Baba Raghav Das

• The birth anniversary of Baba Raghav Das was observed recently.

ABOUT BABA RAGHAV DAS

• Baba Raghav Das, popularly known as ‘Gandhi of Poorvanchal’, was born in a rich Brahman family on 12 December 1896 at Pune, Maharastra.
• He played a great role in the political, social, economic, and the cultural activities of the nation.
• After his education he left Mumbai in 1913 in search of a siddh guru and reached Kashi and later Ghazipur, where he met ‘Mauni baba’ and learned Hindi.
  • After that, he met ‘Yogiraj Anant Mahaprabhu’ and accepted him as his guru.
• In 1921, Mahatma Gandhi visited Gorakhpur and met him.
  • Since then he continuously worked for independence and served the oppressed people.
• He was imprisoned for the first time in 1921.
• He accompanied Gandhiji during Dandi March.
• Post independence, he contested in the elections and was elected MLA in 1948.
• He also took an active part in the ‘Bhu-dan’ movement started by Binoba Bhave.
• The noble saint and philosopher left for his heavenly abode on January 15, 1958.