INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
By whom among the following was the Paramdham Ashram established?
A
Acharya Kripalani
B
Swami Vivekananda
C
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
D
Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Paramdham Ashram was established by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1934 on bank of river Dham.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paramdham Ashram is established by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in the year 1934 on the bank of river Dham in Paunar village five miles way from Wardha.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bhave was the founder of the Bhoodan Yajna (“Land-Gift Movement”). Born of a high-caste Brahman family, he abandoned his high school studies in 1916 to join Gandhi’s ashram (ascetic community) at Sabarmati, near Ahmadabad. Gandhi’s teachings led Bhave to a life of austerity dedicated to improving Indian village life.

Detailed explanation-4: -Later life and death Bhave spent the later part of his life at his Brahma Vidya Mandir ashram in Paunar in Wardha district of Maharashtra. He died on 15 November 1982 after refusing food and medicine for a few days by accepting “Samadhi Maran” / “Santhara” as described in Jainism.

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