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Before he died, he appointed [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh]] as his spiritual successor.<ref>''Radhasoami Reality: the logic of a modern faith'' by [[Mark Juergensmeyer]]. p.52. Princeton University Press, 1991</ref><ref>David Lane. ''The Radhasoami Tradition: A Critical History of Guru Successorship'' (1992). Garland Publishers, New York {{ISBN|0824052471}} {{cite web |url=http://elearn.mtsac.edu/dlane/rs3.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-10-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810193224/http://elearn.mtsac.edu/dlane/rs3.html |archivedate=2011-08-10 }}</ref> | Before he died, he appointed [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh]] as his spiritual successor.<ref>''Radhasoami Reality: the logic of a modern faith'' by [[Mark Juergensmeyer]]. p.52. Princeton University Press, 1991</ref><ref>David Lane. ''The Radhasoami Tradition: A Critical History of Guru Successorship'' (1992). Garland Publishers, New York {{ISBN|0824052471}} {{cite web |url=http://elearn.mtsac.edu/dlane/rs3.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-10-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810193224/http://elearn.mtsac.edu/dlane/rs3.html |archivedate=2011-08-10 }}</ref> | ||
==Honorifics== | ==Honorifics== | ||
Although he did not refer to himself with these, the following appellations and honorifics have been used to refer to Baba Sawan Singh: | Although he did not refer to himself with these, the following appellations and honorifics have been used to refer to Baba Sawan Singh: | ||
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*Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj<ref>{{cite web |title=A brief life-sketch of Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj |url=https://www.ruhanisatsangusa.org/BabaSawanSingh.htm |website=www.ruhanisatsangusa.org}}</ref> | *Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj<ref>{{cite web |title=A brief life-sketch of Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj |url=https://www.ruhanisatsangusa.org/BabaSawanSingh.htm |website=www.ruhanisatsangusa.org}}</ref> | ||
==Life== | ==Life== | ||
Baba Sawan Singh Grewal was born into a Grewal Jat [[Sikh]] family in the village of Jatana, District Ludhiana, in pre-partition Punjab. His father was Subedar Major Sardar Kabal Singh Grewal and his mother was Mata Jiwani Kaur. He was married to Mata Kishan Kaur and together they had three children. He passed engineering at Thomason College of Civil Engineering]], Roorkee and later joined the Military Engineering Service. | Baba Sawan Singh Grewal was born into a Grewal Jat [[Sikh]] family in his mother's home at the village of Jatana, District Ludhiana, in pre-partition Punjab. Baba Sawan Singh Ji’s ancestral village was Mehma Singh Wala, District Ludhiana in Punjab. His father was Subedar Major Sardar Kabal Singh Grewal and his mother was Mata Jiwani Kaur. He was married to Mata Kishan Kaur and together they had three children. He passed engineering at Thomason College of Civil Engineering]], Roorkee and later joined the Military Engineering Service. | ||
He studied scriptures of various religions but retained a strong connection with the [[Guru Granth Sahib|Gurbani]] of the Sikh religion.<ref name=Gems>Spiritual Gems, Letter No.1.</ref> | He studied scriptures of various religions but retained a strong connection with the [[Guru Granth Sahib|Gurbani]] of the Sikh religion.<ref name=Gems>Spiritual Gems, Letter No.1.</ref> | ||
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Baba Sawan Singh retired on government pension in 1911 to Dera Baba Jaimal Singh (Beas), the "camp of Baba Jaimal Singh" where Baba Jaimal Singh had settled in 1891. During his ministry the Dera expanded greatly, with houses for both permanent residents and guests, a library and a Satsang Hall. Sawan Singh sheltered victims of the communal holocaust of the [[Partition of India]]. His following included Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, and for the first time, thousands from abroad. He had initiates from America, England, Switzerland, Germany, most notable of whom being the Americans physician-surgeon Dr. Julian Johnson and chiropractic-osteopath Dr. Randolph Stone and the Swiss physician-homeopath Dr. Pierre Schmidt. | Baba Sawan Singh retired on government pension in 1911 to Dera Baba Jaimal Singh (Beas), the "camp of Baba Jaimal Singh" where Baba Jaimal Singh had settled in 1891. During his ministry the Dera expanded greatly, with houses for both permanent residents and guests, a library and a Satsang Hall. Sawan Singh sheltered victims of the communal holocaust of the [[Partition of India]]. His following included Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, and for the first time, thousands from abroad. He had initiates from America, England, Switzerland, Germany, most notable of whom being the Americans physician-surgeon Dr. Julian Johnson and chiropractic-osteopath Dr. Randolph Stone and the Swiss physician-homeopath Dr. Pierre Schmidt. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Radha Soami]] | * [[Radha Soami]] | ||