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Late Pandit Jodhraj Surana
Shri. Jodhraj Surana who was born in 1912, hailed from erstwhile Mewar State (Rajasthan) and completed his education at Bikaner and Jaipur in Jain Training College. He started his career at Khachrod (M. P.) as a teacher and went to Chennai (Madras) in the year 1928. He started a number of institutions there and was also responsible for the establishment of A. M. Jain College.
After serving about 20 years in Chennai, he was brought to Bangalore with his colleague Late Pandit Devdatt Sharma by Late Seth Chhaganmal Mutha in 1948 where he developed the educational atmosphere in the society till his death on 29 - 5 - 94. He worked hard for the development of various institutions in Bangalore.
Late Pandit Jodhraj Surana believed in Gandhian Ideals and followed them in spite of several difficulties. He was pious and pure in his day to day life. He was also a freedom fighter.
The Institutions which he started in Bangalore are as follows:
1) A Boarding House and Library situated at Primrose
Road on a land measuring 75,000 Sq.ft. 2) A Primary School, Middle School and High School
at Victoria Road. A College at Indiranagar for Science, Commerce and
Arts. 4) A Girls Primary School, High School and College in
Rangaswamy Temple Street. 5) A Primary School and Middle School at Nagarathpet.
The society appreciated his services and honoured him by presenting a purse of Rs. 8,51,000/- which he donated to a Trust after adding a sum of Rs. 50,000/- for various charitable purposes. He was also honoured by the Maharana of Mewar as a distinguished personality of the State.
Shantilal V. Sheth
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