Rich tributes paid to Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary 05TH APRIL
Babu Jagjivan Ram, endearingly called Babuji, was a freedom fighter and a crusader for social justice. His meteoric rise in public life saw him emerge as an eminent and popular political leader who devoted his entire life working for the welfare of his country. He belonged to the vintage era of modern Indian politics. As national leader, parliamentarian, union minister and champion of depressed classes.
Jagjivan Ram was born at Chandwa near Arrah in Bihar, to a family of five siblings, elder brother Sant Lal, and three sisters. His father Sobhi Ram was with British Indian Army, posted at Peshawar, but later resigned due to some differences and bought some farming land in his native village Chandwa, and settled there. He also became a Mahant of Shiv Narayani sect, skilled in calligraphy he illustrated many book of the sect and distributed locally.
Young Jagjivan started going a local school in January 1914, but shortly afterward his father died prematurely, leaving him and his mother Vasanti Devi to economic hardships. He joined Aggrawal Middle School in Arrah in 1920, where the medium of instruction was English for the first time, and joined Arrah Town School in 1922, it was here that is faced caste discrimination for the first time, yet remained unfazed. An often cited incident occurred in the school, there was this tradition of having two water pots in the school, one for Hindus and another for Muslims, so when Jagjivan drank water from the Hindu pot, while being from an untouchable class, the matter was reported to the Principal, who placed a third pot for untouchables in the school, but this pot was broken by him twice, eventually the Principal decided against placing the third pot. An important turning point in his life came in 1925, when Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya visited his school, and impressed by his welcome address, invited him to join Banaras Hindu University.
Jagjivan Ram passed his matriculation in the first division and joined the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in 1927, where he was awarded the Birla scholarship, and passed his Inter Science Examination. He received a B.Sc. degree from the University of Calcutta in 1931, here again he organized conferences to draw the attention towards issues of discrimination, and also participated in the anti-untouchability movement started by Mahatma Gandhi.
Babu Jagjivan Ram had shown complete solidarity with the depressed classes from his early life. He was deeply convinced of the need to improve the lot of the oppressed and the downtrodden sections of the society.Jagjivan Ram played an important role in placing India on a secular foundation. |
| Mr. Jagjivan Ram framed pro-farmer policies, which had helped the nation become self-reliant in foodgrain production. His disciplined life with high values should serve as a source of inspiration to the younger generation. In the progress of the country lies our progress; in its salvation our salvation and in its emancipation, our emancipation. Aano bhadrakrtavo yantuvishwatah.(-RIG VEDA) "Let noble thoughtscome to mefrom all directions" REGARDS Miss.ShaijaVallikatriBhaskaran |
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