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<p>122.161.52.135: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Rajeshwar Bali.jpg|thumb|'''Hon'ble Dr. Raja Rai Rajeshwar Bali''' at the opening ceremony of Bhatkhande Music Institute ''Deemed University'' formerly known as “Marris College of Hindustani Music”]]<br /> <br /> {{Short description|Taluqdar of Daryabad}}<br /> {{More citations needed|date=April 2021}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2013}}<br /> {{Infobox officeholder<br /> | name = Dr. Rai Rajeshwar Bali<br /> | order = 13th Taluqdar of Rampur-Dariyabad Estate<br /> | predecessor = Rai Narain Bali<br /> | successor = Rai Dina Nath Bali<br /> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|07|30}}<br /> | birth_place = Dariyabad [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]], &lt;br&gt;[[British Raj|British India]]<br /> | death_date = {{death year and age |1944|1889|}}<br /> | death_place = Dariyabad [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]], &lt;br&gt;[[British Raj|British India]]<br /> | spouse = Shushila Rani Bali<br /> | children = Bindeshwari, Dr. Pushpa Chandra, Rai Dina Nath Bali, Rai Kailash Nath Bali, Mithleshwari Devi, Rai Gopeshwar Bali, Rai Madan Gopal Bali, Rai Kaushlendra Bali<br /> }}<br /> <br /> Dr. Raja [[Rai (title)|Rai]] '''Rajeshwar Bali''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} was the [[Taluqdar]] of Rampur-[[Dariyabad, Barabanki|Dariyabad]]. Dariyabad was a [[taluq]] in North India and was the biggest Kayastha State in [[Awadh]]. Currently situated in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] (United Provinces). <br /> <br /> ==Life==<br /> He was an intellectual reformist. During his lifetime he was the head of the [[Taluqdar|Taluqdar association of Oudh]]. From 1924 to 1928 he was the education minister of Uttar Pradesh.<br /> <br /> His main contributions were the passage of the [[Agra University]] act, the creation of [[Bhatkhande Music Institute Deemed University|Bhatkhande College of Hindustani Music]] and passing of primary education system of education in India.<br /> <br /> In the early part of the 20th century the Hindustani music was confined to temples. Dr Rai Rajeshwar Bali was instrumental in bringing the [[Hindustani classical music]] to the public by opening one of the first music colleges of India called the Bhatkhande College of Hindustani Music in [[Lucknow]]. For this he invited Pundit [[Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande|V. N. Bhatkhande]] and requested him to write the grammar of Hindustani Classical Music. Dr Rai Rajeshwar Bali was also an avid Krishna Bhakt and his Phag and Panje are still recited in [[Vrindavan]], the lila sthal of Bhagwan [[Krishna]].<br /> <br /> Rai Rajeshwar Bali, at the age of 27, earned great respect and awe for his creative activities and was recognized among stalwarts like Rabindranath Tagore, Dr. Radhakrishnan, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya and others, who had regular interactions with him on cultural matters.<br /> Purely in recognition of his brilliant creative activities, the then Governor of UP Sir William Marris appointed Rai Rajeshwar Bali as the Minister of Education in 1922.<br /> <br /> '''Taluqdari In Office'''<br /> <br /> From July 1924{{snd}}June 1928<br /> Minister of Education, Medical Relief &amp; Public Health and Local Self Government of the UP legislative assembly in 1920 and represented the Non-Muslim rural constituency of Barabanki district.<br /> <br /> He was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in the [[1919 New Year Honours]].&lt;ref&gt;{{London Gazette |issue=31114 |supp=y |page=461|date= 8 January 1919}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> The passing of the Agra University Act and Primary Education Bill in UP Assembly was also due to his efforts. For this, he was not only conferred a Degree of the Doctor of literature by the Lucknow University, but his name was given a place of honor in the Encyclopedia of Great Men of the World, published from the USA. <br /> <br /> After independence the prime minister of India Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru disclosed to Sri Mahesh Chandra, a senior journalist a leading daily The Statesman that he and other prominent Congressmen had Rai Rajeshwar Bali’s name in mind for the first President of India.<br /> <br /> Dr Rai Rajeshwar Bali was succeeded by his eldest son Rai Dinanath Bali.<br /> <br /> His only surviving son is Rai Kaushlendra Bali, who lives in New Delhi, India.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [[1919 New Year Honours (OBE)]]<br /> * [http://www.balifamily.net www.balifamily.net]<br /> * http://bhatkhandemusic.edu.in/history/#<br /> * [http://www.bsvidyapith.org/aboutus-foundedby.htm Bhatkhande Sangit Vidyapith]<br /> * [[Dariyabad, Barabanki]]<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070616091351/http://bhatkhandemusic.edu.in/about.htm Bhatkhande Music Institute University]<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310223021/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/mini_r.htm List of Ministers, Vidhan Sabha, Uttar Pradesh]<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310235326/http://gist.ap.nic.in/cgi-bin/edn/ednshow.cgi/?en=00029 History of Bhatkhande Music Institute, Lucknow]<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060703034657/http://www.lkouniv.ac.in/awards.htm Awards of memorial medal at University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh]<br /> * [[Taluqdar]]<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Bali, Rai Rajeshwar}}<br /> [[Category:1889 births]]<br /> [[Category:1944 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:People from Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]</div>

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