Maurice Frydman

Maurice Frydman alias Swami Bharatananda (* 1901 in Warsaw, † 1976 in India) was an Indian independence fighter and cultural mediator between India and Poland.

Life

Born a Polish Jew in Warsaw, first engineer, he went the end of the 1930s due to the growing European anti-Semitism to India, became head of the power station in Bangalore, was Hindu, lived in the ashram of Mahatma Gandhi, was also Nehru and Ramana Maharshi and Jiddu Krishnamurti close and was actively involved in the struggle for independence of India.

He played a leading role, especially in the experimental establishment of the Aundh State (1938/1939) by the local Maharajah persuaded to abandon its feudal powers in favor of the people. This event is now considered the birth of the Indian democracy. The Aundh experiment succeeded, the state existed until independence in 1947.

Swami Bharatananda died in 1976 in India and was in accordance with Hindu tradition solemnly burned and his ashes scattered in the Ganges.

Trivia

The famous Gandhi spinning wheel, which became the symbol of non-violent resistance and the center of a campaign towards self-sufficiency and independence, was a development and manufacturing engineer Maurice Frydman.

Writings (selection )

• Gandhiji. His Life and Work. Karnatak Publishing House, Bombay 1944.
• I Am That. Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. Chetana Publishing, Bombay 1973, ISBN 0-89386-022-0.