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convince Govt. of India as follow up of JAINA's action to issue commemorative postal stamps or so honoring him. We, the all committee members, are very much pleased to publish this book titled "Glimpses of Jainism and Biography of Forgotten Hero Shri Virchand Raghavji Gandhi". We plan to distribute at JAINA convention 2003 and there after.'
To celebrate his death centenary in 2001, committee had published "Jyotirdharni Jivan Gatha" his life story in Gujarati by P.R. Shah, released after due ceremony at 2001 Chicago convention and “ Jainism" by Herbert Warren, an English man and his follower, edited by Dr. Nagin J. Shah and “Selected Speeches of VRG" published by Shri Vallabhsuri Smarak Nidhi, were also distributed free at VRG booth at convention 2001 and thereafter Jain Digest Summer 2001 (Vol. 18, No.2) issue and JAINA web site www.jaina.org/ education/education material /H10 give more description/ details about VRG's lifetime mission.
+ India based screening subcommittee under the chairpersonship of Dr. Jitendra Shah is publishing this project in national news papers like Times of India, Indian Express, Navbharat Times, in several English, Hindi & Gujarati dailies and in almost all Jain publications in India. Prescribed application forms are also mailed to institutions offering studies in Jainism. Subcommittee invites, scrutinizes and recommends applications for awarding scholarships.It was a matter of great pleasure that the award of this scholarship was started in year 2001, VRG's death centenary year and 2600th birth year of Bhagwan Mahavir, on refundable 8 scholarships from Rs. 6,000 to Rs.10,000 were awarded so far to students studying Jainism. Brochures about this scholarship are updated, printed and distributed from time to time.
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