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NOTES AND NEWS
153 Ratan Pt. Jiyalal, Vidya Varidhi Champat Rai Jain, Pt. Mahavir Prasad, Pt. Ganga Prasa : S'astri, Pt. Rishi Ram, Pt. Ramchand Maulvi Abdul Haq, Sardar Karam Singh, Prof. Chatur Sen Shastri, Pi. Ram Chandra Sharma, Sardar Gurbaksh Singh, B. Uınrao Sinzh, Prof. P. B. Adhikari of Benares, Babu A. C. Bose, Pt. Bholanath Mukhtar of Bulandshahr, L Nemchand, and Prof. Homee. We are glad to note that Jains and non-Jains, Hindus and Mahommedans, Sikhs and Aryasamajists envinced great interest in the celebration of the birthday othe great Saviour and Teacher of all.
Holiday for Anant Chaudash Our Readers will be glad to know that in answer to the represention made to the Hon'ble, the Chief Commissioner, Delhi, by the Jain community and published in the Gazette for January 1927, the Chief Commissioner has been pleased to include Anant Chudash in the list of Public Holidays for the Delhi Province. (Vide D. O. No. 7486 Home, dated 8th December 1926). We offer our sincere thanks to the Jain Mitra Mandal and Rai Bahadur Lala Moti Sagar, Vice-Chancellor of the Delhi University for their efforts in getting this public holiday.
Mr. C. R. Jain in Santiniketan. The principal, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, writes ;
“Mr. Champatrai Jain, Bar-at-Law, the renowned Jain scholar came to the Visvabharati and stayed here for some time. He delivered a course of highly interesting lectures on Jainism and took regular classes for the benefit of our students. By his erudition and scholarship he has been able to arouse sufficient interest in our scholars in the direction of Jainism, a much neglected and yet very important branch of Indian culture. His masterly exposition of Jain doctrines by a comparative study of religious ideals on scientific lines was highly appreciat d here. For the encouragement of Jaina studies Mr. Jain has kindly offered a scholarship and there are chances of our being able, through the munificience of Mr. Jain and other Jain societies, to make permanent arrangements for the study Jainism in the Visvabharati.
Visvabharati's thanks are also due to Brahmachari Sital Prasadji who came here as the first lecturer on Jainism and through whose endeavour also further arrangements for Jaina studies in the Visvabharati are being made."
The Rikhabdeo Tragedy ; Protest Meeting in Calcutta.
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