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 ==Life==
-Baba Sawan Singh Grewal was born into a Grewal [[Jat people|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 [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee|Thomason College of Civil Engineering]], Roorkee and later joined the Military Engineering Service.
+Baba Sawan Singh Grewal was born on 20 July 1858, into a Grewal [[Jat people|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>
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 :"I associated with him for several months and during that time he showed supernatural powers on several occasions. When I asked him if he would shower grace upon me by initiating me, he answered: 'No, he is somebody else; I do not have your share'. I then asked him to tell me who that person was so that I could contact him. He replied: 'When the time comes, he will himself find you'."<ref name=Gems />
-Later when Sawan Singh was stationed at Murree, he met [[Baba Jaimal Singh]], who said to his companion that he had come to initiate Sawan Singh. After much philosophical debate, discussion and several conferences with Baba Jaimal Singh, Baba Sawan Singh became thoroughly convinced and received initiation from Baba Jaimal Singh into the practice of [[surat shabd yoga]] on the 15th day of October, 1894.
+Later when Sawan Singh was stationed at Murree, he met Baba Jaimal Singh, who said to his companion that he had come to initiate Sawan Singh. After much philosophical debate, discussion and several conferences with Baba Jaimal Singh, Baba Sawan Singh became thoroughly convinced and received initiation from Baba Jaimal Singh into the practice of [[surat shabd yoga]] on the 15th day of October, 1894.
 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. Baba 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.