Person took birth on 28 December, 1932 in Night session of life at small village Chorwad, district Junagarh of Gujarat. Chorwad was then, a small village about midway between the historic fort of Diu to the south and the fishing port of Porbandar to the north. Porbandar is the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi. Name Dhirajlal, third of five children (2 girls, 3 boys). His father Hirachand was earning little as the village schoolteacher. His father was, a man of simple habits and lived a measured life. His mother, Jamanaben, was a thrifty woman and knew how to stretch every paisa a long way. Long years of hardship had taught her to handle with great care whatever little money Hirabhai gave her every month on the pay day. But even her thrifty ways often failed to pull her growing family through the month. On such occasions she had to borrow small amounts of money from neighbours. She did not hide such stark realities like A Night from her children, for she did not want to give them a fa...