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| location = Beas, Punjab, India | | location = Beas, Punjab, India | ||
| Title = [[Satguru]] | | Title = [[Satguru]] | ||
| religion = | | religion = Sant Mat , [[Radha Soami]] | ||
| Period = 1951 - 1990 | | Period = 1951 - 1990 | ||
| Predecessor = [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Maharaj Jagat Singh]] | | Predecessor = [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Maharaj Jagat Singh]] | ||
| Successor = | | Successor = [[Gurinder Singh|Baba Gurinder Singh]] | ||
| birth_date = 12 December 1916 | | birth_date = 12 December 1916 | ||
| birth_place = Moga, District Ferozepur, Punjab | | birth_place = Moga, District Ferozepur, Punjab | ||
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| alias = Hazur Maharaj Ji | | alias = Hazur Maharaj Ji | ||
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'''Hazur Maharaj Charan Singh Ji''' (1916–1990), was the spiritual head of [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]], Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, after he was named successor by the preceding Beas guru [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh Ji]] , in 1951. Maharaj Charan Singh served as the guru for the Beas | '''Hazur Maharaj Charan Singh Ji''' (1916–1990), was the spiritual head of [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]], Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, after he was named successor by the preceding Beas guru [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh Ji]] , in 1951. Maharaj Charan Singh served as the guru for the Beas sangat for almost four decades, until his death from heart failure in 1990 at the age of 73. Before his appointment in 1951, he had practiced law in Hisar and Sirsa, India. He was an initiate of [[Sawan Singh|Maharaj Sawan Singh]]’s, who was his paternal grandfather and the predecessor of [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Maharaj Jagat Singh]]. Maharaj Charan Singh assigned the duties of his successor and guru to his initiate and nephew [[Gurinder Singh|Baba Gurinder Singh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maharaj Charan Singh|url=https://rssb.org/Maharaj_Charan_Singh.html#1|access-date=2021-07-20|website=Radha Soami Satsang Beas|language=en}}</ref> | ||
Maharaj Charan Singh was born in 1916 in his mother’s home at Moga in the Ferozepur district of Punjab. His father, Sardar Harbans Singh Grewal, was the youngest son of Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji, who was affectionately known as the Great Master.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maharaj Charan Singh|url=https://rssb.org/Maharaj_Charan_Singh.html#2|access-date=2021-07-20|website=Radha Soami Satsang Beas|language=en}}</ref> | Maharaj Charan Singh was born in 1916 in his mother’s home at Moga in the Ferozepur district of Punjab. His father, Sardar Harbans Singh Grewal, was the youngest son of Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji, who was affectionately known as the Great Master.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maharaj Charan Singh|url=https://rssb.org/Maharaj_Charan_Singh.html#2|access-date=2021-07-20|website=Radha Soami Satsang Beas|language=en}}</ref> | ||
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Most of the activities of the Society take place in the form of seva – voluntary service to the Lord through service to humanity – which is a key foundation of the teachings of the Beas masters. Maharaj Charan Singh initiated the launching of a Medical Eye Camp, a network of charitable hospitals, disaster management projects, and free food distribution programmes, which have continued as his legacy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maharaj Charan Singh|url=https://rssb.org/Maharaj_Charan_Singh.html#6|access-date=2021-07-20|website=Radha Soami Satsang Beas|language=en}}</ref> | Most of the activities of the Society take place in the form of seva – voluntary service to the Lord through service to humanity – which is a key foundation of the teachings of the Beas masters. Maharaj Charan Singh initiated the launching of a Medical Eye Camp, a network of charitable hospitals, disaster management projects, and free food distribution programmes, which have continued as his legacy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maharaj Charan Singh|url=https://rssb.org/Maharaj_Charan_Singh.html#6|access-date=2021-07-20|website=Radha Soami Satsang Beas|language=en}}</ref> | ||
On 1 June 1990, Maharaj Charan Singh died at Dera, Beas. He entrusted his authority and responsibility as Patron of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas Society and the Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society Beas to Gurinder Singh Dhillon who, at 36 years of age, has taken on the same responsibilities that had been assumed by Maharaj Charan Singh forty years earlier.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maharaj Charan Singh|url=https://rssb.org/Maharaj_Charan_Singh.html#7|access-date=2021-07-20|website=Radha Soami Satsang Beas|language=en}}</ref> | On 1 June 1990, Maharaj Charan Singh died at Dera, Beas. He entrusted his authority and responsibility as Patron of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas Society and the Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society Beas to Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon who, at 36 years of age, has taken on the same responsibilities that had been assumed by Maharaj Charan Singh forty years earlier.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maharaj Charan Singh|url=https://rssb.org/Maharaj_Charan_Singh.html#7|access-date=2021-07-20|website=Radha Soami Satsang Beas|language=en}}</ref> | ||
== The Philosophy of Radha Soami Satsang Beas == | == The Philosophy of Radha Soami Satsang Beas == | ||