Tag: Progressive Jains Of India

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...

SHRI ANUP CHAND JAIN A devoted scholar, Shri Anup Chand bor on Sept. 10,1922, is a silent and active worker of Jaipur. His father Shri Gomti Lai Bhaonsa was a well-known cloth merchant and socialite. Educated at Digamber Jain Sanskrit College, Jaipur Shri Anup Chand was one of the main disciples of late Pt. Chanisukh...

SHRI ANAND PRAKASH JAIN Born at Shahpur in Distt. Muzaffarnagar (U.P.) on 15th Aug. 1927 Shri Anand Prakash Jain is a historical novelist and story writer of repute. He suffered two years rigorous imprisonment for participating in national movement in 1942. After having worked for 12 years as Editor of monthly 'Parag' of Times of...

SHRI AKSHAYA KUMAR JAIN A most distinguished journalist and writer Shri Jain has held the highest positions in the journalistic field in the country. He was born at Bijaigarh in Distt. Aligarh (U.P.) on December 30, 1915. His father Diwan Roop Kishore Jain was a creative writer. He passed B.A. from Holkar College, Indore in...

SHRI AGAR CHAND NAHATA A distinguished scholar, art collector and writer of repute, Shri Agar Chand Nahata is devoted to writing and editing for the last 45 years. Besides 45 books written by him,his 4000 articles have appeared in about 300 journals and magazines. He has collected about 50,000 hand written scriptures and 50,000 published...

DR. ADINATH NEMIIMATH UPADHYE An eminent scholar and learned Professor of long standing, Dr. Upadhye comes out of a traditional pious family. He passed M.A. in 1st Division in 1930 and received his D. Litt. from Bombay University in 1939. He was Springer Research Scholar during 1940-43. He was Lecturer/Professor of Ardhamagadhi in Rajaram College,...