After ashes, Modi to bring Shyamji's honour home

GANDHINAGAR: PM Narendra Modi will bring docu ments of rein statement of Indian na tionalist Shy amji Krishna Varma to the British Bar back to Gujarat. Modi, who brought the barrister's ashes to India in 2003, is expected to hand over the document to Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel.
A function will be held at Bhuj airport on Friday when the PM arrives for three-day all-India DGP conference in Dhordo, Kutch.Varma, a Mandvi native, was one of the first Indian barristers to be called to the British Bar in 1884. In 1909, he was disbarred from the Inner Temple for advocating Indian independence. The UK on November 9, 2015, reinstated Verma.
"The PMO has informed that the PM will bring the original papers regarding cancellation of Shyamji Krishna Varma's barrister licence cancellation and the new documents of his licence being reinstated by UK. The documents will be handed over CM who will submit them to Verma's memorial Kranti Tirth in Mandvi."