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'''Dayaram Gidumal Shahani''' (30 June 1857 – 7 December 1927) or '''Rishi Dayaram''', was an Indian social reformer, judge, poet, and scholar. He was known as the godfather of [[Sindhi Hindus]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1171383|title=Daya Ram Gidumal of Sindh — a silent servant, a silent sufferer|first=Akhtar|last=Balouch|date=March 23, 2015|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Born in [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]], [[Sindh]], Dayaram received his early education in Persian at home from Akhoond Noor Mahammed. He later studied at [[Elphinstone College]] in Bombay and joined the Civil Service. He rose to the position of Judicial Commissioner in Sindh but chose not to accept a position as High Court Judge.<br />
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He helped establish the [[D. J. Sindh Government Science College|D.J. Sindh College]] in [[Karachi]] and supported education for women. He was a scholar of Arabic, Persian, and Sanskrit. He retired in 1911 to Bombay where he lived in a "Blue Bungalow" on the beach. He founded the Seva Sadan along with [[Behramji Malabari]]. He published numerous books including ''Sata saheliyun'' (Seven girl-friends, 1906) and ''Chabak mana lai ain rihan'' (Lashes for the mind, 1923–29). Works in English include ''The History of a Humble Soul'' (a biography of [[Sadhu Hiranand]]), ''Something about Sindh'' (1882) and a biography of Malabari with an introduction by [[Florence Nightingale]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Florence Nightingale and Bombay Presidency| author=Ramanna, Mridula| journal=Social Scientist| volume=30| issue=9/10| year=2002| pages=31–46| jstor=3517957}}</ref> He wrote on religion and spiritualism under the pen-names of Zero, Bijal and Sigma.<ref>{{cite book|page=3947| title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot.| author=Lal, Mohan|year=1992| publisher=Sahitya Akademi}}</ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
Dayaram first married Yashoda. They had two sons and three daughters. His second marriage was at the age of 56 to a young girl Urmila aged 26 at his ashram in 1913. He withdrew himself from society after this: it was apparently to protect the girl who had become pregnant after a relationship with a boy at the ashram.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Dayaram Gidumal| author=Malkani, K.R.|pages=65–67 |url=http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10689/11626/6/Chapter%201_61-125p.pdf| title=Dictionary of National Biography. Volume II (E-L)|editor=Sen, S.P.|year=1973| place=Calcutta| publisher=Institute of Historical Studies}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.dawn.com/news/1171383 Biography]<br />
* [[iarchive:lifelifeworkofbe00shahiala|The Life and Life-work of Behramji M. Malabari (1888)]]<br />
* [[iarchive:cu31924023088796|The status of woman in India (1889)]]<br />
* [[iarchive:in.ernet.dli.2015.513878|Hiranand - the soul of Sindh (1903)]]<br />
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