INTRODUTION OF SANT SATGURUS ( MAHARAJ SAHAB - HUZUR DR. LAL SAHAB )

 LIVES OF SANT SATGURUS

PARAM GURU MAHARAJ SAHAB

Maharaj Sahab Pandit Brahm Shankar Misra Sahab was the third Revered Leader of the Radhasoami Faith. He was born at 3.20 p.m. on 28^th March, 1861 at Banaras. His father Pandit Ram Jashan Misra was a Professor of Sanskrit in the Queen's College, Banaras. Maharaj Sahab had three brothers and one sister. Maharaj Sahab was married at an early age to Nayyanji to whom Huzur  Maharaj gave the name Shabd Pyari. Though the family of Maharaj Sahab was considered very respectable among Brahmans, they were liberal in outlook. His father had accepted a well-known Muslim Faqir of Patna, Syed Sahab, as his Guru, unmindful of any criticism. The Guru once told him that his youngest son would be Faqir of very high status and will have thousands of disciples and that the Guru of his son would love Him exceedingly. He further said that His successor also would be a person of high social standing in Ghazipur and he would make the name and fame of His Guru shine in the world.

 

PARAM GURU HUZUR SARKAR SAHAB

 Param Guru Huzur Sarkar Sahab, Shri Kamta Prasad Sinha Sahab was the fourth Revered Leader of the Radhasoami Faith. He was bom after midnight on Tuesday, the 12th December, 1871. Rai Kulwant Prasad Sinha Sahab, the respected father of Sarkar Sahab was in the Judicial Service of the United Provinces and he retired as a sub-judge. He had four sons and one daughter. Sarkar Sahab was the youngest son. From His very childhood Sarkar Sahab gave indications of being a genius, intelligent and wise. He had prodigious memory. He seldom revised His lessons and could reproduce them after the first reading. He had a good command over Hindi and learned Urdu and Persian also. He was an expert at chess and was counted among the first seven players of chess in India. He was a good rider and a cricket player. He was also fond of music and possessed refined tastes. Sarkar Sahab passed the Middle Class Anglo Vernacular Examination in His fourteenth year and passed Intermediate in 1889. He joined B.A. class simultaneously preparing for LL.B. Examination. During this period He was keenly interested in debates and literary contests.

 

PARAM GURU HUZUR SAHABJI MAHARAJ

        Param Guru Huzur Sahabji Maharaj (Sir Anand Sarup) was the fith Sant Satguru of the Radhasoami Faith. He was bom on 6" August 1881 at sunrise in a middle class family of Ahluwalias of Ambala His father was Shni Lala Kishan Chand Sahab. They were Sahajdhari Sikhs and devotees of Guru Nanak. The family was well-known for their religious devotion. Sahabji Maharaj had two elder and two younger brothers and one sister. Sahabji Maharaj was serene and thoughtful even in childhood and was fond of solitude. He passed the Matriculation examination in 1887 at Ambala and the intermediate examination in 1899 from D.A. V. College, Lahore. He got married to Shrimati Sohan Dei, daughter of Sardar Bishan Singh before passing Matric. He had two sons and three daughters, another son and daughter passed away in infancy. Desire for spintual progress began to possess his mind and keep Him absorbed within Himself When Sahabji Maharaj was studying in the B.A. class, He and a cousin of His left the college to study the Vedas and went quietly first to Nasik and then to Bombay. Their relatives and fniends got worried about their sudden disappearance. Six months later, a letter was received from Sahabji Maharaj at Bombay giving detailed account of their pursuits. He was persuaded by His brother to retum and he brought Him back. No explanation was, however, asked and everybody appreciated His laudable effort. With His studies already suffered, Sahabji Maharaj joined service in Telegraph Department with some training After discharging His official duties, He studied thoroughly the religious books in His spare time.

  

PARAM GURU HUZUR MEHTAJI MAHARAJ

     Mehtaji Maharaj, Gurcham Das Mehtaji, the sixth Sant Satguru of the Radhasoami Satsang, was bom on the 20 December 1885 at Batala, in a respectable Punjabi family. His father was Shri Atma Ram Sahab Mehta. Mehtaji Maharaj was extraordinarily intelligent from childhood. As a boy he applied Himself to studies and obtained high ranks. He passed His B.A. examination from the Government College, Lahore securing second position, He passed Civil Engineering course from the Thomason College of Civil Engineering, Roorkee and was awarded medals for Best Engineering Design, Surveying and Drawing. He joined the Public Works Department of Punjab and rose to the position of Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government before retirement.

                                                                                                                         At the age of thirteen, Mehtaji Maharaj accompanied his father to the Satsang of Huzur Maharaj at Pipal Mandi. Huzur Maharaj enquired about His name and on being told that it was Harcharan Das, Huzur Maharaj changed it to Gurcharn Das. In 1905, after a drama had been performed at Allahabad, Maharaj Sahab, while speaking to the father of Mehtaji Maharaj observed, 'I am very much pleased with Him.' In the summer of 1914, when Sahabji Maharaj was staying at Solan, He referred to Mehtaji Maharaj as Manzur-e-Nazar'. In 1920 when Sahabji Maharaj fell seriously ill at Harda in M.P., he said, "Gurcham Das shall guide the Satsang after me."

 

PARAM GURU HUZUR DR. LAL SAHAB

      Param Guru Huzur Dr. Lal Sahab was bom on 31" January, 1907 in Biswan, District Sitapur. His father Shri Banke Bihari Lal ji was a teacher who had passed MA. and L.T. Examinations and served in Faizabad, Allahabad and then settled in Lucknow.

                                                                           Huzur Dr. Lal Sahab obtained his High School Leaving Certificate in 1922 from Government College, Sitapur and passed the Intermediate Examination from Christian Intermediate College, Lucknow and theréafter He studied in Lucknow University for Bachelors and Masters Degree in Science (Biology) which He received in 1926 and 1928 respectively. Thereafler He got attached to the Zoology Department of Lucknow University where He served throughout His career. The Degree of Doctor of Science was conferred in December 1937 and He was appointed Lecturer in September 1938. Huzur had been a keen researcher He went to Scotland in March 1946 and within a short penod of a year and half got His Doctoral Degree in October 1947. On return He joined the parent department where He became a Reader in June 1948 and Professor in September 1954 which post He continued to hold till retirement in May 1967. He was recalled from retirement by the Governor and appointed Vice-Chancellor of Lucknow University in 1968, where after He finally returned to Dayalbagh in 1971.

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