Risht Samucchaya

Author(s): Durgadevacharya, A S Gopani
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

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Babu Shri Bahadur Singhji Singhi
My dear, sincere, and noble friend, Babu Shri BAHADUR Singui SINGni, who, under my special inspiration, had founded this Singu Jain Series in 1931, in sacred memory of his saintly father, Babu Shri DalCIIANDJI Singh and realizing whose uncommon devotion to the cause of learning as well as his ideal munificence, I also dedicated with my heart the dynamic and the precious portion of my remaining life to the Series, seeing whose fairly satisfactory and prompting progress in course of last twelve years who had, to find it in more advancing and comprehensive form in future, cherished an intense desire which resulted in associating the Series with the BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN, according to a scheme outlined by me in the latest works published last year in it, is now no more to see the publication of this work! Full one year has now passed since the sad demise of that noble man. This is the first work of the Series that is being published after he departed from amongst us. In his revered memory, I am penning few Jines here.
ON THE 7TH OF July, last year (1944) Babu Shri BAHADUR SINGHJI Singui left his mortal coils at the comparatively early age of listynine. His loss has been widely felt. His aged mother received this rude shock so ill that she did not long outlive him. His wortlıy sons have lost an affectionate and noble father, the industrialists and businessmen of the country one of their pioneers, the large number of his employees a benevolent master, scholarslip one of its best patrons and the poor people of his native district a most generous donor. To me his loss is personal. My contact with him was a turning point in my life. Whatever I have been able, during the past fifteen years, to achieve in the field of scholarship is due directly to him. The financial assistance with which he backed up my activities was the least of his contributions. But for his love of scholarship with which he inspired me, this chapter of my life would have been entirely different.
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