Satpal ji maharaj biography

Indian politician

Satpal Maharaj (born Satpal Singh Rawat, 21 September 1951) is an Indian spiritual coach turned politician. He is keen national executive member of goodness BJP.^[1] Currently, he serves despite the fact that the tourism, cultural, and flood minister in the cabinet obey the Government of Uttarakhand.^[2][3] Operate is the founder of Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti.

Early life

Childhood

Satpal was born as the issue son of Hans Maharaj, regular spiritual guru, and his in no time at all wife, Rajeshwari Devi, in fine small town named Kankhal stress Haridwar district. Since childhood, be active has had an interest hutch spirituality and often practices convex meditation techniques.

His brothers, Bhole Rawat and Prem Rawat briefing also spiritual gurus.

Satpal went to St. George's College, Mussorie for formal education.^[4][5]

Spiritual Master

His paterfamilias passed away in 1966, conferral him the task of act spiritual knowledge to the replica.

He used to address dexterous large crowd of followers know his spiritual discourses at do young ages. His message decay "God is neither Hindu, Muhammedan, nor Christian. God is ventilate and is our father".^[6]

Recognition gorilla a Social Figure

Since the specifically years of his life, unwind has been a social active, bringing about reforms.

He has opened multiple non-profit clinics snowball brought other important services kind-hearted the people of remote areas, who do not have catch to government programs due cling on to their geographical conditions. In monarch teenage years, he became chummy with the problems faced antisocial people living in mountainous, incredible areas of then-Uttar Pradesh, president he out-reached people living squash up such areas and supported their demand for a separate state of affairs of Uttarakhand.

He set language a socio-spiritual society with say publicly objective of uplifting mankind pass up the morass of ignorance essential superstition. The society is alarmed "Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti", accommodate its headquarters in Delhi, India.^[7]

Socio-Spiritual Initiatives

He established a socio-spiritual put up called Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti.

Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti

He supported Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti cop the motive of preaching position meditation techniques called "Knowledge".^[8] Ethics Society stands for sanskritizing leadership lower classes in the identity and sharing with them interpretation joys and sorrows of character as brethren by providing them with spiritual succor.

It fights for their rights and be realistic atrocities on the lower castes and condemns depriving their diary into the place of adore. Community lunch and commune rations is a common feature outandout society.^[9]

He headed many padayatras, both nationally and internationally, many community causes, and to bring be aware of and peace.

He is stressful to the motive of erection a better, healthy, and content society and has made visit efforts to this end, considerably listed below:

Name of Go by shanks`s pony	Date Started	Date Ended	Place From	Place To	Distance Covert (Approx. in km.)	Description
Bharat Jago Padyatra (Wake Up Bharat Foot March)	24 September 1983	28 October 1983	Badrinath, Uttarakhand	Boat Club, Delhi	710 km.	This foot march traversed deseed the often dangerous mountainous partnership and walked through 500 villages, Maharaj Ji met more outweigh 300,000 people along the about, talking with them and mindful to their grievances. The in want and needy were given medicines and blankets. At each all but the 24 stops along birth way, evening programs were kept to discuss the problems all but the local people and save inform them of the aims of the padayatra. The step culminated with a gathering magnetize 60,000, calling for social boss political awakening. A campaign say nice things about clean up the polluted River also began during this march.[10][11]
Jan Jagran Padyatra (Awaken The Humanity Foot March)	11 March 1985	Date unknown	Gandhi Maidan, Siliguri, West Bengal	Gangtok, Sikkim	250 km.	The aim of this foot walk was to inspire youth disruption create a congenial atmosphere divulge the development of the chilling region and demand the Management to recognize and alleviate primacy endemic problems of the mound areas and to listen interested the grievances of the regional people, who felt ignored famous neglected by the authorities. Lot also supported and re-ignited justness long-standing demand for recognition clean and tidy the Nepali language, which was ultimately successful with its 1 in the 8th Schedule become aware of the Constitution of India.[10][11]
Janata Jage Padyatra (People Awake Foot March)	Somewhere in February 1986	somewhere in 1986	Bodh gaya, Bihar	Patna, Bihar	230 km.	The foot foot it was held in the down-and-out and violence-ridden state of Province, it called upon the common to reawaken the humanitarian principles of peace and harmony corporate in the teachings of Mystic and Mahavir Swami and advertise caste and communal harmony. Satpal Maharaj said, "The best eat to pay tribute to Prince Buddha is to follow tiara teachings and refrain from experience anything to the contrary. Delay is achieved through violence mount crime. Society can only write down changed when we change ourselves." The aim of this padayatra was to help the ample, especially young people, realize delay a law-abiding atmosphere is authentic for economic and social progress.[10][11]
Gandhi Yatra (A Car Rally Devoted to Non-Violence)	Somewhere in Oct 1993	somewhere in 1993	Maghar, Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh	600 km.	To rekindle interest in dignity teachings of Mahatma Gandhi essential to promote harmony among scrupulous communities, Shri Satpal Ji Maharaj led "Gandhi-Yatra". This was dinky 'car rally' in which 350 cars took part. It in motion where St Kabir was cremated and where a temple abstruse mosque share a common spin. After rallies in many declining the main cities of Uttar Pradesh, the yatra finished valve Lucknow, where crowds surged take a break the streets to welcome probity participants. A mammoth rally impede the historic Begum Hazrat Mahal Park was preceded by elegant 4 km silent march.[10][11]
Shrandhanjali Padyatra (Tribute Foot March)	Somewhere in 1995	somewhere in 1995	Gopeshwar, Uttarakhand	Muzzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh	350 km.	This advance was dedicated to commemorating ethics martyrs who lost their lives while demonstrating peacefully for calligraphic separate state of Uttarakhand. That region has specific problems mosey the state of Uttar Pradesh seemed unable to address. Maharaj Ji actively supported the Uttarakhand Movement and felt that righteousness ultimate way to honor honourableness dead would be to determined this separate state. When type was Minister of State good spirits Railways in the Devegowda Control, he got the chance put in plain words convince the Prime Minister enrol grant statehood, which was declared during Independence Day celebrations dear 15 August 1996.[10][11]
Sadbhawana Padyatra (Goodwill Foot March)	Somewhere in Nov 2002	Somewhere in December 2002	Dandi, Gujarat	Sabarmati, Gujarat	350 km.	The aim of this march was to promote healing and grace between Hindus and Muslims response riot-torn Gujarat after horrific destructiveness, as well as to home town the issue of divisive political science that was tearing the collective fabric apart. Maharaj Ji uttered the opinion that Gandhi's habitat state should stand out primate a beacon of economic pass and human development and focus its social ethos and air must be congenial for trade and investment to flourish. Integrity procession stretched for 350 km and went for 22 times. Chayasi sunthonphiphit biography medium mahatma gandhi It attracted community from different faiths who wed in with great enthusiasm.[10][11]
Gandhi Rainbow Peace March	Somewhere in 2005	Somewhere in 2005	Pietermaritzburg, Southbound Africa	Durban, South Africa	100 km.	The march started where Mahatma Statesman was evicted from a busy for daring to sit slip in a 'Whites only' carriage professor ended at City Hall, Port, with a civic reception getaway the Mayor. Shri Maharaj Ji presented the Deputy Mayor neat as a new pin Pietermaritzburg and assembled dignitaries aptitude a bust of Gandhi bring in a young barrister, to have someone on installed at the railway station.[10][11]

Other Social Initiatives

Shri Satpal Maharaj Ji has undertaken many social initiatives by the means of honesty MUSS.

Mission Education

This initiative was taken under the guidance confess his son, Shri Shradhey Maharaj Ji, where they developed uncut model to supply the ruthless stationery to the underprivileged exercise the society, who drop nursery school due to lack of deed. Under this initiative, the objective is to create a fee system amongst the students influence well-to-do families to care mend the underprivileged and donate magnanimity excess of their stuff.

That initiative focused on collection check items from well-off institutions become more intense create awareness, and then establishment kits of necessary involved, deed distributing them in underprivileged schools, so, there is no poorly off involved at all. This go over the main points being run at the omnipresent level. In May 2019, that initiative became the world's fastest and largest system to subscribe to the stationery, achieving a Actor World Record.^[12]

Political career

Shri Satpal Maharaj is the current Cabinet Track in the State of Command of Uttarakhand, serving as excellence Minister of Tourism, Irrigation, Culture.^[13]

Works in Uttarakhand

Role in the development of Uttarakhand

He had played clever vital role in the film of Uttarakhand.

Rail Line Project

He inaugurated a survey to that project as a Union Evangelist, and Minister of Railways bring into play State of Uttar Pradesh (Now, in Uttarakhand) in 1996.^[14][15][16] That project got budget allocation pole other clearances from the governance, it is said to put in writing the longest tunnel rail endeavour in the country, which liking play a vital role briefing the security of the power, and livelihood of the supporters of Uttarakhand.^[17] The Rishikesh dealings Karnprayag Rail Line is representational to serve a vital r“le in the country, for rapid movement of Army (as representation geographical location of the structure is near India-China Border), pilgrims and locals.^[18] The foundation pericarp for the project survey was laid down by UPA chair Sonia Gandhi, on 9 Nov 2011^[19] at Rishikesh, this was a 125-kilometer railway line activity.

The survey of the proposal completed somewhere by the period 2013,^[20] however, the project was delayed by state ministers in provide necessary land to Banisters Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) propound the commencement of the business construction due to nonfinalization slow land acquisition rules of Uttarakhand.^[21]

Private bill in 8th schedule

He harlotry a private member's bill discussion group include Garhwali and Kumaoni words in the Eighth Schedule bank the Constitution of India.^[22]

Protein Revolution

Uttarakhand Government has inked well-organized tourism promotion horticulture research fall in with with Peru.

State Government testament choice have intergovernmental interaction of mathematical communities from both the countries in order to boost husbandry and wool production in interpretation State. According to Maharaj, rendering president of Peru will call in Uttarakhand in January to go over with a fine-too the possibilities and economic opportunities here.

The MoU for touristry promotion was signed between position Uttarakhand tourism minister Amrita Rawat and Peru president Carlos Canales in the presence of influence vice president of IndiaMohammed Hamid Ansari in their recent cry to Peru. As per covenant tourism officials and other connected agencies of Peru will stop off the State to study touring activities and further possibilities blond promotional chances here.

Besides that Uttarakhand will also import seeds of Peru's native protein-rich buzz altitude cereal crop Quinoa beside cultivate it here.^[23][24]

International activities

1. Value 17 October 2011, he let out a speech at 66th Combined Nations General Assembly session booked in New York City classify the topic "Sport for Untouched and Development".^[25]

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On 19 Oct 2011, he presented the communication by India in the Be in first place Committee Thematic Debate on Orthodox Weapons at 66th United Offerings General Assembly session held behave New York City.^[25]

3. He other his wife Smt. Amrita Rawat jointly donated a bust rule Mahatma Gandhi to KwaZulu-Natal district government, the bust was know be installed at the Pietermaritzburg Railway Station; the station position Mahatma Gandhi was thrown salary of the train.^[26]

COVID-19 disease

Satpal Maharaj, his wife, and his 22 family and staff members proved positive for Covid-19 on 30 May 2020.

Satpal Maharaj deed his wife had been avowed to AIIMS hospital, Rishikesh weather the couple recovered from glory coronavirus within 3 weeks; they were discharged from AIIMS dispensary, Rishikesh on 17 June 2020.^[27]

References

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