Birth Date: 22-4-1907
Place of Birth: Hyderabad, Sind (Pakistan)
Academic Attainments :Bar-at-Law
Permanent Residential Address :
21, Framroz Court,
Marine Drive,
Mumbai – 400 020
i) Bar. Advani was offered ‘Ambassadorship’ by the Govt. of India, a rare honour, but declined to accept it, due to over riding consideration of his actively helping Sindhi community at that critical juncture.
ii) Bar. Advani was deeply religious person, but this did not necessarily mean, his association with religious functions or temples. It was ‘spiritualism’ that governed his outlook in life. His spiritual mentor was Dada Jashan Vaswani of Sadhu T.L. Vaswani Mission in Pune.
iii) In his death in May 1991, Sindhi community lost a ‘Rare Gem’ and one of the Builders of Sindhi community in the post-partition era.
Barrister Hotchand Advani was a versatile genius and above all, an incarnation of humanism. He was a brilliant advocate. He served the Sindhi Community in various ways and especially by opening many colleges in association with Principal K. M. Kundnani.
He had a magnetic personality. Alongwith other friends, he started Jai Hind Co-operative Bank and helped Sindhis to borrow money, so that they could build their own houses. This was the dire need of Sindhis, who had lost everything in Sind, in the wake of partition. He headed many trusts in India and abroad. His love for Sindhi language was well known. He was instrumental in starting ‘Hindustan’ (Sindhi Daily) and ‘Hindvasi’ (Sindhi Weekly).