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| B | BABA RAGHAV DAS -- | |
| Famous as 'Gandhi of Poorvanchal' ,Baba Raghav Das made his workplace here although he | ||
| was not born here & intermingled with the political, social,economical & cultural life here. | ||
| He was born in a rich brahman family on 12 Dec'1896 at Pune,Maharastra. | ||
| R | His fathers name was 'Sheshappa' & mother 'Gita'. | |
| A | He was having four brothers & three sisters. | |
| His father was a businessman. | ||
| G | His childhood name was Raghvendra.Raghvendra was a child when all his family members died of Plag. | |
| H | ||
| A | After his early education ,he completed F.A. from Bombay in 1913. | |
| V | On the same year he left Maharastra state,in search of a 'siddh guru' & he reached Kashi by Prayag, Mathura,Haridwar from Bombay .Then he reached Ghazipur-where he met 'Mauni baba' & learnt hindi. | |
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| A | In desire of 'Yoga' he turned to berhaj -- where he met 'Yogiraj Anant Mahaprabhu' and accepted him his guru. | |
| S | ||
| Mahatma gandhi visited Gorakhpur in 1921. Baba RaggavDas met Gandhi ji & since then he continuously worked for independence & served for down-troden people. |
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| He was imprisoned for the first time in 1921. | ||
| Baba marched deoria,padrauna,basantpur dhoosi in 1931 during Dandi March of Gandhi ji & worked for 'Namak Satyagrah'. | ||
| In 1944 he was imprisoned for 2 years & tortured in the jail. | ||
| He was imprisoned for about ten times in the freedom fight . | ||
| After freedom,he prefered to serve people rather than to be in government. | ||
| On insistance of Patel,Kidwai & Pant ,contested election against Acharya Narendra Dev & was elected MLA in 1948 but instead of living in luxuries he continuously worked for people. | ||
| During 1947 to 1957 he dedicated himself to 'Gramodyog setup' ,'Khadi explorartion' Gita-ramayan exploration,Harijan elevation,elevation of budha pilgrims,naturopahy,leprosy service,cow devotion.He took active part in 'Bhu-dan' movement started by Binoba Bhave. | ||
| 1948 - Elected MLA against acharya narendra dev | ||
| 1950 - movement against tax on 'kolhu' | ||
| 1951 - setup 'Kust Sewashram ',Gorakhpur | ||
| 1955 - Foot-march for 'Bhu-dan' ,resignation from 111 institutions. | ||
| 1957 - 'Massor Sarvodaya sammelan'. | ||
| In 1958 ,Jan15 at 23:20 hrs , Baba Raghav Das left this earth for ever. | ||
| DEORAHA BABA -- | ||
| D | B | Yogiraj Deoraha baba is well known as a 'siddh person' of 'Yoga' & 'Sadhna'. |
| E | A | During first half of 20th century ,a saint came to Mael town,20 km. south west of Salem-pur tehsil headquarter, and near Saryu river-- 3 km from mael town he sitted on a 'Machan'-- made of wooden logs. |
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| Due to dewar place , people called him deoraha baba. | ||
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| A | 'Jap' , 'tap' , 'Yog' & 'sadhna' were his routine. Social service was his 'dharma' & 'karma'. |
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| H | He used to travel anywhere without any vehicle. | |
| A | Yogiraj reached every year to bank of 'prayag sangam' & back . | |
| After paasing a long time here,he shifted to Vrindavan from mael & sitted on the bank of Yamuna on 'Machan'. | ||
| After somedays there ,he left this life for ever. | ||
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