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The Honourable Guruji
Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golvalkar

The life of Golvalkar, Guruji, is a fine example of dedication. Guruji
possessed all those qualities which are expected of an individual
who lives for his goal – patience, determination, perseverance.

The Parliament of India, which is a representative
institution for millions of Indians, offered its tribute to a great
man, who had never been to the gate of its building. Still, both
houses of the Parliament, leaving aside the tradition, offered its
tribute to this great man, who had never been its member. The
then Prime Minister of India, Smt. Indira Gandhi had said: “He
was not a member of the Parliament. Sri Golvalkar, who was a
prestigious gentleman, is not amongst us. He was scholarly,
powerful, faithful. With his impressive personality and infallible
faith for his ideas, he enjoyed a very important place in national
life.”

Eminent people from all over the country paid their tribute
to this great man. The Deccan Chronicle of Hyderabad wrote:
“Like Vivekananda, he too was a soul of India incarnate.” The
Navbharat Times wrote: “Even those, who possess a difference
of opinion and ideals, accept his detachment, glory, renunciation
and penance with goodwill. These qualities are being lost in
our national life. Individual endeavour for ideals has become a
matter of jokes among hundreds of thinkers; but this is an
undisputed historical fact that no nation can emerge as a
powerful country unless it cultivates in itself those qualities
which were manifested in the life of Golvalkar. The philosophy