdom of small farmers. He was inspired by [[George Washington Carver]] and [[Robert Oppenheimer]], whose biography he wrote. From 1957 to 1976, he made the Kosbad Agricultural Institute at [[Dahanu]], near Bombay | After [[Independence of India|Independence]], Swami Anand took an interest in agriculture and agrarian issues. He was concerned about agricultural productivity and livelihoods but had deep respect for the practical wisdom of small farmers. He was inspired by [[George Washington Carver]] and [[Robert Oppenheimer]], whose biography he wrote. From 1957 to 1976, he made the Kosbad Agricultural Institute at [[Dahanu]], near Bombay his home.<ref>{{cite book|last=Patil|first=Jayant|title=Agricultural and Rural Reconstruction: A Sustainable Approach|year=1996|publisher=Concept Publishing|location=Ahmedabad|pages=146–153|url=https://books.google.com/?id=JW3N-JtJuaYC&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&dq=%22Swami+Anand%22+gandhi#v=onepage&q=%22Swami%20Anand%22%20&f=false|isbn=9788170225898}}</ref><ref name="gandhi-manibhavan" /> He died on 25 January 1976 at 2:15 am in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] following heart attack.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="AGSI2" /> | ||
== Literary career == | == Literary career == | ||