In 1939, he founded the Gujarat Kisan Parishad. He was again imprisoned during 1940–41 for his anti-war campaign. In 1942, he presided over the annual session of the Akhil Hind Kisan Sabha. He started the Gujarati daily Nutan Gujarat in 1943. Post-independence (1947–1972) In 1956, Yagnik led the Mahagujarat Movement for a separate Gujarat state and became the founder president of the Mahagujarat Janata Parishad. In 1957, he was elected to the 2nd Lok Sabha from Ahmedabad constituency as a Mahagujarat Janata Parishad candidate. After the formation of Gujarat state on 1 May 1960, Mahagujarat Janata Parishad was dissolved. In June 1960 he founded the Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad and was re-elected to the 3rd Lok Sabha as its candidate in 1962. He died on 17 July 1972 at Ahmedabad. Works Books Yagnik's most notable work in Gujarati language is his autobiographical work, Atmakatha () in six volumes. Jivan Vikas (Development of Life) Gujarat ma Navjivan (New Life in Gujarat) Karavas (Imprisonment) Jivan Sangram (Life's Struggle) Kisan Katha (Peasant stories) Chhella Vahen (Last streams) Yaroḍā āśrama:1923–24 na Gandhiji na Karavas na Sansmarano, 1952 – reminiscences about Mahatma Gandhi during his imprisonment in Yeravada Jail Pīr-i Sābarmatī (Urdu) (Gandhi as I knew him), 1943 Shyamaji Krishnavarma: life and times of an Indian revolutionary, 1950 Fight for Swadeshi, 1954 Raṇachoḍadāsa Bhavāna Loṭavālā nī jīvana jharamara (Life of Ranchoddas Bhavan Lotvala), 1952 His novel Maya has the Mahagujarat Movement as the backdrop and he wanted to make a Hindi film on the subject but it never happened. Jaher Jivan na Sathi Publications He started or edited several magazines including Young India, Navjivan ane Satya, and Yugadharm, and newspapers including Mumbai Samachar, Nutan Gujarat, The Bombay Chronicle, and Hindustan. Plays Asha-Nirasha – a play depicting the Satyagraha movement in Bardoli, Gujarat Raṇasaṅgrāma – collection of three plays Śobhārāmanī saradārī Varaghodo : Jagrat Stritva nu Natak – a play on feminism Poetry Rashtrageet – anthology of patriotic poetry Short notes "A Programme of Swadeshi for Complete Swaraj", 1967 "Agrarian Disturbances in India" Films His company, Young India Pictures, produced more than ten films in Gujarati. Some of them are: Pavagadh nu Patan (1928) Kali no Aekko Kashmir nu Ghulab Young India Rakhpat Rakhapat Recognition India Post issued a postage stamp depicting his photo with his publication Navjivan and a couple holding the flag in background on 9 December 1999. A statue of Indulal Yagnik