Author: jambudweep

Brahamcharini Chandabaiji Smt. Chandabai was born in a rich Vaishnava Agarwal family of Vrindavan in 1889. Her father B. Narian Das, B.A. was a member of the U.P. Legislative Assembly for several years. At the age of 11 she was married to B. Dharam Kumar, elder brother of B. Dev Kumar Jain of Arrah. It...

DR. BOOL CHAND JAIN A brilliant and bright person althrough Dr. Bool Chand obtained First Class and Government or University scholarships throughout his school and college career. He was a student of Government College, Lahore during 1925-31. He did his Ph. D. (Econ) at the London School of Economics, where he worked under Professor Harold...

PT. BHAIMWAR LAL NYAYATIRTHA A bold journalist, orator and social worker Shri Bhanwar Lai Jain son of Sh. Gaindilal Bhaonsa was born at Jaipur in 1918. One of the main deciples of late Pt. Chainsukh Das he is for over 35 years devoted to religious and social service and is office bearer and Committee member...

PT. BECHARDAS JIVRAJ DOSHI Eminent scholar Pt. Bechardas was born in 1889 at Vallabhipur. At the age of 10 he lost his father and his mother brought him up by doing hard labour for livelihood. At the age of 13 he joined Jain Pathshala at Mandal and later studied at Palitana and Mahesan. In 1906,...

SHRI BASANT KUMAR JAIN A conscious social worker, writer-poet and journalist Shri Basant Kumar got education upto Intermediate at Jaipur. He got Shastri degree from Jaipur and Mahasabha Examination Board, Indore. He is an Associate (Jain Philosophy) of Dig. Jain Parished Examination Board. Having run an independent business previously Shri Jain is now in Prem...

PT. BANSHIDHAR VYAKARNACHARYA Born at village Sorai in Distt. Jhansi (U.P.). Pt. Banshidhar got his intensive education in Sanskrit at Banaras where he had gone from Sagar in 1920. For about 11 years he studied grammar, religion, Nyaya and literature at Syadwad Mahavidyalaya and passed Vyakarna- charya, Dharma Shastri, Nyayatirtha, Nyaya Shashtri and Sahitya Shastri...

PT. BALBHADRA JAIN Pt. Balbhadra was born to his parents Diwan Lakhmi Chand and Smt. Nempyari in village Kurra Chittarpur in Distt. Agra (U.P.) on May 8, 1916. Shri Lakhmi Chand a zamindar and agriculturist was an expert aurvedic physician and did it without charging any fee from the patients. In his childhood, Pt. Balbhadra...

PT. BABU LAL JAIN JAMADAR A bold and courageous speaker, Shri Babu Lai Jamadar has been Lecturer in Jain Religion in Digamber Jain College, Baraut since Sept., 1954. He was Born at Lalitpur in U.P. on April 22, 1922. He actively participated in swimming, sports, scouting and elocution contests during his student life. As an...

SHRI A. SUBAIYYA SHASTRI Shri A. Subaiyya Shastri, an eminent Sanskrit scholar, was born in village Keruwase in South Kanara Distt (Karnataka) in May, 1894. Also educated at Banaras he thoroughly studied Kannad, Sanskrit, Prakrit and Hindi languages. Bengal Sanskrit Association, Calcutta and other Sanskrit academies of the country have awarded him special medals. Shri...