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After his return from America, Babubhai got a job on a high
post in the renowned company Jyoti Ltd. of Baroda. His job
was prestigious and reputed. Nanubhai Amin of the Jyoti Ltd.
was one of the venerable personalities of Baroda. Nanubhai and
Babubhai became close friends. Now, people looked up to him
with respect, one because he occupied a high post, and two he
was a close friend of Nanubhai Amin. He had everything that
was needed to include him in the elite class in Baroda, he needed
not doing anything to make more effort towards it. However,
as a Swayamsevak, he kept himself aloof from all these things.
He made efforts how he could give more and more of his time
to the Sangh, and how he could benefit it by his knowledge and
experience.

Babubhai was in a situation in which he could have derived
respect and honour in the elite life of Baroda. He could have
joined a few institutions in order to obtain what all he might
have desired for his personal life. 40-50 years ago in our country,
the society looked up to a man in a different perspective if he
had returned from America after obtaining higher studies.
Everybody looked at him with awe and respect, and thought of
having close contact with him. However, Babubhai did not like
this type of pretension even a bit. He gave his priority to the
Sangh work all his life. He devoted as much time to the Jyoti
Ltd. as was enough to do justice to his reputed job, and he
invested the remaining time and energy in the well-being of
the society, as he had learnt from the Sangh’s culture.

Babubhai enjoyed a high reputation in the Jyoti Ltd. because
of his personality and education. He could have served in it so
long he wished to, but he decided to take retirement from there
at the age of 58 years, and decided to devote the remaining
period of life to the Sangh.

In the rank hierarchy of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh,
the post of the Sanghchalak is quite prestigious and reputed.
With his retirement, he was given the post of the Sah-prant-
Sanghchalak of Gujarat. With his decision to dedicate his whole
time to the Sangh, he engaged himself in expanding the Sangh
work in every corner of Gujarat. Unfortunately, Keshavrao