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    The famous Jat people

    The Jat caste has produced a number of heroic persons who have put their life and families at risk and kept the pride and values like truth, freedom, equality, loyalty etc. intact. They struggled for the cause of the common people and their upliftment. Here is list of such famous Jat people:

    Baldev Ram Mirdha
    Bhim Singh Dahiya
    Captain Bhagwan Singh
    Captain Dilip Singh Ahalawat
    Chaudhari Charan Singh
    Chaudhari Chhotu Ram
    Chaudhari Devi Lal
    Col.G.S. Dhillon
    Dhanna Bhagat
    Dharmendra (Actor)
    Dr. Bal Ram Jakhar
    Dr. Sarup Singh
    Gyan Prakash Pilania
    Justice Mahavir Singh
    Kunwar Natwar Singh
    Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana
    Maharaja Ranjit Singh
    Maharaja Suraj Mal
    Maharani Kishori
    Mahendra Singh Tikait
    Pahalwan Dara Singh
    Raja Mahendra Pratap
    Swami Keshwa Nand
    Thakur Deshraj
    Veer Teja
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    I would request the members to add more famous jats to this list. We should also provide articles about these great jats so that other communities know about them. Many jat members also do not have ideas about them.

    We should also have a FORUM on this heading so that we can get any information about any famous jat, Like Chaudhary Charan Singh, Chaudhari Devilal and sir Chhoturam as has been provided on Jatland.
    Regards,
    Laxman Burdak

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    famous

    burdak ji we can add the following jats also-

    Ch. Sajjan Kumar MP(Outer Delhi)
    Sh. Sahib Singh Verma (Ex. MP & Ex. CM Delhi)
    Ch. Mitarsen Sindhu Ji (Industrialist and social worker)

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    I add the following :

    1. Ch. Bansi Lal
    2. Ch. Ranveer Singh, Member of Constituent Assembly and father of the present CM of Haryana.
    3. Ch. Nathu Ram Mirdha
    4. Ch. Daulat Ram Saran, MP and social activist
    5. Ch. Hardwari Lal
    6. Ch. Priyavrat, (the Bhatta King)
    7. Virender Sehwag
    8. Principal Hoshyar Singh (a dedicated teacher, whose several students reached high positions)
    9. Dr. Lal Chand Kajla (a famous doctor and unfortunately grand father (nana)
    of Pamela Bordes)
    10. Som Pal Shastri
    11. Master Chandgi Ram - Pahalwan
    12. Dr. S.S. Rana, (Principal of Shivaji College and Dean of Colleges, Delhi University)
    13. Ch. Om Prakash Chautala
    14. Raja Nahar Singh of Ballabh Garh
    15. Brig. Hoshiyar Singh
    16. Col. Hoshyar Singh, PVC
    Last edited by ramksehrawat; April 3rd, 2005 at 02:39 PM.
    JAT - Justice And Truth

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    mahindra choudhary former pm fiji
    satbeer choudhary seeneter USA
    UJJAL DOSANJH
    col. sonaram choudhary
    capt. tarachand

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    few more..

    Ashish Nehra ( Cricket player)

    Mamta kharab(Hockey player)

    Cheti lal verma(industrialist)

    K.P.singh (DLF)

    mahendra Singh Malik(Former DGP haryana,President of all india wrestling)
    association)

    Regards
    Jitender
    'Anything is Possible '

    ' Just do it '

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    Swami Keshwanand

    The Childhood

    Swami Keshwanand (1883-1972) was a great saint, freedom fighter and social reformist of Rajasthan and Punjab in India. He was born at village Magloona in Sikar district of Rajasthan in year 1883 in a poor Dhaka gotra Jat Hindu family. His father’s name was Thakarsi and mother’s name Saran. His childhood name was Birama. Birama did not get the formal primary education, as there was no school in that desert region in those days of British Raj.

    Birama spent his childhood as a shepherd boy. At the age of five years Birama along with family left the village Magloona and moved to nearby city Ratangarh. In Ratangarh his father Thakarsi used to carry Seths (Businessman) of Ratangarh to Delhi on his camel. He lost his father at the age of 7 at Ratangarh in 1890. Birama and his mother moved from here to there in search of fodder for animals and landed at village Kelania in Sri Ganganagar district in 1897.

    The Rajasthan state was heading for the greatest famine of history. There was no vegetation left on the ground. There was no drop of water. All the animals died for want of fodder. People survived on the bark of Khejri trees and seeds of grasses. Even that also became scarce. There was nothing like governance. The ruling Samants were least bothered for the poor people. Birama’s mother Saran could not bear the natural and human calamity and died in year 1899 at village Kelania.

    Education

    The greatest famine of the history, 1899, forced Birama to leave the desert region and moved to Punjab for livelihood. He approached Mahant Kushaldas of udasi sect and expressed willingness to learn Sanskrit. Mahant Kushaldas advised that as a Jat he would not be allowed to learn Sanskrit. Birama became sanyasi (saint) to learn Sanskrit language in 1904. He got education at Sadhu Ashram Fajilka (Punjab). He learnt Hindi, Gurumukhi and Sanskrit languages at the Ashram. In year 1905 on the occasion of Prayag Kumbh Mela Mahatma Hiranandji Avadhut awarded Birama, the title of Swami Keshwanand,.

    The Freedom Fighter

    Swami Keshwanand felt the heat of Jalianwala Bagh Massacre. He started going to the meetings of Arya Samaj and was influenced by its philosophy. He had a strong desire for the upliftment of helpless poor people. He started attending the meetings of congress. He mat Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan at Ahmedabad Adhiveshan of the congress. Pandit Madan Mahan Malviya influenced him. He attended Delhi Adhiveshan of congress chaired by Madan Mahan Malviya in 1919. He joined Indian Independence Movement under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. For taking part in non-cooperation movement of Mahatma Gandhi he was imprisoned for two years in Ferozepur (1921-1922). The role of Swami Keshwanand became so important in freedom movement that he was appointed dictator of Ferozepur district in 1930 to conduct the freedom movement in that area. He was again arrested in 1930 but released due to Gandhi-Irvin agreement.

    The Social Reformist

    Swami Keshwanand felt that the knowledge of Hindi language is must to keep the country united and to educate the public about nationality. He started “Vedant Pushp Vatika” library in year 1911 in the Ashram with the support of funds collected in it. In 1912 he started a Sanskrit school in the Ashram. In 1916 he handed over the charge of Ashram to his guru-bhai Shyamdas

    Swami Keshwanand was a great social worker. He always remained associated with the spread of education, social and village upliftment. He was connected with the establishment of Sahitya Sadan, Abohar, Ferozepur district in Punjab (1917-1932). He started his progrrame of spreading knowledge of Hindi with a Hindi-forum in Abohar town. He founded ‘Nagari Pracharini Sabha’ institute at Abohar in 1920 that was renamed as Sahitya Sadan, Abohar.

    He started a press ‘Deepak’ at Abohar in 1933 and published material in Hindi language and got distributed to villagers either free or at a very nominal price. Sahitya Sadan, Abohar developed into an institution comparable with Shantiniketan of Ravindranath Tagore. He organized 30th All India Hindi Sahitya Sammelan at Sahitya Sadan, Abohar in 1941. He was awarded degree of “Sahitya Vachaspati” looking to his services for Hindi in 1942.

    Swami Keshwanand was connected with Gramothan Vidyapith, Sangaria (Rajasthan) (1932-1952). He was made director of Jat School Sangaria in 1932 that was just to close for want of funds. He went from village to village and to the Seths of desert region who were in Calcutta and far off places and collected funds. He became instrumental in starting hundreds of schools in the desert region. The Jat School Sangaria was renamed as Gramothan Vidyapith, Sangaria in 1948. He developed here a beautiful museum with collection of rare documents, ancient items, paintings etc. brought from various places. Large-scale plantations were done in this arid area with the help of people and students of the Institute. Gramothan Vidyapith, Sangaria had become center of inspiration for educationists from India and abroad.

    Swami Keshwanand , an orphan, illiterate, nomadic man who never got formal education in a school was the founder of more than 300 schools, 50 hostels, so many libraries, social service centers and museums. He got 100 books translated from other languages or wrote himself. With the great efforts of 11 years he got published the Book “History of Sikhs” in Hindi in 1954.

    He had deep understanding of society in the desert region. He tried all his life with full devotion to remove social evils like untouchability, child marriage, woman illiteracy, indebt ness, poverty, backwardness, intoxication, dissipation, bad customs etc. An idea about his visionary and logical thoughts can be had from the book he has published- “Maru Bhumi Seva Karya” in Hindi. In this book he has explained the peculiarities of the Desert region, identified the problems and suggested proper solutions.

    Swami Keshwanand, born in a Jat Hindu family, Sadhu of Udasi sect propagated by Srichandji, son of Sikh guru Nanakdevji, was a unique example of communal harmony. He organized celebrations in honour of Sikh, Bisnoi, Namdhari and Jain gurus. Gramothan Vidyapith, Sangaria being adjoining to Pakistan felt the heat of 1947 division of the country. He got admitted the wounded Muslims in hospitals and arranged food and shelter for them.

    Swami Keshwanand was member of Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad. He was imprisoned several times in satyagraha movements of Mahatma Gandhi. He was presented “Abhinandan Granth” by the chief minister of Rajasthan on March 9,1958. He was first elected to the Rajya Sabha of India in 1952 and was re-elected to the House in April, 1958. He remained member of Rajya Sabha till 1964. He died on September 13,1972 at Delhi.

    Department of Posts, Government of India, has issued a commemorative postage stamp on "India's Struggle for Freedom" on Swami Keshwanand on August 15, 1999.
    Reference
    Saran, D.C., Swami Keshwanand. Jaypal Agencies, Agra,1985 (in Hindi)
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    With a view to bring more and more Jat famous persons I have written above article on Swami Keshwanand Ji, whose life is quite inspiring. It also reflects the socio economical and political adversities in those times of Jamidari system of Rajputs in Rajasthan. I have given this article in wikipedia-a free Encyclopedia under construction in which any body can edit and add the facts. Any additions in above are most welcome.

    Regards,
    Laxman Burdak

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    Oh God, I curse myself for having foregotten Swami Omanandji, the great soul, who sacrificed everything for the sake of community.

    My apologies.
    JAT - Justice And Truth

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    Indian Polo team is fully dominated by JATs like

    Mr Dhuruvpal Godara,
    Mr Manupal Godara,
    Mr Samir Suhag
    Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

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    Btey Are Bishnois

    RECKERJI
    GODARA bros. of polo team are BISHNOI from abohar district of punjab. yea some other famous polo players are jats like... TARUN SIROHI, COL. GARCHA
    indian wrestling and women shooting team fully jat dominated.
    reckerji polo knowldge is amzing

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    Adding Prof. R.S. Sirohi,

    Prof. R.S. Sirohi took over as the Director, IIT Delhi in December 2000. He did his Masters in Physics in 1964 from Agra University and Post M.Sc. in Applied Optics and Ph. D. in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi in 1965 and 1970 respectively. Prof. Sirohi was Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Indian Institute of Technology Madras during 1971-1979. He became Professor in the Physics Department of the same Institute in 1979.


    Prof. Sirohi worked as Humboldt Fellow at Physikalische -Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig, Germany. He was a Senior Research Associate at Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, USA. Prof. Sirohi was an Associate Professor at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, USA. He was ICTP (International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste Italy) Consultant to Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia and was Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore.


    Prof. Sirohi is Fellow of several important academies in India including Indian National Academy of Engineering; Optical Society of America; Optical Society of India; SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering). He is member of several other scientific societies, and founding member of India Laser Association. Prof. Sirohi is also the Chair for SPIE-INDIA Chapter, which he established with co-operation from SPIE in 1995 at IIT Madras. He was invited as JSPS Fellow and JITA Fellow to Japan. He was a member of the Education Committee of SPIE.


    Prof. Sirohi was awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Award by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Bonn, Germany in 1995 for his outstanding contributions to Optical Metrology. The International Commission of Optics (ICO) also chose him for the 1995 Galileo Award. The Optical Society of India awarded him the Amita De Award for his contributions to optics. He also received 13th Khwarizmi International Award IROST (2000) from the President of Iran. During this occasion UNESCO also gave him Albert Einstein Silver Medal (2000) for his contributions to science.


    Prof. Sirohi is a member on several Boards and Committees in India. He was the President of the Optical Society of India during 1994-1996. He is on the International Advisory Board of the Journal of Modern Optics, UK and on the editorial Boards of the Journal of Optics (India) and Optik (Germany) and Associate Editor of the International Journal Optical Engineering. He was a Guest Editor to the Journals Optical Engineering. He was also a Guest Editor to the Journals "Optics and Lasers in Engineering" and "Optical Engineering".


    Prof. Sirohi has published 225 papers in national and international journals, 56 papers in Proceedings of the conferences and has authored/co-authored/edited twelve books including four milestones for SPIE. He has participated in numerous international and national conferences and presented over 140 papers. He was Principal co-ordinator for over 25 projects sponsored by Government Funding Agencies and Industries. He has supervised 21 Ph.D. theses, 7 M.S. theses and numerous B.Tech., M.Sc. and M.Tech. theses.


    Prof. Sirohi's research areas are Optical Metrology, Optical Instrumentation and Holography.

    Presentations and publications:

    Hololens in speckle and speckle shear interferometry, C. Joenathan, R.K.Mohanty and R.S.Sirohi, Applied Optics, 24, 1294-98 [1985]
    Holographic grating in speckle shear interferometry, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, Applied Optics, 24, 2750-51 [1985]
    Fringe sharpening in lateral shear interferometry, C. Joenathan, R.K.Mohanty and R.S.Sirohi, Optics and Laser Technol., 17, 310-314 [1985]
    Real time optical image subtraction by a holographic shear lens, V.V.Rao, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, Optics commun.,55, 83-87 [1985]
    A Real time optical image subtraction of transparencies using holographic shear lens, V.V.Rao, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, J.Optics (INDIA), 14, 131-137 [1985]
    On the design and fabrication of holographic beam splitters, B.Gupta, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, Symposia on Quantum Electronics, BARC, INDIA, Jan 14-16 [1985]
    Application of holographic optics in image subtraction, V.V.Rao, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, Symposia on Optics and Opto-Electronics, DEHRA DUN, INDIA, March 31- April 1 [1986]
    Investigations on holographic optical elements, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, Report, Department of Science and Technology (HCS/DST/616/78), pp 1-57 [1986]
    Shear interferometry using holographic lenses and a hologram, V.Parthiban, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, J.Optics (INDIA), 16, 1-9 [1987]
    Inversion and folding shear interferometers using holographic optical elements, V.Parthiban, C.Joenathan, and R.S.Sirohi, Proc. SPIE, 813, 211 [1987]
    Simple inverting interferometer using holo elements, V.Parthiban, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, Applied Optics, 27, 1913-1914 [1988]
    One step rainbow holography using synthesized slit with low side lobes, C. Joenathan, R.Kamala and R.S.Sirohi, J.Optics (INDIA) 17, 12-17 (1988)
    Holography and its applications, IIAT, Poona, India, Oct [1987]


    Workshops:

    A two day holographic workshopat Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (20 students per workshop)
    i) Making Holograms, Date: May 2, and May 10, 1994
    ii) Making Holograms, Date: September 27 and October 6, 1994
    iii) Making Holograms, Date: September 27 and October 4, 1995
    iv) Making holograms, Date: September 21 and September 28, 1996



    Directed Research

    1. Evaluation of Holograms (1991)
    2. Fabrication of rainbow and reflection holograms (1992)
    3. Generation of 3D images using random dot coding (1992)
    4. Generation of Scholograms (1992)
    5. Display holograms of a live specimen (1994)
    6. Random dots for 3-D images (1993)
    7. Schologram method to create 3-D images (1993)
    8. Collimation tester using holographic gratings (1995)
    9. Dichromated gelatin holograms (1996)



    Masters Thesis

    A study of Dichromated Gelatin and the construction of holographic optical elements, Jay Sharping,(1993) at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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    More JATs

    1. R.P. Dahiya(IITD Professor)
    2. Dr.Sharad Malik(IITD Professor)

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    hemendraji
    someone PROF SIROHI is going to taking charge of V C of barakatullah university of bhopal.

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    Jat list

    Hello Sh. Burdak Ji,

    First of all nice to know some one JAT from Bhopal. I am also from Bhopal, leaving in US. And thankyou for big list of great jats.
    If I found any other name, I will definetely add it to the list.

    Neeta

    Quote Originally Posted by lr_burdak
    The Jat caste has produced a number of heroic persons who have put their life and families at risk and kept the pride and values like truth, freedom, equality, loyalty etc. intact. They struggled for the cause of the common people and their upliftment. Here is list of such famous Jat people:

    Baldev Ram Mirdha
    Bhim Singh Dahiya
    Captain Bhagwan Singh
    Captain Dilip Singh Ahalawat
    Chaudhari Charan Singh
    Chaudhari Chhotu Ram
    Chaudhari Devi Lal
    Col.G.S. Dhillon
    Dhanna Bhagat
    Dharmendra (Actor)
    Dr. Bal Ram Jakhar
    Dr. Sarup Singh
    Gyan Prakash Pilania
    Justice Mahavir Singh
    Kunwar Natwar Singh
    Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana
    Maharaja Ranjit Singh
    Maharaja Suraj Mal
    Maharani Kishori
    Mahendra Singh Tikait
    Pahalwan Dara Singh
    Raja Mahendra Pratap
    Swami Keshwa Nand
    Thakur Deshraj
    Veer Teja
    **************************************************
    I would request the members to add more famous jats to this list. We should also provide articles about these great jats so that other communities know about them. Many jat members also do not have ideas about them.

    We should also have a FORUM on this heading so that we can get any information about any famous jat, Like Chaudhary Charan Singh, Chaudhari Devilal and sir Chhoturam as has been provided on Jatland.
    Regards,
    My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

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    some other jat personality

    Ram Ram ji,

    some other Jat Personalities are as under:

    1. Ch. Gokula (at the time of Aurangjeb)
    2. Ch. Rajaram singh (after the Gokula)
    3. Ch. Vir Churaman
    4. Ch. Jawahar Singh (Bharatpuria)
    5. Ch. Shahmal Singh (Bijrol Vale) he fought against the english and defeated many times)

    and some other in present time

    Ch. Yashpal Singh (Retd. IAS) former Election Commissioner, U.P.
    Ch. J.P. Singh(IAS) Addl Secretary, Labour Ministry
    Prof. R. S. Nirjar, Former Member Secretary AICTE, New Delhi
    Prof. Premvart, Director, IIT Roorkee
    Prof. Vir Singh, Director,IIM Lucknow
    Dr. B. P. Dhaka, Secretary General, PHD House and former Chairman, National Productivity Council.
    Sh. Surendra Dhaka, Leutinant General, Indian Army
    Ch. Rajsingh (at present in USA and a big industrialist there)
    Ch. Harsh Kumar (President of the Trust of Montessary Schools in USA)
    Ch. Anuradha Singh M.P. (A very energetic lady, who did a lot of work in western U.P. in his time as PWD Minister)
    Last edited by sushil_dhaka; April 7th, 2005 at 10:26 AM.

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    You are perfectely ok, Only R.S. Sirohi is goning to take charge as V C of Bhopal University.

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    famous jats

    Quote Originally Posted by lr_burdak
    The Jat caste has produced a number of heroic persons who have put their life and families at risk and kept the pride and values like truth, freedom, equality, loyalty etc. intact. They struggled for the cause of the common people and their upliftment. Here is list of such famous Jat people:

    Baldev Ram Mirdha
    Bhim Singh Dahiya
    Captain Bhagwan Singh
    Captain Dilip Singh Ahalawat
    Chaudhari Charan Singh
    Chaudhari Chhotu Ram
    Chaudhari Devi Lal
    Col.G.S. Dhillon
    Dhanna Bhagat
    Dharmendra (Actor)
    Dr. Bal Ram Jakhar
    Dr. Sarup Singh
    Gyan Prakash Pilania
    Justice Mahavir Singh
    Kunwar Natwar Singh
    Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana
    Maharaja Ranjit Singh
    Maharaja Suraj Mal
    Maharani Kishori
    Mahendra Singh Tikait
    Pahalwan Dara Singh
    Raja Mahendra Pratap
    Swami Keshwa Nand
    Thakur Deshraj
    Veer Teja
    **************************************************
    I would request the members to add more famous jats to this list. We should also provide articles about these great jats so that other communities know about them. Many jat members also do not have ideas about them.

    We should also have a FORUM on this heading so that we can get any information about any famous jat, Like Chaudhary Charan Singh, Chaudhari Devilal and sir Chhoturam as has been provided on Jatland.
    Regards,

    Dear burdak ji,

    we all have forgotten the name of great seth chhaju ram of hissar. seth chhaju ram was born in a poor jat family but was very briliant, he migrated to calcutta and started working with the marwari seths there. he made so much progress in the business that in his times he was one of the richest man. kindly add his name too. and let me request all members to not mention every jat like present m.p. or a senior army officer or doctor or professor. greats are those who have done something very special for the society in general and for jats in perticular.

    thank u.

    vinod dhatrawal

  17. #17

    vinodji u r right

    dhatarwalji i do agry with u. but everyone has softcorner for someone . CH. KUMBHARAM ARYA was great leader of society & arya samaj.

  18. #18

    NO DEVILAL Please...

    I respect and appreciate that u are compiling the list of Famous JATS, but it would be not be a good idea to place names of Famous JATS like Sir CHHOTU RAM,CH. CHARAN SINGH AND ALL with Ch. Devi Lal.
    I Agree that he was a poor farmer,honest, loyal who had done lot for peasants. But don't you think that DID HE GAVE SUCH VALUES TO HIS SON AND GRAND SONS,WHO WERE THE MOST CORRUPT IN HARYANA. THEY HAVE PLAYED WITH THE FUTURE of many young minds who used to prepare for Govt. Jobs but none of them could get because yhey had no money and approach to them.
    Those near to them enjoyed , but what about the AAM INSAAN.

    So I THINK THAT WHAT DEVILAL DID FOR POOR MAN IS ALL LOST DUE TO CORRUPT GOVERNENCE BY CHAUTALA AND HIS SONS.
    IT IS FATHER'S(Ch. Devi Lal) FALIURE TO KEEP HIS SON( O.P.Chautala) and Grandson's on RIGHT PATH TO SERVE MASSES(INFACT POOR),WHO COULD NOT GIVE MORAL VALUES TO THEM. THEIR MAIN MOTIVE WAS TO CREATE WEALTH AND JUST WEALTH(WHICH IS NOT IN CRORES TODAY, BUT STILL LESS THAN BLOOD OF A COMMON HARYANA MAN.


    I am Sorry if other members of JATLAND and JAT community is hurt, but this was the plight of the masses of HARYANA.

    Thanks,

    SUMIT OHLYAN

  19. #19
    Quote Originally Posted by hamendra
    Adding Prof. R.S. Sirohi,

    Prof. R.S. Sirohi took over as the Director, IIT Delhi in December 2000. He did his Masters in Physics in 1964 from Agra University and Post M.Sc. in Applied Optics and Ph. D. in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi in 1965 and 1970 respectively. Prof. Sirohi was Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Indian Institute of Technology Madras during 1971-1979. He became Professor in the Physics Department of the same Institute in 1979.


    Prof. Sirohi worked as Humboldt Fellow at Physikalische -Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig, Germany. He was a Senior Research Associate at Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, USA. Prof. Sirohi was an Associate Professor at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, USA. He was ICTP (International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste Italy) Consultant to Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia and was Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore.


    Prof. Sirohi is Fellow of several important academies in India including Indian National Academy of Engineering; Optical Society of America; Optical Society of India; SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering). He is member of several other scientific societies, and founding member of India Laser Association. Prof. Sirohi is also the Chair for SPIE-INDIA Chapter, which he established with co-operation from SPIE in 1995 at IIT Madras. He was invited as JSPS Fellow and JITA Fellow to Japan. He was a member of the Education Committee of SPIE.


    Prof. Sirohi was awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Award by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Bonn, Germany in 1995 for his outstanding contributions to Optical Metrology. The International Commission of Optics (ICO) also chose him for the 1995 Galileo Award. The Optical Society of India awarded him the Amita De Award for his contributions to optics. He also received 13th Khwarizmi International Award IROST (2000) from the President of Iran. During this occasion UNESCO also gave him Albert Einstein Silver Medal (2000) for his contributions to science.


    Prof. Sirohi is a member on several Boards and Committees in India. He was the President of the Optical Society of India during 1994-1996. He is on the International Advisory Board of the Journal of Modern Optics, UK and on the editorial Boards of the Journal of Optics (India) and Optik (Germany) and Associate Editor of the International Journal Optical Engineering. He was a Guest Editor to the Journals Optical Engineering. He was also a Guest Editor to the Journals "Optics and Lasers in Engineering" and "Optical Engineering".


    Prof. Sirohi has published 225 papers in national and international journals, 56 papers in Proceedings of the conferences and has authored/co-authored/edited twelve books including four milestones for SPIE. He has participated in numerous international and national conferences and presented over 140 papers. He was Principal co-ordinator for over 25 projects sponsored by Government Funding Agencies and Industries. He has supervised 21 Ph.D. theses, 7 M.S. theses and numerous B.Tech., M.Sc. and M.Tech. theses.


    Prof. Sirohi's research areas are Optical Metrology, Optical Instrumentation and Holography.

    Presentations and publications:

    Hololens in speckle and speckle shear interferometry, C. Joenathan, R.K.Mohanty and R.S.Sirohi, Applied Optics, 24, 1294-98 [1985]
    Holographic grating in speckle shear interferometry, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, Applied Optics, 24, 2750-51 [1985]
    Fringe sharpening in lateral shear interferometry, C. Joenathan, R.K.Mohanty and R.S.Sirohi, Optics and Laser Technol., 17, 310-314 [1985]
    Real time optical image subtraction by a holographic shear lens, V.V.Rao, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, Optics commun.,55, 83-87 [1985]
    A Real time optical image subtraction of transparencies using holographic shear lens, V.V.Rao, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, J.Optics (INDIA), 14, 131-137 [1985]
    On the design and fabrication of holographic beam splitters, B.Gupta, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, Symposia on Quantum Electronics, BARC, INDIA, Jan 14-16 [1985]
    Application of holographic optics in image subtraction, V.V.Rao, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, Symposia on Optics and Opto-Electronics, DEHRA DUN, INDIA, March 31- April 1 [1986]
    Investigations on holographic optical elements, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, Report, Department of Science and Technology (HCS/DST/616/78), pp 1-57 [1986]
    Shear interferometry using holographic lenses and a hologram, V.Parthiban, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, J.Optics (INDIA), 16, 1-9 [1987]
    Inversion and folding shear interferometers using holographic optical elements, V.Parthiban, C.Joenathan, and R.S.Sirohi, Proc. SPIE, 813, 211 [1987]
    Simple inverting interferometer using holo elements, V.Parthiban, C. Joenathan and R.S.Sirohi, Applied Optics, 27, 1913-1914 [1988]
    One step rainbow holography using synthesized slit with low side lobes, C. Joenathan, R.Kamala and R.S.Sirohi, J.Optics (INDIA) 17, 12-17 (1988)
    Holography and its applications, IIAT, Poona, India, Oct [1987]


    Workshops:

    A two day holographic workshopat Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (20 students per workshop)
    i) Making Holograms, Date: May 2, and May 10, 1994
    ii) Making Holograms, Date: September 27 and October 6, 1994
    iii) Making Holograms, Date: September 27 and October 4, 1995
    iv) Making holograms, Date: September 21 and September 28, 1996



    Directed Research

    1. Evaluation of Holograms (1991)
    2. Fabrication of rainbow and reflection holograms (1992)
    3. Generation of 3D images using random dot coding (1992)
    4. Generation of Scholograms (1992)
    5. Display holograms of a live specimen (1994)
    6. Random dots for 3-D images (1993)
    7. Schologram method to create 3-D images (1993)
    8. Collimation tester using holographic gratings (1995)
    9. Dichromated gelatin holograms (1996)



    Masters Thesis

    A study of Dichromated Gelatin and the construction of holographic optical elements, Jay Sharping,(1993) at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    Well done Hamendraji !

    We have to bring up more writeups on internet about rest of the famous people.

    I am very soon going to post article on BALDEV RAM MIRDHA.

    Regards,
    Laxman Burdak

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    Swami Omanandji

    Its very sad to know that many of us do not know or have forgotten Swami Omanandji.

    He sacrificed everything, almost everything for the upliftment of the Jats. A great freedom fighter, he was the founder of Jhajhar Gurukul. A man who had his own values and principles and always lived with them.

    I was lucky to get his "Aashirwad" in my only meeting with him during his last days. It was in Jaipur Golden hospital in Rohini, New Delhi where he had come for his treatment. Sadly, he could not recover and made his way to heaven soon after.

    Though I don't know much, but whatever I have heard about him from my grandfather (a regular visitor to Jhajhar Gurukul) I can only say that he really was like a father figure to all the Jats.

    Though he is not there anymore, he has left us with people who can carry on with his noble work. Couple of months after his death I visited Gurukul in Jhajhar and was amazed to see the work he had done. It was an amazing experience for me... I could feel breathing fresh as I entered there. Not to mention the "Gau doodh" (cow milk) which was served to me.

    His collection in the museum is awesome. Besides, there are many books on JATs written by him which one can find in Gurukul's library.

    I would request all the people reading this to visit that place atleast once. This way we can appreciate his work to the society.

    Regards,
    Sumit

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