It is he who suggested that the word ( Sadagraha : means firmness in a good cause.
According to Gandhi, Maganlal was the heart and soul of Sabarmati Ashram.
He followed Gandhi in South Africa in 1903 "in the hope of making a bit of fortune."
However, he ended up following his uncle's self-imposed poverty and joined the Phoenix Settlement.
Gandhi died of typhoid at Patna on 23 April 1928.