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Born into a prosperous Sikh farming family in the Punjab of India, '''Baba Jagat Singh Ji Maharaj''' (1884-1951) became a Surat Shabd Yoga practitioner and initiate of the [[Sant (religion)|Sant]] and [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]] [[Satguru|Guru]] | Born into a prosperous Sikh farming family in the Punjab of India, '''Baba Jagat Singh Ji Maharaj''' (1884-1951) became a Surat Shabd Yoga practitioner and initiate of the [[Sant (religion)|Sant]] and [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]] [[Satguru|Guru]] [[Sawan Singh|Baba Sawan Singh]]. He worked as a college chemistry professor at an Agricultural College<ref>''Radhasoami Reality: the logic of a modern faith'' by [[Mark Juergensmeyer]]. p.51. Princeton University Press, 1991</ref> and was honoured for meritorious service by the British as [[Rao Bahadur|Sardar Bahadur]] Jagat Singh. After retirement he was chosen by his spiritual Master to be his successor, becoming the third Guru of [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]]. Remembered as quiet, inconspicuous, and unassuming, he was once described by the Muslim mystic Sain Baba Lasoori Shah of Lyallpur as a "perfect disciple" who became a "perfect Master".<ref>''Discourse on Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh'' by Air Vice Marshal Kundan Sondhi. R.S.Greetings periodical April 1971, pp.26-40. RS Satsang USA</ref><ref>''Heaven on Earth'' by Daryai Lal Lal Kapur. p.236. RS Satsang Beas, 1986</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Baba Jagat Singh Klare was born on 27 July 1884 into a family of prosperous and religious Jat Sikh farmers,<ref>''In the footsteps of the Master'', p.3. RS Satsang Beas, 1993</ref> in the small village of Nussi in the Jalandhar District of the Punjab, India. His parents were Sardar Bhola Singh, a farmer, and Mata Nand Kaur. His father Sardar Bhola Singh died when he was (Sardar Bahadur Ji) five years old. He was raised by his father's aunt (stepmother) Bibi Rukmani Kaur. He received his initial education in the Christian Mission School at Jalandhar. He then passed his MSc degree in Chemistry at the Government College of Lahore.<ref>''In the footsteps of the Master''. p.3. RS Satsang Beas, 1993</ref> He joined the Punjab Agricultural College, Lyallpur, in 1911 as Assistant Professor of Chemistry and retired as Vice Principal of the institution in 1943 receiving the title Sardar Bahadur for his thirty-two years of meritorious service.<ref>''Heaven on Earth'' by Daryai Lal Lal Kapur. p.244. RS Satsang Beas, 1986</ref><ref>''The science of the soul'' by [[Maharaj Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh]]. p.vii. Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1959</ref> | Baba Jagat Singh Klare was born on 27 July 1884 into a family of prosperous and religious Jat Sikh farmers,<ref>''In the footsteps of the Master'', p.3. RS Satsang Beas, 1993</ref> in the small village of Nussi in the Jalandhar District of the Punjab, India. His parents were Sardar Bhola Singh, a farmer, and Mata Nand Kaur. His father Sardar Bhola Singh died when he was (Sardar Bahadur Ji) five years old. He was raised by his father's aunt (stepmother) Bibi Rukmani Kaur. He received his initial education in the Christian Mission School at Jalandhar. He then passed his MSc degree in Chemistry at the Government College of Lahore.<ref>''In the footsteps of the Master''. p.3. RS Satsang Beas, 1993</ref> He joined the Punjab Agricultural College, Lyallpur, in 1911 as Assistant Professor of Chemistry and retired as Vice Principal of the institution in 1943 receiving the title Sardar Bahadur for his thirty-two years of meritorious service.<ref>''Heaven on Earth'' by Daryai Lal Lal Kapur. p.244. RS Satsang Beas, 1986</ref><ref>''The science of the soul'' by [[Maharaj Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh]]. p.vii. Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1959</ref> | ||