Hanuman Prasad Poddar

mArvAri in bengal, arrested and held guilty of supplying arms to revolutionary Indian Freedom fighters of Anushilan Samihiti who wanted to liberate India and waged direct war against British, shunned by his own business community, founding editor of non-profit hindu publisher gIta press, close to hindu conservatives, refused titles such as rai bhadur, knighthood, bhArata ratna and was scrupulous about discouraging attempts at praise (including destroying letters by Tilak etc.).

  • To be continued.