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LALA RAJ KRISHEN JAIN
[A brief note on the life and work of Shri Raj Krishen Jain in whose memory the Lecture Series has been instituted in the University of Delhi, Delhi with the fund endowed by Shri Raj Krishen Jain Charitable Trust. Delhin
Shri Raj Krishen Jain was born at Ambala Cantt, on 11th October, 1900(Kartik, Krishna, IV), the day on which the Third Jaina Tirthankara Sambhavanatha attained Kevalajaana and the day on which it is customary on the part of Indian Hindu women to observe fast for the welfare of their husbands. He passed away on the 4th February, 1973 at Delhi. He started his career as a clerk in Post & Telegraph Dept. and rose to the rank of Superintendent, Army Headquarters at Simla. In 1921, he resigned his post at the call of Civil Disobedience Movement given by Mahatma Gandhi. His father Shri Rangi Lal Jain and grand-father Shri Tulsi Ram were Government Contractors who migrated from Sonepat, a District Headquarter now in Haryana.
Lalaji was a well known social and religious worker and a philanthropist too. In 1940, he founded Shri Raj Krishen Jain Charitable Trust under which he constructed the Ahitsa Mandir at 1-Daryaganj, New Delhi which presently houses the Jain Temple, Library for Research Scholars, free Dispensary, Dharmashala (Guest House), Temple Nursing Home etc. The said Trust grants scholarships to deserving students. In 1947 he donated a sum of Rs. 5,000/- to Anjuman Taraquio-e-Urdu for the development of Urdu Language. Another instance of his broadmindedness lies in the fact that during the days of partition of India when brutal riots broke out, he braved himself in saving the valuable library of Anjuman Taraquie-e-Urdu and tbc precious lives of many Muslims and Hindus by offering
