Maurice Frydman

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Maurice Frydman alias Swami Bharatananda (* 1901 in Warsaw , † 1976 in India ) was an Indian independence fighter and cultural mediator between India and Poland .

Life

Born as a Polish Jew in Warsaw , initially an engineer, he went to India at the end of the 1930s due to growing European anti-Semitism , became head of the power station in Bangalore , became a Hindu , lived in Mahatma Gandhi's ashram , and also stood Nehru as well as Ramana Maharshi and Jiddu Krishnamurti close and was actively involved in India's struggle for independence.

He played a leading role in the experimental establishment of the Aundh State (1938/1939) by convincing the Maharajah there to give up his feudal powers in favor of the people. This event is now considered to be the birth of Indian democracy. The Aundh experiment succeeded, and the state existed until independence in 1947.

Swami Bharatananda died in India in 1976 and, according to Hindu tradition, was solemnly cremated and his ashes scattered in the Ganges.

Trivia

Gandhi's famous spinning wheel, which became a symbol of nonviolent resistance and the center of a campaign towards self-sufficiency and independence, was developed and manufactured by the engineer Maurice Frydman.

Fonts (selection)

  • Gandhiji. His Life and Work . Karnatak Publishing House, Bombay 1944.
  • I am that. Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj . Chetana Publishing, Bombay 1973, ISBN 0-89386-022-0 .

literature

  • Charles Allen, Sharada Dwivedi: Lives of the Indian Princes . Century Publ., London 1984, ISBN 0-7126-0910-5 .
  • Joseph S. Age: Gandhi's Body . University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-8122-3556-2 .
  • Kenneth Ballhatchet, David D. Taylor: Changing South Asia . Published for the Center of South Asian Studies in the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, by Asian Research Service, 1984.
  • Mahatma Gandhi: A Discussion with Maurice Frydman (PDF; 1.1 MB) , p. 320. In: The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi .
  • Apa Pant: To Unusual Raja. Mahatma Gandhi and the Aundh Experiment . Sangam Books, 1989, ISBN 978-0-86131-752-3 .
  • Indira Rothermund: The Aundh Experiment. A Gandhian Grass-roots Democracy . Somaiya, 1983, ISBN 978-0-8364-1194-2 .
personal data
SURNAME Frydman, Maurice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bharatananda, Swami
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian independence fighter
DATE OF BIRTH 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH 1976
Place of death India