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== Background ==
Vashist Muni ke janam Banaras, India me 1888 me bahe rahaa aur uu ek sanatani rahaa jon ke Hindi aur English achchha se baat karat rahaa. 23 March 1919 ke uu Calcutta choris aur Australia se hoe ke Fiji May 1920 me pahuchis. Uske murr chilaan rahaa aur uu light orange ke kaprra pahinat rahaa aur ek pink chata carry karat rahaa. Jab uu Fiji pahucha tab Fiji ke Hindustani log uske khusi se swagat karin aur kuch logan uske Vishnu ke autar sochin.
He was born in Banaras, India, in 1888 and was an orthodox Hindu who spoke Hindi and English fluently. He left Calcutta on 23 March 1919 and arrived in Fiji, via Australia in May 1920. His head was shaven, he wore a light orange robe and carried a light pink umbrella with him. He was greeted with enthusiasm by the local Indian community on his arrival in Fiji. Some thought of him as a reincarnation of Lord Vishnu.[1]
== Activities in Fiji ==
=== Educationist and Missionary ===
Suruu me uu sikchha ke kaam karis jon jon jagha me jaada Hindustani log rahat rahin aur Lautoka me ek school ke roll double kar this rahaa. Uu Navua me ek school banais, jahaan par larrka log ke Hindi sikhawa jaat rahaa kaheki uu mangat rahaa ki Hindustani log aapan heritage par proud rahe. Uu nai mangat raha ki Hindustani log Christian school parre. Uu duusra school ke book daan karis aur batais ki you dharmic admi hai. Novrmber 1920 me government uske non-political kaam ke baare me jaanis aur mangat rahaa usse baat kare lekin mauka nahi lagaa.
Jab ki uu Hindustani log ke prastithi ke baare me jaanat rahaa uu khule bolis ki uu kanuni mangat rahaa Hindustani log ke madat kare. Uu nahi mangat rahaa ke Hindustani log India laut jae jaise ke kuch aur Hindustani leader log mangat rahin. Fiji ke government ke suspician rahaa ki Vashist Muni Gandhi ke jasuus raha aur civil servants ke batawa gae rahaa ki uske uppar report kare.
Initially he carried out educational work in areas where Fiji Indians were concentrated and is reputed to have doubled the attendance of a school in Lautoka by walking through the settlements and talking to parents. He built a school in Navua, enrolling boys to study Hindi, as he wanted children to be proud of their heritage. He discouraged Indians from attending Christian schools. He donated books to schools and stated that his mission was religious. He came to the attention of the Government in November 1920 when it became aware of his non-political educational work. The Government wanted to have discussions with him on Indian education but did not manage to arrange a meeting with him.
=== 1921 Strikeke harrtaal === ▼Although he was apalled at the treatment of Indians in Fiji he publicly stated his intention of working through constitutional means to improve the plight of the Fiji Indians. He did not agree with those who were encouraging Indians to return to India. The Fiji Government suspected that he might be an agent of Gandhi and asked Government officials to report on his activities. In one such report he was referred to as the "mystery man", as giving sound advice to the people and responsible for the loss of the influence that N.B. Mitter had enjoyed.
Although the workers of the north-western districts were organised by N.B. Mitter, the strike which began on 11 February 1921, in Ba, was a spontaneous action of the workers and farmers. It spread to all the western districts and Labasa.The strike was peaceful and well organised. [2]
Jab ki Viti Levu ke western district ke majduur log ke N. B. Mitter organise karis rahaa, lekin jon harrtall 11 February 1921 ke Ba me suruu bhae uu apne se suruu hoe gae. Dhire dhire harrtaal sab western district me fael gay aur ekdampeaceful rahaa.
=== Deportation ===
20 March 1921 ke jab uu Tavua me ak meeting karat rahaa tab Lautoka balawa gae ii batae ke ki government usse baat kare mange hai. Uske jahaaj me Suva lae jawa gae aur 23 March 1920 me deport kar dewa gae. Jon roj uske deport karaa gae uu roj Suva ke Government House bijli gire ke kaaran jar gae aur jon jahaaj me uske Suva lae jawa gae uu reef pe charr gae.
On 20 March 1921, while he was addressing a gathering of farmers and labourers at a school in Tavua, he was requested to accompany a police party to Lautoka, on the understanding that the Government wanted to have discussions with him. From Lautoka he was taken by ship to Suva and deported from Fiji on 23 March 1921. On the day when he was deported, the Government House in Suva was destroyrd by lightning and the ship on which he was brought to Suva struck a reef.[3]
== Return to India ==
Uske deport kare ke kaaran harrtaal khalaas nahi bhae lekin che mahina aur chalaa. Baad me Vashist Muni Calcutta ke depot me purana girmitya log ke Fiji jae se roke ke kosis karis. Uu Calcutta me bhuk harrtaal karis aur khule C.F. Andrews ke sarapis jiske uu arkathi bhi bolis. Uske safalta nahi mila kahe ki Andrews Indian government ke indenture systen band karwais.
His deportation did not end the strike, which dragged on for six months. After his deportation to India, he made an appearance at the depot in Calcutta where ex-indentured labourers had gathered to ask for return to Fiji. He asked them not to return, undertook a hunger strike and publicly cursed C.F. Andrews, whom he accused of being a recruiter. This seemed to have the desired effect as Andrews was able to bring political pressure on the Indian Government to stop further labour ships departing for Fiji.
== References ==
1. ^ Sharma, Guru Dayal (1987) ., ''Memories of Fiji: 1887–1987 .'', Guru Dayal Sharma, Suva, Fiji, pp. 48–49. ▼
2. ^ Gillion, K. L. (1977) ., ''The Fiji Indians: Chllenge to European dominance 1920-1946 .'', Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, pp. 53-59. ISBN 0-70811-291-9. ▼▲1. ^ Sharma, Guru Dayal (1987). Memories of Fiji: 1887–1987. Guru Dayal Sharma, Suva, Fiji, pp. 48–49.
▲2. ^ Gillion, K. L. (1977). The Fiji Indians: Chllenge to European dominance 1920-1946. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, pp. 53-59. ISBN 0-70811-291-9.
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