same letter Babasaheb made an inquiry for Yashawant and Mukund. When Babasaheb came back to India some social welfare want to give some money and award But Babasaheb politely and clearly refused it.
Ramabai was a symbol of contentment of heart, nobility of mind and purity of character. She had passed the major portion of her life in pinching poverty, spent days and nights in anxiety for her husband's safety and health, observed rigid fasts, on Saturdays took only water and black gram, worshipped God, and invoked his blessings on her Saheb. Her eyes, her hands and her thoughts were devoted to the service of her Saheb.
When Bhimrao was pursuing higher education in London, his family was made to eat things not meant for human consumption. But Ramabai never complained. Due to lack of proper food, care and the sorrow of the death of her four children reduced her to a skeleton. And despite numerous treatments she left Bhimrao desolate on 27th May 1935. On her death, people christened him as a saint. But yearning for uplift of 7 crore Dalits and to fulfill the last wish of Ramabai, he gave up his sainthood. |