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Born in 1913, Krishnaji Howlaji Ara did not receive any formal
schooling or education in the field of fine arts. The son of a
chauffeur, Ara spent the initial years of his life in his hometown of
Bolarum, near Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, and only moved to Mumbai at
the age of seven. Once there, he first made a living cleaning cars, and
later joined the Salt Satyagraha movement that was led by Mahatma
Gandhi during India's Independence struggle. He later worked as a car
cleaner for a Japa (showing 500 of 2305 characters). |
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