Marwaris : or Mārwādi was a term originally used for everyone who belonged to Mārwād as well as their language. Over time that term became restricted to certain trading communities within that region’s Baniā ethnic category. They have been a highly successful as traders & investors in various businesses. Their migration became increasingly divergent following the decline in wars between Rajput kingdoms, which they financed, & the decreasing of their influence over North Indian caravan trading routes that resulted from the British hiring them. The commercial & legal frameworks that this new alliance assured them brought them greater wealth, safety, & influence than what their connections with the Rajput & Moghul had done. There were particularly significant population shifts of this community to Bombay in 1835-50 & Calcutta from the 1870s, as well as to Madras.
... entreaties, petitions and deputations of the Jains? God must have designed this to serve as an eye-opener to these Marwaris and to show them how much regard those English have for their welfare—the English for whose benefit the Marwaris acted treacherously towards their own people. The Marwaris ought to take a lesson from the calamity and be prepared to act in accordance with God's design. Page 862... They Page 861 purchased Swadeshi cloth and sold it at cost price without taking any profit from the villagers in the mofussil. If at that time the Bombay merchants and mill-owners and the Marwaris of Calcutta had co-operated with us sincerely, the Swadeshi and boycott movements would have been in a different condition today. The mill-owners of Bombay took advantage of the Swadeshi movement... punished them for it. All-powerful God brought down calamity on them, considering that those who acted against the interests of His children will never come to their senses unless they are punished. The Marwaris are mostly Jains. Government has taken possession of Parswanath Hill, and on the spot where people used to flock for worship, there will be bungalows erected in which there will be dancing and tamashas ...
... will exasperate the whole of the mercantile community in the country. It will convince those who still dream that industrial development is possible without political power, of their mistake. The Marwaris are already alienated, the whole Jain community seething with an indignation too deep-rooted for words. The Tuticorin reign of terror directed against the one Swadeshi enterprise which can prevent ...
... will have his point: therefore I thought that it would be better to give him a straightforward reply. Also his constant reference to his offerings "all this money belongs to you" smacks of a typical Marwari mentality. Besides he is trying to exploit too much the money he has offered for the publication work. However, you will do, Mother, as you think best. With deep devotion I offer my pranams at ...
... People, perhaps in consideration of our taste for history and revolution. Arrangements soon came to be made, ail of a sudden and it seemed as if by accident, for our coaching in Hindi as well. A Marwari gentleman who used to help Sri Aurobindo in his journalistic work had a Pundit as his protégé to whom he had to pay 70 or 75 rupees per month as an honorarium. So he asked Sri Aurobindo if instead ...
... People, perhaps in consideration of our taste for history and revolution. Arrangements soon came to be made, all of a sudden and it seemed as if by accident, for our coaching in Hindi as well. A Marwari gentleman who used to help Sri Aurobindo in his journalistic work had a Pundit as his protégé to whom he had to pay 70 or 75 rupees per month as an honorarium. So he asked Sri Aurobindo if instead ...
... The Riddle of This World. Vishnu Prasad Doctor. A Gujarati disciple, Puraniji's student and secretary. He was a good gymnast and later taught malkhamb to young boys. Rambai: A Marwari lady disciple. Luchi: a kind of small and thin saucer-shaped bread fried in ghee. Hasi or Uma Bose (22.1.1921-22.1.1942): A 'lovely singer', sang like a nightingale. ...
... that Abhayanand was Mahant's man and hirelings had been engaged to beat the volunteers of Swami Satchidananda and Vishwananda. Satchidananda was saved from being killed by the Gurkha, the keeper of a Marwari-Dharamsala. Sri Aurobindo was not only interested but anxious that the fight must go through to success. Mahatmaji's silent day and the conclusion of his talk with the Swarajists came up ...
... From that time I started feeling the need for a separate kitchen and dining room for the young. The Corner House used to be previously a godown and office of .the Savanna Cloth Mill. Later a Marwari named Jaypuria bought the house from the mill and later the mill as well. After that, its name was changed to Swadeshi Cotton Mill. Page 116 ...
... kitchen and dining room." At that time the house belonged to someone else. There was no hope of our getting it. And yet Mother said this. Before long, legal proceedings began between the Marwari and the French Company. In the end the house came up for auction and we got it for a rather low price. As the house was at the intersection of two roads and very near the Playground, Mother named ...
... seen the site and am going to take possession of it now.” We went to a spacious room on the first floor of a building at the Harrison Road crossing. The arrangements for rent were finalised with the Marwari owner. After we left and came down to the street, Sudhir told me, “I am going to sell shoes. Look, I have printed hand-bills.” He produced a handful and showed them to me. I read, “This shoe shop is ...
... ground. They even think that you live in an underground cellar. Perhaps, it is in this way that legends gather round great names. Disciple : M . used to describe the visit of a Calcutta Marwari who came to Pondicherry On business. He came to Rue de la Marine house and met M. He asked him : "Where is Sri Aurobindo ? I want to see him". M. replied : "You can't see him". Then with an ...
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