- Pyarelal Nayyar
Pyarelal Nayyar (1899-1982) was the personal secretary of
Mahatma Gandhi in his later years. His sister Dr.Sushila Nayyar was the Personal Physician to Mahatma Gandhi.He studied
B. A. fromUniversity of Punjab and quit his M.A. studies during theNon-cooperation movement of 1920.Freedom Struggle
Pyarelal was active in the freedom struggle, in the footstep of Gandhi. He participated in Salt March to Dandi.cite web|url=http://www.saltmarch.org.in/h_marchers.html |publisher=Mahatma Gandhi Foundation|title=The List of Original Marchers]
Pyarelal was portrayed by Pankaj Kapur in the Richard Attenborough film 'Gandhi (1982)'.
Post Gandhi
Pyarelal continued his literary work on Gandhi until his last days.
Writings
He has biographical books on Mahatma Gandhi. Following is a partial list:
#The Early Phase, (Vol. I)
#Mahatma Gandhi : The Discovery of Satyagraha – On the Threshold, (Vol. II)
#Maharma Gandhi : The Birth of Satyagraha, (Vol. III)
#Maharma Gandhi : Satyagraha at Work, (Vol. IV)
#Maharma Gandhi : India Awakened, (Vol. V)
#Maharma Gandhi : Salt Satyagraha – The Watershed, (Vol. VI)
#Maharma Gandhi : Preparing For Swaraj, (Vol. VII)
#Maharma Gandhi : Final Fight For Freedom, (Vol. VIII)
#Maharma Gandhi: The Last Phase, (Vol. IX)
#Maharma Gandhi : The Last Phase (Vol. X)Note: Vol. IV to VII were competed by Shushila Nayyar.
References
* [http://www.mahatma.org.in/pictures/showpics.jsp?picture=piccat0004&link=ph&id=3&cat=pictures A picture of Pyarelal with Gandhi]
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