Banarsidas Chaturvedi
Banarsidas Chaturvedi (1892-1985) was a noted Hindi-language writer, journalist and recipient of Padma Bhushan given by Government of India in 1973.[1] He was born in 1892 in Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh and died in 1985.[2] He served as a nominated member of Rajya Sabha for twelve years.
Banarsidas became interested in the plight of indentured labourers (Girmitiya) of Indian origin in Fiji where he spent several years. He wrote extensively about the predicament of Indians in Fiji. With the intervention of Reverend C. F. Andrews, the system of indentured labour in Fiji was formally ended in 1920.
A book in English titled 'Charles Freer Andrews, a Narrative' written by Banarsidas with Marjorie Sykes as co-author and foreword written by Mahatma Gandhi was published in 1949.
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