Makund Bihari Lal Sahab (31 January 1907 – 5 December 2002) popularly known as "Param Guru Huzur Dr. M.B. Lal Sahab" was the Seventh Revered Sant Satguru of the Radha Soami sect or Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh,

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. He was also a

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who served as a professor in the Department of Zoology and subsequently as the

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from 1968 to 1971. He was also the Founder Director of DEI ( Dayalbagh Educational Institute)and the master architect of its education policy ,1975. He functioned as Spritual Head of Radhasoami Satsang Sabha from 1975 to 2002.

Early life

Mukund Behari Lal Sahab studied at the Government High School, Sitapur and the Christian Intermediate College,

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before obtaining a BSc and MSc in

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from the University of Lucknow. He was awarded

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from the

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for his research work and thesis "Trematode Parasites of Birds". Lal Sahab ji got married on July 9, 1932 to Pbn. Surat Kumari ji, There were no children from the marriage. Pbn. Surat Kumari ji died at Lucknow on May 23, 1969. He was elected as a Fellow of the

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in 1942, and a fellow of the

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in 1962.

As Seventh ''Sant Satguru'' of Radhasoami Faith

Graceous Huzur Lal Sahab, became Seventh ''Sant Satguru'' of Radhasoami Satsang in 1975.The flock was thereafter shepherded by him, the Teacher Perfect. He gave the university with its special system of education and the Unique Education Policy. He began the programme of establishing Satsang Colonies where, free from turmoil of the world, ''Satsangis'' can live a life in Satsang. He Himself lived the life of a hermit as an example to emulate. His ''Durbar'' was open to all, where one could carry one's prayers and place in His Holy Feet. He told us that the message of Huzur Radhasoami Dayal would spread through the example of Satsang Community, how they live and work and not through preaching.

Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh

Located at: Dayalbagh, Agra. Lineage:

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(Soami Ji Maharaj)-

Salig Ram Salig Ram, successor of Shiv Dayal Singh second Sant Satguru of the Radha Soami Satsang Sabha, Radhasoami Satsang popularly known by the honorific "Huzur Maharaj" and by the government-conferred title "Rai Bahadur," was born in Peepal M ...

(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. The present Guru Prem Saran Satsangi is an emeritus professor, physicist and system scientist of

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. The 200th birth anniversary of Shiv Dayal Singh was celebrated in Dayalbagh from August 2017 to 24 August 2018.

References

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Early life

As Seventh ''Sant Satguru'' of Radhasoami Faith

Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh

See also

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