Gurcharan Das Mehta (20 December 1885—17 February 1975), also known as Param Guru Mehta Ji Maharaj, was the sixth Revered

Satguru ''Satguru'' ( sa, सत्गुरु), or ''sadguru'' ( sa, सद्गुरु), means the 'true guru' in Sanskrit. The term is distinguished from other forms of gurus, such as musical instructors, scriptural teachers, parents, and so on ...

Mark Juergensmeyer, 1995
eality: The Logic of a Modern Faith
Page 51. of the

Radha Soami Radha Soami is a spiritual tradition founded by Shiv Dayal Singh in 1861 on Basant Panchami Day in Agra, India. p. 90 note 5, Quote: "The date of Seth Shiv Dayal's first public discourse is Basant Panchami Day, February 15, 1861"., Quote: ...

Satsang Dayalbagh. He was born on 20 December 1885 in

Batala Batala is the eighth largest city in the state of Punjab, India in terms of population after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Bathinda, Mohali and Hoshiarpur. Batala ranks as the second-oldest city after Bathinda. It is a municipal corpo ...

, to a respectable Punjabi family. His father was Shri Atma Ram Sahab Mehta. He studied from Thomason College of Civil Engineering, Roorkee (now

IIT Roorkee Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (abbreviated IIT Roorkee) is a technical university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. It is the oldest engineering institution in India, and was founded as the College of Civil Engineering in Bri ...

) and served in Punjab Government.Pritam Singh, 1948
Saints and Sages of India
Page 129. Mehta became Sant

Satsang Dayalbagh on 24 June 1937. He stressed on agricultural work and Seva. He also strengthened the industries and educational institutions of Dayalbagh and was known as the Architect of Dayalbagh.

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