Shri Rishabh Das Ranka Well known social figure all over the country, Shri Rishabhdas Ranka was born at village Fatepur in Khandesh (Maharashtra) on Sept. 3, 1903. His working centres have been Fatepur, Jamner, Jalgaon, Vardha. Poona and Bombay. From the age of 14 he looked after the ancestral cloth business, was later partner in…
Ganadhar Sudharmaswami Short Inspiring Jain Story on Ganadhar Sudharmaswami Sudharmaswami was the fifth Ganadhar of Lord Mahaveera. Ganadhar means a group leader. Lord Mahaveera had many pupils. They were divided into 11 groups and each of them was placed under one Ganadhar. As such, there were 11 Ganadhars in all. The first and foremost was…
Shri Ratan Chand Mukhtar Shri Dhawal Kirat Jain, father of Shri Ratan Chand was a religious minded person who left his deep religious influence on his sons. He expired in September 1960. Shri Ratan Chand was born at Saharanpur (U.P.) in 1902, did his matriculation from there in 1920 and passed Mukhtarship in 1923 from…
Dr. Raja Ram Jain Dr. Raja Ram Jain of Arrah has keen interest in research in Prakrit. He was born in a zamindar family at Malthon in Distt. Sagar (M.P.). on Feb. 1, 1929 and got his early education there and at Vir Vidyalaya Gurukul, Papora (M.P.). He studied Sanskrit and Prakrit at Syadwad Mahavidyalaya,…
Dr. Prem Sagar Jain Dr. Prem Sagar Jain, Sahitya Shastri, Sahitya Ratna and Sidhanta Shastri, Head of Hindi Department (Post-Graduate and Research) is associated with Digamber Jain College, Baraut since 1951. He has been a brilliant student securing positions and merits in High School and Intermediate examinations of Banaras Hindu University. He did M.A. (Hindi)…