But in the year 1949 , there was change in his life . He took retirement from his work and dedicated his life towards social service . He got inspiration for social work from Thakkar Bapa and became a member of Servants of India Society and served in earthquake relief works in Assam and earthquake relief works in Kutch and tribal upliftment in Himachal Pradesh After , leaving Jharia in 1949 , he spent almost a decade in Calcutta where he already had a house and offices for coal supply business . Here , he helped founding Laxminarayan Temple & Dharamshala and Laxminarayan Trust Hospital at Bhowanipore , both the establishments were funded by Gujarati diaspora of Calcutta , which included a handsome donation by him . He also helped starting couple of schools in Calcutta
earthquake
1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake
Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh