Forgotten Freedom Fighter

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Forgotten Freedom Fighter

By Hemant Padhya

Shayamji established numerous scholarships for the visiting Indian students to enable them to study in Britain. He also established a lectureship in memory of sociologist Dr. Herbert Spencer at the University of Oxford with a starting donation of £1000 which was an enormous amount of money in those days. Shyamaji lived in London between 1896 and 1907 and fought for Indian freedom against British Rule. He succeeded in gathering the support and help not only of Indian people but also of many British people from all walks of life. With radical and anti-British activities, including his writings and lectures, it did not take long for Shyamji to become an arch enemy of the British Government of the time.