Gurcharan Das Mehta

{{Infobox religious biography

| name = Param Guru Mehta Ji Mahraj

| image = File:Gurcharan Das Mehta (Radha Soami).jpg

| alias = Param Purush Puran Dhani Mehta Ji Mahraj

| location = Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

| religion = Sant SatGuru Of Radha Soami Sect

| sect = Sant Mat Radhasoami

| title = Spiritual Teacher (Sant Satguru)

| period = 1937-1975

| predecessor = Anand Swarup

| successor = Makund Bihari Lal

| birth_date = 20 December 1885

| birth_place = Batala, Punjab

| death_date = 17 February 1975

| death_place = Dayalbagh, Agra

}}

Gurcharan Das Mehta (20 December 1885 – 17 February 1975), commonly known as Param Guru Mehta Ji Maharaj, was the Sixth Revered Sant SatguruMark Juergensmeyer, 1995, [https://books.google.com/books?id=slX3eRycszMC&dq=Gurcharan+Das+Mehta+radhaswami&pg=PA51 eality: The Logic of a Modern Faith] Page 51.{{cite web|url=http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/radhasoami-faith/sant-satguru.htm|title=Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith|website=www.dayalbagh.org.in}} of the Radhasoami Faith or Radha Soami Satsang Dayalbagh .

He was the spritual head of Radhasoami Satsang Sabha from 1938 to 1975 .{{Cite book |last=Shai |first=Radhasoami |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61840 |title=Souvenir In Commemoration Of The First Centenary Of The Radhasoami Satsang |date=1961}}

Early life

He was born on 20 December 1885 at Batala in Punjab, to a respectable Punjabi family.[http://www.booksap.in/Books_pdf/rp83.pdf]{{dead link|date=April 2020}} His Father, Shri Atma Ram Sahab Mehta was the Town Magistrate and had been initiated in Radhasoami Faith by Param Guru Huzur Maharaj. Mehtaji Maharaj was extraordinarily intelligent from childhood.. He studied from Thomason College of Civil Engineering, Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) and served in Punjab Government.{{cite web|url=http://eacharya.inflibnet.ac.in/data-server/eacharya-documents/548158e2e41301125fd790cf_INFIEP_72/110/ET/72-110-ET-V1-S1__l_.pdf |title=Sant Mat -Radhasoami Mat |publisher=eacharya.inflibnet.ac.in |date= |accessdate=2020-04-28}}Pritam Singh, 1948, [https://books.google.com/books?id=t2g9AAAAIAAJ&q=Gurcharan+Das+Mehta+radha+soami Saints and Sages of India], Page 129.

As Sixth Sant Sant Satguru

Mehta Ji became Sant Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Dayalbagh on 24 June 1937.{{cite web |last=Shai |first=Radhasoami |date=28 April 1961 |title=Souvenir In Commemoration Of The First Centenary Of The Radhasoami Satsang |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61840 |via=Internet Archive}} He stressed on agricultural work and Seva.{{cite web |title=1. global warming and sustainability - Page 5 |url=http://www.hestories.info/1-global-warming-and-sustainability.html?page=5 |website=www.hestories.info}} He also strengthened the industries and educational institutions of Dayalbagh and was known as the Architect of Dayalbagh.{{cite web |title=Living Master - Part I |url=https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/living-master---part-i |website=www.speakingtree.in}}

Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj galvanized the Satsang Community into a hard working, disciplined and well organized body. He made the foundation of the Satsang institutions strong and through the motto, waste nothing, made the resources available for their development. By His example he showed us what perfect economy means and how it ought to be practised in all aspects of life. He opened for us boundless opportunity of Seva in launching the field work. With every sunrise we get a fresh opportunity of seva without being asked to account for what we did on the previous day.{{Cite web |title=Login – Dayalbagh Press & Publications Pvt. Ltd. |url=https://dbpress.dayalbagh.org.in/login/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fdbpress.dayalbagh.org.in%2Fbooks%2Fdayalbagh-garden-of-the-merciful-a-pictorial-presentation%2F |access-date=2024-12-18 |language=en-US}}

Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh

Located at: Dayalbagh, Agra. Guru Lineage of Param Guru Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj continue till date: Shiv Dayal Singh (Soami Ji Maharaj)- Salig Ram(Huzur Maharaj)— Brahm Shankar Misra(Maharaj Sahab) — Kamta Prasad Sinha(Sarkar Sahab) — Anand Swarup (Sahab Ji Maharaj, Founder of Dayalbagh) — Gurcharan Das Mehta(Mehta Ji Maharaj) — Makund Behari Lal(Lal Sahab) — Prem Saran Satsangi(Satsangi Sahab). Dayalbagh was founded by Anand Swarup, Kt.{{cite web |url=http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/ |title=Home |website=dayalbagh.org.in}} The present Guru{{Cite web |title=Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith |url=http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/radhasoami-faith/sant-satguru.htm |website=www.dayalbagh.org.in}} Prem Saran Satsangi is an emeritus professor, physicist and system scientist{{Cite web |title=Chapters - Sysi.org |url=https://www.sysi.org/chapters.html |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=www.sysi.org}} of IIT Delhi. The 200th birth anniversary of Shiv Dayal Singh was celebrated in Dayalbagh from August 2017 to 24 August 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/agra-temple-113-years-in-the-making-inches-towards-completion/articleshow/59040687.cms|title=Agra: Agra temple, 113 years in the making, inches towards completion | Agra News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=8 June 2017 }}{{Cite web |title=Bicentennial Celebration Closing Function August 24, 2018 Flyer |url=https://www.dei.ac.in/dei/files/events/2017/Bicentennial_Celebration_Closing_Function_August_24_2018_Flyer.pdf |website=www.dei.ac.in}}

Gurcharan Das Mehta

Early life

As Sixth Sant Sant Satguru

Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh

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