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| honorific-prefix = Hazur Maharaj | | honorific-prefix = Hazur Maharaj | ||
| image = RS sawan.jpg | | image = RS sawan.jpg | ||
| religion = | | religion = Sant Mat, [[Radha Soami]] | ||
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] | | nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] | ||
| citizenship = British subject | | citizenship = British subject | ||
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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1948|4|2|1858|7|20}} | | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1948|4|2|1858|7|20}} | ||
| death_place = Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, [[Beas City|Beās]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Pañjāb]], Indian Empire | | death_place = Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, [[Beas City|Beās]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Pañjāb]], Indian Empire | ||
| alma_mater = | | alma_mater = Thomason College of Civil Engineering | ||
| occupation = civil engineer, Military Engineering Service | | occupation = civil engineer, Military Engineering Service | ||
| institute = [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]] | | institute = [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]] | ||
| period = 1903–48 | | period = 1903–48 | ||
| predecessor = Baba | | predecessor = Baba Jaimal Singh | ||
| successor = | | successor = [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh]] | ||
| post = [[Satguru]] | | post = [[Satguru]] | ||
| known_for = Developed Dera Baba Jaimal Singh colony | | known_for = Developed Dera Baba Jaimal Singh colony | ||
| influences = Baba | | influences = Baba Jaimal Singh | ||
| influenced = | | influenced = [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh]], [[Charan Singh (Sant)|Maharaj Charan Singh]], Julian Johnson | ||
| background = #FFC569 | | background = #FFC569 | ||
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'''Hazur Maharaj Baba Sawan Singh''' (1858-1948), also known as "The Great Master" or ''Bade Maharaj Ji'', was an [[Indian people|Indian]] Saint or ''Sant''. He was the second [[Satguru]] of [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]] (RSSB) from the death of Baba | '''Hazur Maharaj Baba Sawan Singh Ji''' (1858-1948), also known as "The Great Master" or ''Bade Maharaj Ji'', was an [[Indian people|Indian]] Saint or ''Sant''. He was the second [[Satguru]] of [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]] (RSSB) from the death of Baba Jaimal Singh in 1903 until his own death on 2 April 1948.<ref>Sondhi, S. L. (Ed.) (1981). ''Radha Soami Satsang Beas: Origin and Growth''. Dera Baba Jaimal Singh: [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]].</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> | 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: | ||