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{{Short description|Indian lawyer and educationist}}
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| alma_mater = [[King's College London]]
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| birth_place = [[Hyderabad, Sindh]], [[British India|India]]
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| spouse = Savitri Hotchand Advani
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| works = Founded 20 colleges and 8 Institutions
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* President of [[Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board]],
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'''Hotchand Gopaldas Advani''' (22 April 1907 - 9 May 1991) was an Indian lawyer, educationist, social reformist and a businessman. He was one of the founders of [[Kishinchand Chellaram College|K.C. College]], [[K C Law College, Mumbai|K.C. Law College]] and Jai Hind Cooperative Bank of India. He served as founding president of [[Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board|Hyderabad (Sindh) National Collegiate Board]], and chairman of the Sindhu Resettlement Corporation Gandhidham, India.

== Early life and career ==
Hotchand Advani was born on 22 April 1907 in [[Hyderabad, Sindh]], [[British India]] (now [[Pakistan]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=(Late) Barrister Hotchand Gopaldas Advani {{!}} Sindhi Sangat |url=https://www.sindhisangat.com/(late)barrister_advani.php |access-date=4 June 2022 |website=www.sindhisangat.com}}</ref> His father Gopaldas Jhatmal Advani was a notable lawyer of [[Sindh]]. He got early education in Hyderabad and graduated from [[King's College London]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Founding Fathers |url=https://hsncb.com/founding-fathers/ |access-date=12 May 2022 |website=HSNCB |language=en-US |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520232226/https://hsncb.com/founding-fathers/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He served as a Municipal Councillor of Hyderabad and the President, Hyderabad Bar Association. He was the legal advisor of Hyderabad Municipality, Hyderabad District Local Board, and many other institutions of name and fame. He was also director and member of many banks, institutions, clubs and societies of Sindh.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Abbasi |first=M.U. |title=The Colourful Personalities of Sind and the Sind Year Book |publisher=The Abbasi Publications |year=1944 |edition=First |location=Saddar, Karachi. |pages=117 |language=English}}</ref>

During the partition of [[British India]] in 1947, he moved to [[Pune]] [[India]] and continued his career as a [[Barrister]]. Like his father, he proved himself as one of the leading reputable lawyers of India.

== Contributions ==
Advani was not only a leading lawyer of his time but a great [[educationalist]] as well. For the promotion of education, he and his father founded a trust called [[Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board|Hyderabad (Sindh) National Collegiate Board]] in 1921.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board |url=https://hsncb.com/hyderabad-sind-national-collegiate-board/ |access-date=12 May 2022 |website=HSNCB |language=en-US |archive-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521001840/https://hsncb.com/hyderabad-sind-national-collegiate-board/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> After partition of India, he moved the trust to India in 1949 which was recognised by the [[Maharashtra State]] Government as linguistic ([[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]) minority educational institution. He served as the founding president of this trust in India. On the platform of this trust, Hotachand Advani and [[K.M. Kundnani|Principal K.M. Kundnani]] opened [[R. D. National College|R.D. National College Bandra]] Mumbai in 1949. They opened second college - the [[Kishinchand Chellaram College]] (K.C. College) in 1954. Slowly but steadily, they founded a chain of twenty colleges and eight institutions – opening doors for so many young people to jobs, to education and training in various fields.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sindhishaan - K M Kundnani |url=http://www.sindhishaan.com/article/personalities/pers_03_04a.html |access-date=12 May 2022 |website=www.sindhishaan.com}}</ref>

Advani worked with many social and educational trusts and foundations. He served as a Vice-Chairman of the Watumal Foundation. This trust established the Watumal Senatorium in Mumbai for the treatment of tuberculosis patients. He also served as Chairman of the Saint Miran College Education Board ([[Pune]]), president of Jai Hind College Board, Chairman of the Sindhu Resettlement Corporation Gandhidham, and chairman of the Board of Daily Hindustan.<ref name=":0">Dr Asha, Dayal (8 May 2022). "تعليمدان ۽ قابل قانوني ماھر بئريسٽر دادا ھوتچند آڏواڻي (Educationist and renowned Lawyer Barrister Dada Hotchand Advani)". ''Weekly Hindvasi''. May 2022: 5. Retrieved on 11 May 2022.</ref> He launched Sindhi language newspaper Hindustan and weekly Sindhi magazine Hindvasi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=هوتچند آڏواڻي : (Sindhiana سنڌيانا) |url=http://www.encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=هوتچند%20آڏواڻي |access-date=12 May 2022 |website=www.encyclopediasindhiana.org |language=sd}}</ref>

== Personal ==
Hotchand Advani was married to Savitri Hotchand Advani (5 April 1914 - 25 July 2016). He had three sons Rajkumar Hotchand Advani, Ashok Hotchand Advani and Hiroo Hotchand Advani.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 July 2016 |title=Mrs. Savitri Hotchand Advani |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/mrs-savitri-hotchand-advani/articleshow/53382306.cms |access-date=12 May 2022 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

== Death ==
Hotchand Gopaldas Advani died on 9 May 1991.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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[[Category:1907 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian educators]]
[[Category:Alumni of King's College London]]
[[Category:People from Hyderabad, Sindh]]
[[Category:People from Hyderabad District, Pakistan]]
[[Category:Indian Sindhi people]]

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