Osho's family
"In my childhood...there were many children in my family. I had ten brothers and sisters myself,
- then there were one uncle's children, and another uncle's children." (Osho)
- His grandparents were
- his mother's mother : "Nani" Rani Ma Saheb (Shreemati Genda Bai Jain) (1896 - 1971)
- his mother's father : "Nana" Raja Saheb (Shree Panna Lal Jain) (1892 - 1938)
- his father's mother : "Dadi" Shreemati Saraswati Bai Jain (1893 - 1930)
- his father's father : "Dada" or "Baba" Shree Hazari Lal Jain (1888 - 1958)
- His parents were
- mother : "Bhabhi" Pujya Maa Saraswati Devi (Shreemati Saraswati Bai Jain)
- father : "Dadda" Shree Babu Lal Jain
- His aunts were
- "Bhua": his father's sisters :
- Shreemati Ratni Bai Jain (1914 - 1942)
- Shreemati Makhamal Bai Samaiya (1924 - 1956)
- "Chachi" : the wifes of his father's brothers
- Shreemati Leelavati Jain (Jun 24, 1921 - Sep 8, 1999)
- Shreemati Indu Prabha Jain (Jul 3, 1929 - Oct 23, 1999)
- His uncles were
- "Fufa" : the husbands of his father's sisters
- Shree Panna Lal Jain (1910 - 1969)
- Shree Kundan Lal Samaiya (1920 - 1978)
- "Chacha" : his father's brothers
- Shree Amrit Lal "Chanchal" (Nov 9, 1913 - Nov 12, 1987)
- Shree Shikhar Chand Jain (Nov 22, 1921 - Nov 1, 2005)
- His sisters were
- Rasa Kumari
- Snehlata
- Neeru
- Nisha Khate
- Kusum (who died from smallpox, 1939-1942).
- His brothers were
- Vijay Kumar Khate (Sep 18, 1937 - Aug 9, 1995)
- Shailendra Shekhar
- Aklank Kumar Khate (Jul 25, 1941 - Feb 8, 2015)
- Niklank Kumar Jain
- Amit Mohan Khate
- His cousins were
- the daughters of uncle Amrit Lal "Chanchal" & aunt Shreemati Leelavati Jain
- Shushama
- Preeti
- Kumkum
- Sefali
- the sons of uncle Amrit Lal "Chanchal" & aunt Shreemati Leelavati Jain
- Paresh
- Niseeth Mohan
- the daughters of uncle Shikhar Chand Jain & aunt Shreemati Indu Prabha Jain
- Anurag Mayi
- Alankar Mani
- the sons of uncle Shikhar Chand Jain & aunt Shreemati Indu Prabha Jain
- Prafulla Mohan
- Pramod Mohan (May 12, 1953 - Nov 28, 2015)
- the daughter of Shreemati Ratni BaI Jain and Shree Panna Lal Jain
- Kranti Chirantan Brahmachari (Jul 5, 1933 - Apr 23, 2006)
- the son of Shreemati Ratni BaI Jain and Shree Panna Lal Jain
- Arvind Kumar Jain
- the daughter of ????
- Shashi (she died of typhoid 1949)
gallery
Saraswati
Devateerth
Nisha 1981
Shailendra 2014
"Nani" Rani Ma
- sources
- The information on this page is largely based on Sw Anand Neeten's Osho Source Book
- and correspondence with Osho's brothers Niklank and Shailendra and Osho's niece Pratiksha who provided us with first hand details about their family.