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Kothi at 1-Daryaganj, of late Dr. M. A. Ansari where Gandhiji and other National Leaders used to stay and meetings of the Indian National Congress were held many a times and where Lord Irwin the then Vice-Roy of India came to sign an agreement with Gandhiji, had been donated to the Trust created by Shri Raj Krishen Jain in the name of Smt. Krishna Devi Raj Krishen Jain Smriti Grih. It is on about 2500 sq. yds. of land and is being used for charitable and social functions.
In 1955 Lalaji had been to Badrinath alongwith late Dr. Hira Lal Jain, Shri Yashpal Jain and Shri Vishnu Prabhakar and other persons. At that time he felt the necessity of a Jain Temple and Dharamsahala at Haridwar where there was none. The U. P. Government granted to the Trust created by Lalaji about 6000 sq.ft of land where a Library, Dharmshala, Dispensary and Jain Temple are being constructed.
There was no Jain Temple at Kurukshetra another Indian Historic place where lakhs of people bathe in the holy tank at the time of Surya-Grahaṇa and where the famous fight took place between Kauravas and Pandavas and Yogiraj Krishna gave his sermons on which the religious book Geeta is based. The trust has got 3000 sq.yds. of land for construction of Jain Temple, Dharamshala, Library and Dispensary etc. from the Kurukhestra Development Board and construction work is in progress.
In 1959 Lalaji's second grand daughter Smt. Vijaya Jain was studying in Birla School at Pilani, a famous Educational Centre, in the country established by Birlas. He had been there and felt the necessity of Dharamshala a good Library and a Jain Temple there. The trust has been able to get land there and construction work is going to be started very soon.
The Trustees have also donated their own money at many places just like Prime Minister's Relief Fund and for other benevolent causes.
