Jain_Satyaprakash 1947 07

Author(s): Jaindharm Satyaprakash Samiti - Ahmedabad
Publisher: Jaindharm Satyaprakash Samiti Ahmedabad

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[ 40 42 [2] ता. २३-५-१९४७ना रोज उदेपुर राज्यना नवा राज्यबंधारण अने प्रताप विश्वविद्यालयनी स्थापनानी जाहेरातना प्रसंगे उदेपुरना महाराणा साहेबे जे भाषण आप्युं हतुं तेमां सातमी बाबतनो उल्लेख कर्या पछी ' देवस्थाननिधि ' अने 'प्रताप विश्वविद्यालय' भंगे जे उल्लेख कर्यो हतो ते मूळ अंग्रेजीमां नीचे मुजब छे
Mewar had its own problems. It is the land of shrines, temples, and Sadayrats which generations of our ancestors and devout donors from Mewar and other parts of India have founded, attracting pilgrims from the whole country. In a sense, therefore, Mewar is the holy land of India. The shrines, lands and other grants formed part of the Devasthan Departments, hitherto treated as a separate trust outside the State Budget. Por centuries they have been the bulwark of Arya Dharma and have now been placed on a firm and irrevocable basis outside the sphere of Government. All these shrines, Sadavrats and grants have been consolidated into a single trust under the name of Devasthan Nidhi, a corporation with a common seal.
Mewar had been the land of learning and once in the precincts of its shrines the study of Hindu Shastras in all their branches were being cultivated. In order to restore this purpose to suit modern conditions, the Constitution provides that Devasthan Nidhi should be associated with an Educational Centre, named after Mabarana Pratap, which shall make Mowar once again a centre of enlightened Hindu Culture in whose defence our heroic ancestors and generations of our brave people, laid down their lives. The Vishyavidyalaya shall work throush Hindi as medium and shall aim at establishing anvanced conrses in Sanskrit studies and Ayurved which we consider as primary essentials of education in India. Of the education given in the Vishyavidyalaya education in Arya Dharma shall be an integral part.
Both the Devasthan Nidhi and the Pratap Vishyavidyalaya bave been guaranteed automony by this Constitution. The members of Devasthan Nidhi form the first governing body or Parishad of the Visbravidyalaya. In order to make it an all India Centre of education, We have invited men prominent in many spheres of life to be the first members of Devasthan Nidhi and the Parishad of the Vishvavidyalaya, His Highness Mahendra Maharaj Sir Yadavendra Singhji Sahib Bahadur of Panna, The Hon. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Member of the Government of India, and Sheth Jugal Kishore Birla, among others, have already accepted our invitation, Shri K. M. Munshi has been good enough on our invitation to agree to be the first Chairman of the Nidhi and the first Vice Chancellor of the Vishyavidyalaya.
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