Gaurishankar, or Gowrishankar Udayshankar (21 August 1805 - December 1892) was a native minister of the state of Bhavnagar in Kathiawar, India. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Bhavnagar (ભાવનગર भावनगर) is a city in the Indian state of Gujarat. Kathiawar or Kathiawad ( Gujarati: કાઠીયાવાડ; kaʈʰijaʋaɽ is a Peninsula in western India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
He was born into a family of Nagar Brahmins. Nagar can refer to Nagar Syria, an ancient city Nagar Pakistan, a town in Pakistan Nagar Valley, a valley Brahmin ( Brāhmaṇa, sa ब्राह्मणः is the class of educators scholars and preachers in Brahminical Hinduism. He rose from being a revenue officer to be state minister in 1847. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common His success in this capacity was such that on the death of the reigning chief, in 1870, he was appointed joint administrator in concert with a British official. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
The experiment was in every respect successful. Under the simple and economical forms used in native states, improvements suggested by British experience were introduced. The land revenue was based on a cash system, the fiscal and customs systems were remodelled and tree planting was encouraged. The town of Bhavnagar received the great boon of the Gowri-shankar Waterworks, on which six lakhs of rupees were spent. The Bhaunagar state also warmly pressed for railway communication with the continent of India, and thus began a movement which spread a network of railway lines over the peninsula of Kathiawar. The British government rewarded these many services of Gowrishankar with the distinction of C. S. I, in 1877.
He helped to establish the Rajkumar College at Rajkot, for the education of native princes, and also the Rajasthanik Court, which, after settling innumerable disputes between the land-owning classes and the chiefs, has since been abolished. The Rajkumar College (also known as RKC) in Rajkot is one of the oldest K-12 institutions in India today Rajkot (રાજકોટ राजकोट Rājkot) is the 4th largest city in the state of Gujarat, India. In 1879 Gowrishankar resigned office, and devoted himself to the study of the higher literature of that Vedanta philosophy which through his whole life had been to him a solace and a guide. Vedanta ( Devanagari: sa वेदान्त Vedānta) is a spiritual tradition explained in the Upanishads that is concerned with the Self-realisation In 1884 he wrote a work called Svarupanu-sandhan, on the union of the soul with Deity, which led to a letter of warm congratulation from Max Müller, who also published a short biography of him. For the Danish Colonel Max Müller see Second War of Schleswig. In 1887 he put on the robe of the Sanyasi or ascetic, the fourth stage, according to the Hindu Shastras, in the life of the twice-born man, and in this manner passed the remainder of his life, giving above ten hours each day to Vedantic studies and holy contemplation. "Sanyasi" redirects here For the motion picture see Sanyasi (1975 film Sannyasa, ( Devanagari: संन्यास Śāstra (anglicized either shastra or sastra) is a Sanskrit word used to denote Education /knowledge in a general sense He died, revered by all classes, in December 1892.
References
- Javerilal U. Yajnik, Gowrishankar Udayshankar (Bombay, 1889).
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