Maurice Frydman

Maurice Frydman
Born
Maurycy Frydman-Mor

(1901-10-20)20 October 1901
Died9 March 1976(1976-03-09) (aged 74)
Bombay, India
Other namesSwami Bharatananda
Occupations
  • Engineer
  • Humanitarian
Known forThe Aundh Experiment

Maurice Frydman (Maurycy Frydman or Maurycy Frydman-Mor in Polish), aka Swami Bharatananda (20 October 1901 in Warsaw, Russian Empire[1][2][3] – 9 March 1976 in Bombay, India[4]), was an engineer and humanitarian who spent the later part of his life in India. He lived at the ashram of Mahatma Gandhi and took an active part in India's fight for independence—notably in helping to draft a new constitution for the State of Aundh that became the Aundh Experiment. He was a Polish Jew[5] who subsequently converted to Hinduism.

  1. ^ Bed̜owski, Leszek (2000). Polacy w Indiach 1942-1948: w świetle dokumentów i wspomnień: praca zbiorowa. Londyn: Koło̜ Polaków z Indii 1942-1948. p. 69. ISBN 0-9538928-0-8.
  2. ^ Prachuralaya, Sarvodaya (1975). Sarvodaya, Volume 25. Sarvodaya Prachuralaya. p. 344.
  3. ^ Polskie Towarzystwo Orientalistyczne (1980). Przegląd orientalistyczny. Polskie Towarzystwo Orientalistyczne. p. 71.
  4. ^ self knowledge, was present in Mumbai during his death, therefore have corrected from 1976 to 1977
  5. ^ Alter, Joseph. Gandhi's Body. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000, p. 92