1. Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik was an Indian independence activist and a Member of Parliament from 1957 to 1972.
18 Facts About Indulal Yagnik
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Indulal Yagnik was a leader of the All India Kisan Sabha and one who led the Mahagujarat Movement, which spearheaded the demand for the separate statehood of Gujarat on 8 August 1956.
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Indulal Yagnik was re-elected to the 3rd, 4th and 5th Lok Sabha from the same constituency from 1962 to 1972.
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Indulal Yagnik was born in a Nagar brahmin family at Jhagadia Pol in Nadiad, Kheda, Gujarat.
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Indulal Yagnik completed his primary and secondary education in Nadiad and after passing the matriculation examination in 1906, he joined the Gujarat College in Ahmedabad.
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Indulal Yagnik brought the tri colour flag from Stuttgart, Germany which was hoisted by Madam Cama.
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Indulal Yagnik was deeply influenced by Annie Besant during his college days.
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Indulal Yagnik was its editor until 1919, when he handed it over to Mahatma Gandhi.
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Indulal Yagnik wrote the first 30 chapters of Gandhi's autobiography in Yeravada jail after taking dictation from him.
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Indulal Yagnik joined the Servants of India Society in the same year but resigned in 1917 and joined the Home Rule Movement.
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Indulal Yagnik was imprisoned by the British from April 1923 to March 1924.
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Indulal Yagnik travelled to a number of countries in Europe from 1930 to 1935.
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Indulal Yagnik started the Gujarati daily Nutan Gujarat in 1943.
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In 1956, Indulal Yagnik led the Mahagujarat Movement for a separate Gujarat state and became the founder president of the Mahagujarat Janata Parishad.
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Indulal Yagnik started or edited several magazines including Young India, Navjivan ane Satya, and Yugadharm, and newspapers including Mumbai Samachar, Nutan Gujarat, The Bombay Chronicle, and Hindustan.
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Indulal Yagnik wrote about Indian and Western films in the Gujarati-language newspaper Hindustan, that he edited.
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Indulal Yagnik went on to write screenplays for a few films, before co-founding his own film production company, the Classical Pictures Corporation.
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Indulal Yagnik quit films before the talkies era began, especially after his Kashmir Nu Gulab failed commercially, immersed himself in nationalist politics.