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'''Brij Krishna Chandiwala''' was an [[Indian freedom fighter]] from [[Delhi]] and a political associate of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] who was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 1963 for his contributions to the field of [[social work]].<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Brij Krishna was born in 1900, the sixth child of Banarsidas Chandiwala and Janki Devi.<ref name="famhist">'Family History of Chandiwala Family', Manuscript in [[Nehru Memorial Museum & Library|Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]], Individual Collections, B.K. Chandiwala, Instalment II-III Subject Files, F no. 6</ref> The Chandiwalas were a family of silver traders of [[Chandni Chowk]] in Delhi. He was educated at [[St Stephen's College, Delhi]] where he met Gandhi, who had gone there as a guest of the college principal, [[S. K. Rudra]], in 1918.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|title=The league of quiet, extraordinary gentlemen|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/society/the-league-of-quiet-extraordinary-gentlemen/article4298538.ece|access-date=13 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=11 January 2013}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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== Gandhi's associate ==<br />
His meeting with Gandhi deeply influenced Chandiwala and he became an ardent follower and close associate of Gandhi. Chandiwala took to spartan meals and to wearing [[khadi]] under Gandhi's influence. Also, he took to himself the task of supplying Gandhiji his goat's milk whenever he stayed in Delhi and his earnestness in this matter earned him the nickname ''gwalin'' (milkmaid) from [[M. A. Ansari|Dr. M A Ansari]].<ref name="mkgandhi">{{cite web|title=Gandhiji and Delhi|url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/short/ev27.htm|publisher=Gandhi Research Foundation|access-date=13 January 2013}}</ref><br />
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During the 1930s, Chandiwala helped organise the stone breakers of Delhi into a union and took up cases of violation of their rights with the Delhi administrators and in courts of law to ensure better compliance to government regulations regarding their work and to get compensation for them.<ref name="mkgandhi" /> While in Delhi, Gandhi used to stay at Chandiwala's house and Gandhi's 21-day fast for communal harmony in 1924 was undertaken there. Chandiwala was with Gandhi on the day of [[Assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|his assassination]] and it was he who prepared Gandhi's body for [[cremation]].<ref name="thehindu" /><ref name="mkgandhi_a">{{cite web|title=The Last Hours Of Mahatma Gandhi|url=http://www.mkgandhi.org/last%20days/last%20hours.htm|publisher=Gandhi Research Foundation|access-date=13 January 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Social work ==<br />
After [[Independence of India|Independence]], Chandiwala took to social work and became a founding member and president of the Bharat Sewak Samaj and Sadachar Samiti. In 1952 he founded the Shri Banarsidas Chandiwala Sewa Smarak Trust Society which was initially headed by Gandhi's son [[Devdas Gandhi|Devdas]]. The trust runs several hospital and educational institutes in Delhi including the Janki Devi College for Women which has been named in honour of his mother.<ref>{{cite web|title=Janki Devi Memorial College - About Us |url=http://jdm.du.ac.in/aboutus.html |access-date=13 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002093812/http://jdm.du.ac.in/aboutus.html |archive-date=2 October 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shri Banarsidas Chandiwala Sewa Smarak Trust Society - About Us|url=http://www.chandiwalaestate.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39&Itemid=91|access-date=13 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=BCIP Today - August 2010|year=2010|publisher=Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Physiotherapy|pages=2|url=http://www.bcip.ac.in/bcip/images/stories/BCIP_Final_25[1].08.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304150045/http://www.bcip.ac.in/bcip/images/stories/BCIP_Final_25[1].08.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-03-04}}</ref> For his contributions to the field of social work Chandiwala was awarded [[Padma Shri Awards (1960–1969)|the Padma Shri in 1963]].<ref name="thehindu" /><br />
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== Books ==<br />
Chandiwala authored a three volume book in [[Hindi]] titled ''Bapu Ke Charanon Mein'' which was later translated into [[English language|English]] as ''At the Feet of Bapu''.<ref name="thehindu" /><ref>{{cite book|last=Carter|first=April|title=Mahatma Gandhi: A Selected Bibliography|year=1995|publisher=Greenwood Press|pages=74|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b6NYLzMC3ZIC&q=Brij+Krishna+Chandiwala&pg=PA74|isbn=9780313282966}}</ref> His other notable work is the ''Gandhiji ki Delhi Diary'' which chronicles Gandhi's days in Delhi.<ref name="mkgandhi_a" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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