Biography of Totaram Sanadhya | totaram sharma|Bhushan of Sabarmati Ashram
Totaram Sanadhya (Bhushan of Sabarmati Ashram)
Early life of Totaram Sanadhya
Totaram Sanadhya was born in Hirangi (Firozabad) in 1876. His father name was P.Revathiram. He had two brothers ‘Ramlal’ and ‘Durga Prasad’. His childhood was spent in poverty due to the untimely death of the father and the absence of any special ancestral property and due to all his poverty was usurped by the moneylenders who gave loans. Their elder brother left his home and went to Calcutta to earn money for the livelihood of their family. Their he started working as an accountant and after few days he died. Now, the condition of his family remained very pathetic. Now, Totaram Sanadhya decide to left home considering himself as a burden on his family. Finally he left their home in 1893 and went out in search of work.
Searching of employment
Wandering in search of employment, he fall into the hands of an Arcati (A contractor who does the work of sending porters, laborers etc. abroad) who suggested he to go to Fiji. Showing Sabzbag (pretend to be false), he said, “Look brother, where you work, you will not have to suffer. you will not have any problem there. Eating a lot of sugarcane and bananas and to live peacefully.”
Totaram wanted to get rid of poverty. Got ready in a hurry. In a few days all the formalities were completed.
Totaram was told that in Fiji he would get 12 annas a day and would have to do farming work for 5 years. If he returns from there after five years, he will have to pay the rent from her own and if he returns after 10 years, the government will pay the rent from her own hands. There he can earn a lot of money. There is great joy there. What is Fiji — simply, it is heaven!
Now Totaram was considering himself lucky by boarding the ship. The ship reached Fiji in three months via sea voyage to Singapore, Borneo etc.
Thus he reached Fiji in 1893 as an indentured laborer.
There he were very disturbed by the condition of the Indian laborers and started working for their welfare.
Return to India and Literary Creation
After living in Fiji for 21 years, he left Fiji for India on 27 March 1914 and reached India in May 1914. While there he wrote the book ‘My Twenty One Years in Fiji Island ‘ which became a historical document. This book has been translated into many languages. Apart from this, his ‘The Story of the Haunted Line’ has also been published.
The indentured practice in the Fiji Islands ended on 1 January 1920. In this apart from others, Totaram Sanadhya and his book played an important role.
Social life of Totaram Sanadhya
He started Ramlila for the first time in 1902 in Navua. He fought for the rights of the contract workers who settled in Fiji. Contacted Mahatma Gandhi to try to improve the lives of Indian workers.
Death of Totaram Sanadhya
He died in 1947 while living in Sabarmati Ashram.
On Totaram’s death, Mahatma Gandhi wrote, ‘Veteran Totaram ji left without taking service from anyone. He was the Bhushan of Sabarmati Ashram. He was not a scholar, but he was knowledgeable. There were stores of hymns, yet there were singers. He used to enchant the people of the ashram with his ektaara and bhajans. … “Paropkarai Satam Vibhutayah” This literally remained true in Totaram ji.
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