(Diary) Book released on Keshwanand
Abohar, September 13
Sher Singh Toor (98), former director of Gramothan Vidyapeeth and finance secretary of the Swami Keshwanand Memorial Charitable Trust, released Hindi edition of a book on the life of Swami Keshwanand on Sunday.
The book has been translated from English to Hindi by historian Dr Rekha Sood Handa. Toor and Raghubir Singh Bhadoo recall how Keshwanand went to villages to supply books and fought ban on educating women.
In pre and post-Independence period, Keshwanand had founded Sahitya Sadan in Abohar, Gramothan Vidyapeeth in Sangria and more than 200 primary education centers in Punjab and Rajasthan. — Raj Sadosh
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