You will find here audio interviews of Shri Ram Narayanji conducted in the 1980s by the Rajasthan State Archives, Bikaner. We are thankful to the archives for providing us with these precious recordings.
You can also read the transcripts of this recording published by the Rajasthan State Archives (Bikaner, राजस्थान राज्य अभिलेखागार) by clicking here.
In this interview, Ram Narayanji recollects his childhood days in Rajasthan’s Neem ka Thana and his time spent at a school-cum-hostel and later university education in Jaipur where he was first introduced to revolutionary thoughts.
Ram Narayanji elucidates here about the Rajasthan Seva Sangh, the most crucial organization in spreading nationalist thoughts in feudal regions of Rajasthan and fighting oppressive taxation systems through the Bijoliya Satyagraha in the 1920s.
In this recording, Ram Narayanji speaks at great length about his work amongst Bhils in Rajasthan, running the newspaper Young Rajasthan, and his first stay at Gandhiji’s Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad in the late-1920s.
Ram Narayanji here reminiscences his time about his expulsion from some princely states for challenging the feudal order and internal differences in Rajasthan’s nationalist leadership.
Here you can hear Ram Narayanji looking back at his time at Sabarmati Ashram in the late-1920s and early-1930s with a special focus on the ashram inmates and activities in and around the campus.
In this audio interview, Ram Narayanji remembers his time in the Ajmer prison in the wake of the Quit India movement and his training in Dairy Sciences at Bangalore on Gandhiji’s advice to head the Gau Seva Sangh at Wardha Ashram.
Ram Narayanji, in this audio recording, fondly speaks about his association with Jawaharlal Nehru in post-independent India, Bharat Sevak Sangh, and his role in mediating the conflict between Master Tara Singh and Indian government.