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Jamnalal Bajaj death Anniversary: Remembering founder of Bajaj Group of companies

From 1920 until the time of his death, Jamnalalji was the treasurer of the Indian National Congress.

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Jamnalal Bajaj 80th Death Anniversary: Remembering the founder of the Bajaj Group of companies

Jamnalal Bajaj was a humanitarian, philanthropist, social reformer, freedom fighter of India and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi. He passed away on 11th February, 1942.

From 1920 until the time of his death, Jamnalalji was the treasurer of the Indian National Congress.

Bajaj took an active part in many social issues like eradication of untouchability, the practice of Hindi language, the promotion of Khadi, and other small sector village industries.

Bajaj also became the president of All India Hindi Sahitya Sammelan.

He founded the Bajaj Group of companies in the 1920s, and the group now has 24 companies, including six that are listed on the bourses.

He was also a close and beloved associate of Mahatma Gandhi, who is known to have often declared that Jamnalal was his fifth son.

India Postal Department has issued a special commemorative stamp in honor of this true patriot and noble son of India, who was an embodiment of all the best on Indian culture and tradition.

Close to Gandhi:

After Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa, Bajaj took an instant liking to his teachings.

Looking to get Gandhi to make Wardha a center of his freedom movement, Bajaj donated 20 acres of land to Gandhi, who later adopted him as a son.

Despite the Marwari business community enjoying warm relations with the British, Jamnalal renounced the title of Rai Bahadur and the honorary magistrate post given to him during World War I, and joined the freedom movement.

Jamnalal went on to participate in the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22), Nagpur Jhanda Satyagraha (1923), Boycott of Simon Commission (1928), Dandi March (1930), among other important events leading up to 1942.

Following Gandhi’s arrest after Dandi March and the ensuing arrests, Jamnalal found himself in Nasik Central Jail for two years.

In 1942, at the peak of the freedom movement, Gandhi wrote about Jamnalal in Harijan, “There was no work of mine in which I did not receive his fullest cooperation in body, mind and wealth.

Neither he nor I had any attraction for what is called politics. He was drawn into it because I was in it.

My real politics was constructive work, and so too was his. I had hoped that after me he would fully carry on those works of mine which would be regarded as of special importance.”

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