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purpose he opined that Gujranwala would prove suitable to start with and so he set out for Gujranwala to hold the 'Chaturmas' there. But fate had willed otherwise. It was a hot summer. Shri Atmaramji Maharaj set out for Gujranwala from Sankhatra via Kila Sobha Singh & Pasrur. At Pasrur, food was not available and so he set out further at 4 P.M. and reached Barala village. There he had an attack of asthma and then with great difficulty, he could come to Gujranawala on foot. On the fateful 7th of the bright half of month Jyeshta Vikram Samvat 1953. he breathed his last when he was not even sixty years of age. An eventful career thus came to a sudden end, leaving the dream of establishment of 'sarswati mandir' unfulfilled. Had he lived longer, there is no doubt he would have realised his vision and made the educationally backward Jain community into an advanced one because he believed "Sub men gnanvant barbir" i.e. the one with deep knowledge is the bravest. The whole of his life is an epitome of this dictum and it remains for his followers to tread the path that he has shown.
APPENDIX Birth
Samavt
A.D. Lehra Village
1894
1837 Ist of bright half of Chaitra Diksha(dhundia) 1910
1853 5th of bright half of Margshirsh.
(Maler Kotla) Chaturmas(First) 1911 1854 Study of Uttradhyan Sutra.
Sirsa-Ranian Sargathla
1912 1855 Jaipur
1913 1856 Nagaur
1914 1857 Jaipur
1915
1858 Ratlam
1916
1859 Sargathla
1917
1860 Delhi
1918
1861 Zira
1919
1862 Agra
1920
1863 Malerkotla
1921
1864 Sirsa
1922 1865 Studied Astrology Hoshiarpur
1923
1866 Binoli
1924
1867 Wrote 'Nav Tattva' Baraut
1925
1868 Malerkotla
1926
1869
A Brief Life Of Atma Ramji Mahraj
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