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Jharna Dhara Chowdhury

Kumari Jharna Dhara Chowdhury

  • 1998
  • Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Outside India
Took over the reins of Gandhi Ashram with its headquarters at Jayag village in Bangladesh. In 1946, Gandhiji had set out on a unique peace mission to Noakhali (in East Bengal-now Bangladesh) to restore Hindu-Muslim harmony. The Noakhali mission continued since then in the name of Gandhi Ashram looked after by 85 years old Shri Charu Chaowdhury. The mission passed through various vicissitudes including the murder of its inmates and looting of the property of several of them.As a resul .... Read More