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"In my childhood...there were many children in my family. I had ten brothers and sisters myself,  
"In my childhood...there were many children in my family. I had ten brothers and sisters myself,  
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[[image:osho and family 1951.jpg|none|600px|thumb|Osho with some relatives in Jabalpur, 1951.  L-to-R :<br>
[[image:osho and family 1951.jpg|none|600px|thumb|Osho with some relatives in Jabalpur, 1951.  L-to-R :<br>
Kundan Lal Samaiya (Kranti's uncle), [[Ma Yoga Kranti|Kranti Samaiya]], Sheela Makhamal Bai Samaiya, Kundan Lal's nephew, (an unknown female neighbour), Arvind Kumar Jain, Osho]]
Kundan Lal Samaiya (Kranti's uncle), [[Ma Yoga Kranti|Kranti Samaiya]], Sheela Makhamal Bai Samaiya, Kundan Lal's nephew, (an unknown female neighbour), [[Arvind Kumar Jain]], Osho]]






[[image:osho and family 01.jpg|none|800px|thumb|Osho with his family at Gadarwara, 1970.  L-to-R :<br>
[[image:osho and family 01.jpg|none|800px|thumb|Osho with his family at Gadarwara, 1970.  L-to-R :<br>
back row standing : Shakuntala Jain (Niklank's wife), [[Sw Niklank Bharti | Niklank Jain]], Shahsi Kala Khate (Aklank's wife), [[Sw Aklank Bharti|Aklank Jain]] (with his son Aneesh),  
back row standing : Shakuntala Jain (Niklank's wife), [[Sw Niklank Bharti | Niklank Jain]], Shashi Kala Khate (Aklank's wife), [[Sw Aklank Bharti|Aklank Jain]] (with their son Aneesh),  
[[Sw Vijay Bharti|Vijay Kumar Khate]] (with his son Ashutosh), Shashi Bala Khate (Vijay's wife) <br>
[[Sw Vijay Bharti|Vijay Kumar Khate]] (with their son Ashutosh), Shashi Bala Khate (Vijay's wife) <br>
2nd row  : Saraswati, Osho, Devateerth <br>
2nd row  : Saraswati, Osho, Devateerth <br>
3rd row : [[Sw Shailendra Saraswati | Shailendra]], [[Ma Nisha Bharti | Nisha]], Mohan Khate <br>
3rd row : [[Sw Shailendra Saraswati | Shailendra]], [[Ma Nisha Bharti | Nisha]], [[Sw Yoga Amit|Mohan Khate]] <br>
front row : Poorva Khate, Maitreya Khate, Pratiksha Khate, Pragya Khate
front row : Poorva Khate, Maitreya Khate, [[Ma Yoga Pratiksha|Pratiksha Khate]], Pragya Khate
]]
]]


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(Please note that the names in quotation marks are the nicknames Osho used to call them by. Most are common in Hindi, but some are not. See references below.)  
(Please note that the names in quotation marks are the nicknames Osho used to call them by. Most are common in Hindi, but some are not. See references below.)  


;Osho's grandparents were
=== Osho's grandparents ===
: his mother's mother : "Nani" Rani Ma (Shreemati Genda Bai Jain) (1896 - 1971)
: his mother's mother : "Nani" Rani Ma (Shreemati Genda Bai Jain) (1896 - 1971)
: his mother's father : "Nana" Raja Saheb (Shree Panna Lal Jain) (1892 - 1938)
: his mother's father : "Nana" Raja Saheb (Shree Panna Lal Jain) (1892 - 1938)
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: his father's father : "Dada" or "Baba" Shree Hazari Lal Jain (1888 - 1958)
: his father's father : "Dada" or "Baba" Shree Hazari Lal Jain (1888 - 1958)


=== Osho's parents ===
: mother : [[Ma Amrit Saraswati]] ("Bhabhi" Shreemati Saraswati Bai Jain) (Nov 23, 1913 - May 17, 1995)
::(Incidentally, Osho's mother and her mother-in-law have the same name. When Osho's brother Shailendra took Sannyas, Osho named him Saraswati as well.)
: father : [[Sw Devateerth Bharti]] ("Dadda" Shree Babu Lal Jain) (Mar 21, 1908 - Sep 8, 1979)
::(They were married when Saraswati was 7 years old.)


;Osho's parents were
: mother : [[Ma Amrit Saraswati | "Bhabhi" Shreemati Saraswati Bai Jain]] (Nov 23, 1913 - May 17, 1995)
::(Incidentally, Osho's mother and her mother-in-law have the same name. When his brother Sheilendra took Sannyas, Osho named him Saraswati as well.)
: father : [[Sw Devateerth Bharti | "Dadda" Shree Babu Lal Jain]] (Mar 21, 1908 - Sep 8, 1979)


=== Osho's aunts, uncles and cousins ===
;his father's sisters :
: Shreemati Ratni Bai Jain (1914 - 1942)
:: married Shree Panna Lal Jain (1910 - 1969)
:: their daughter : [[Ma Yoga Kranti]] (Kranti Chirantan Brahmachari) (Jul 5, 1933 - Apr 23, 2006)
:: their son : Arvind Kumar Jain (Apr 4, 1938 - Jan 11, 2018)


;Osho's aunts, uncles and cousins were
: Shreemati Makhamal Bai Samaiya (1924 - 1956)
:his father's sisters :
:: married Shree Kundan Lal Samaiya (1920 - 1978)
:: Shreemati Ratni Bai Jain (1914 - 1942)
:: (they had no children, but took care of Kranti and Arvind after the untimely death of their mother Ratni.)
::: married Shree Panna Lal Jain (1910 - 1969)
::: their daughter : [[Ma Yoga Kranti  | Kranti Chirantan Brahmachari]] (Jul 5, 1933 - Apr 23, 2006)
::: their son : Arvind Kumar Jain


:: Shreemati Makhamal Bai Samaiya (1924 - 1956)
;his father's brothers
::: married Shree Kundan Lal Samaiya (1920 - 1978)
: "Chanchal" Shree Amrit Lal (Nov 9, 1913 - Nov 12, 1987)
::: (they had no children, but took care of Kranti and Arvind after the untimely death of their mother Ratni.)   
:: married Shreemati Leelavati Jain (Jun 24, 1921 - Sep 8, 1999)
:: their daughters : Sushama (Mar 24, 1942 - ), Preeti (Sep 23, 1944 - ), Kumkum (Nov 19, 1948 - ), Sefali (aka Shaifali) (Jun 20, 1953 - )
:: their sons : Paresh (Apr 4, 1952 - ), Nisheeth Mohan (Oct 9, 1954 - )


:his father's brothers
: [[Sw Anand Siddhartha]] (Shree Shikhar Chand Jain) (Nov 22, 1921 - Nov 1, 2005)
:: "Chanchal" Shree Amrit Lal (Nov 9, 1913 - Nov 12, 1987)
:: married [[Ma Amrit Bhagwati]] (Shreemati Indu Prabha Jain) (Jul 3, 1929 - Oct 23, 1999)
::: married Shreemati Leelavati Jain (Jun 24, 1921 - Sep 8, 1999)
:: their daughters : Anurag Mayi (Mar 1, 1946 - ), Alankar Mani (Jun 20, 1956 - )
::: their daughters : Shushama, Preeti, Kumkum, Sefali
:: their son : [[Sw Praful Mohan]] (Dec 7, 1947 - )
::: their sons : Paresh,  Niseeth Mohan
::: his daughters : Shabnam Jain, Sameer Jain
 
:: their son : Pramod Kumar Jain (May 12, 1953 - Nov 28, 2015)
:: [[Sw Anand Siddhartha|Shree Shikhar Chand Jain]] (Nov 22, 1921 - Nov 1, 2005)
::: his sons : Setu Jain, Rishi Jain
::: married [[Ma Amrit Bhagwati|Shreemati Indu Prabha Jain]] (Jul 3, 1929 - Oct 23, 1999)
::: their daughters : Anurag Mayi, Alankar Mani
::: their sons : Prafulla Mohan, Pramod Mohan (May 12, 1953 - Nov 28, 2015)


:(Osho's mother had no siblings, so their were no uncles, aunts or cousins from her side of the family.)
:(Osho's mother had no siblings, so their were no uncles, aunts or cousins from her side of the family.)


;Osho's sisters, their husbands and children were
=== Osho's sisters, their husbands and children ===
: Rasa Kumari
: Rasa Kumari (Jul 17, 1933 - )
:: married Shree Jinwar Das Fouzdar (Sep 14, 1928 - Feb 8, 1977)
:: married Shree Jinwar Das Fouzdar (Sep 14, 1928 - Feb 8, 1977)
:: their daughters : Rakanishi, Alka, Jyoti
:: their daughters : Rakanishi (Sep 2, 1953 - ), Alka (May 17, 1957 - ), Jyoti (May 27, 1959 - )
:: their sons : Rohit, Kapil
:: their sons : Rakesh (Jul 8, 1950 - ), Rohit (Jul 18, 1955 - ), Kapil (Jul 27, 1961 - )
:: their grandson : Siddhartha
:: their grandson : Sw Anand Siddhartha


: Snehlata
: Snehlata (Oct 20, 1943 - )
:: married Shree Rajendra Kumar Jain (Jul 31, 1939 - Jul 22, 2013)
:: married Shree Rajendra Kumar Jain (Jul 31, 1939 - Jul 22, 2013)
:: their sons : Sanjay, Sandeep, Sudeep, Somesh
:: their sons : Sanjay (Apr 9, 1962 - ), Sandeep (Jul 5, 1965 - ), Sudeep (Oct 2, 1970 - ), Somesh (Jan 7, 1973 - )


: Neeru
: Neeru (Oct 10, 1948 - )
:: married Shree Kailash Singhai
:: married Shree Kailash Singhai (Oct 20, 1944 - )
:: their daughter : Ritu
:: their daughter : Ritu (May 2, 1974 - )
:: their sons : Rishi, Rahul
:: their sons : Rishi (Jan 19, 1976 - ), Rahul (Nov 25, 1977 - )


: [[Ma Nisha Bharti | Nisha Khate]]
: [[Ma Nisha Bharti]] (Nisha Khate) (Dec 21, 1949 - )
:: married Shree Harak Chand Jain
:: married Shree Harak Chand Jain (Dec 24, 1942 - )
:: their sons : Yogesh, Somesh
:: their sons : Yogesh (Mar 3, 1974 - ), Somesh (Nov 16, 1976 - )


: Kusum (died from smallpox, 1939 - 1942)
: Kusum (died from smallpox, 1939 - 1942)


;Osho's brothers, their wives and children were
=== Osho's brothers, their wives and children ===
: [[Sw Vijay Bharti|Vijay Kumar Khate]] (Sep 18, 1937 - Aug 9, 1995)
: [[Sw Vijay Bharti]] (Vijay Kumar Khate) (Sep 18, 1937 - Aug 9, 1995)
:: married Shashi Kala
:: married Shashi Bala (Jan 30, 1943 - )
:: their daughters : Poorva , [[Ma Yoga Pratiksha|Pratiksha Apurv]] (Feb 28, 1964 - ), Pragya
:: their daughters : Poorva (Sep 18, 1961 - ), [[Ma Yoga Pratiksha]] (Pratiksha Apurv) (Feb 26, 1964 - ), Pragya (May 1, 1966 - )
:: their sons : Maitreya (Nov 17, 1959 - Mar 8, 2006), Ashutosh
:: their sons : Maitreya (Nov 17, 1959 - Mar 8, 2006), Ashutosh (Jun 23, 1969 - )


: [[Sw Aklank Bharti|Aklank Kumar Khate]] (Jul 25, 1941 - Feb 8, 2015)
: [[Sw Aklank Bharti]] (Aklank Kumar Khate) (Jul 25, 1941 - Feb 8, 2015)
:: married Shashi Bala
:: married [[Ma Shashi Bharti]] (Shashi Kala Khate) (Oct 29, 1950 - Jan 18, 2020)
:: their son : Aneesh
:: their son : Aneesh (Jun 6, 1969 - )


: [[Sw Niklank Bharti | Niklank Kumar Jain]]
: [[Sw Niklank Bharti]] (Niklank Kumar Jain) (Jan 15, 1945 - )
:: married Shakuntala
:: married Shakuntala (Jan 27, 1950 - )
:: their daughter : Leena
:: their daughter : Leena (Nov 24, 1973 - )
:: their sons : Paritosh, Siddhartha
:: their sons : Paritosh (Apr 18, 1976 - ), Sw Anand Siddhartha (Apr 26, 1979 - )


: [[Sw Yoga Amit|Amit Mohan Khate]]
: [[Sw Yoga Amit]] (Mohan Khate) (Jun 21, 1958 - )
:: married [[Ma Anand Divya]]
:: married [[Ma Anand Divya]] (Feb 11, 1962 - )
:: (They had no children)
:: (They had no children)


: [[Sw Shailendra Saraswati | Shailendra Shekhar]]
: [[Sw Shailendra Saraswati]] (Shailendra Shekhar) (Jun 17, 1955 - )
:: married [[Ma Amrit Priya|Priya Shekhar]]
:: married [[Ma Amrit Priya]] (Priya Shekhar) (May 8, 1958 - )
:: (They had no children)
:: (They had no children)


;Some of Osho's childhood friends were
=== some of Osho's childhood friends ===
:Shree Shiv Prasad Gagarani
:Shree Shiv Prasad Gagarani
:Shree Shyam Lal Soni
:Shree Shyam Lal Soni
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== gallery ==
== gallery ==
:: <gallery widths=300px heights=200px >  
:: <gallery heights=250px mode="packed">  
image:nani01.jpg|"Nani" Rani Ma
image:nani02.jpg|"Nani" Rani Ma
Image:amrit_saraswati.jpg|Saraswati
Image:amrit_saraswati.jpg|Saraswati
Image:devateerth.jpg|Devateerth
Image:devateerth.jpg|Devateerth
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Image:shailendra 2014.jpg|Shailendra 2014
Image:shailendra 2014.jpg|Shailendra 2014
Image:aklank.jpg|Aklank
Image:aklank.jpg|Aklank
image:nani01.jpg|"Nani" Rani Ma
</gallery>
</gallery>


Revision as of 16:31, 19 January 2020

"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)


Osho with some relatives in Jabalpur, 1951. L-to-R :
Kundan Lal Samaiya (Kranti's uncle), Kranti Samaiya, Sheela Makhamal Bai Samaiya, Kundan Lal's nephew, (an unknown female neighbour), Arvind Kumar Jain, Osho


Osho with his family at Gadarwara, 1970. L-to-R :
back row standing : Shakuntala Jain (Niklank's wife), Niklank Jain, Shashi Kala Khate (Aklank's wife), Aklank Jain (with their son Aneesh), Vijay Kumar Khate (with their son Ashutosh), Shashi Bala Khate (Vijay's wife)
2nd row  : Saraswati, Osho, Devateerth
3rd row : Shailendra, Nisha, Mohan Khate
front row : Poorva Khate, Maitreya Khate, Pratiksha Khate, Pragya Khate


(Please note that the names in quotation marks are the nicknames Osho used to call them by. Most are common in Hindi, but some are not. See references below.)

Osho's grandparents

his mother's mother : "Nani" Rani Ma (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)

Osho's parents

mother : Ma Amrit Saraswati ("Bhabhi" Shreemati Saraswati Bai Jain) (Nov 23, 1913 - May 17, 1995)
(Incidentally, Osho's mother and her mother-in-law have the same name. When Osho's brother Shailendra took Sannyas, Osho named him Saraswati as well.)
father : Sw Devateerth Bharti ("Dadda" Shree Babu Lal Jain) (Mar 21, 1908 - Sep 8, 1979)
(They were married when Saraswati was 7 years old.)


Osho's aunts, uncles and cousins

his father's sisters
Shreemati Ratni Bai Jain (1914 - 1942)
married Shree Panna Lal Jain (1910 - 1969)
their daughter : Ma Yoga Kranti (Kranti Chirantan Brahmachari) (Jul 5, 1933 - Apr 23, 2006)
their son : Arvind Kumar Jain (Apr 4, 1938 - Jan 11, 2018)
Shreemati Makhamal Bai Samaiya (1924 - 1956)
married Shree Kundan Lal Samaiya (1920 - 1978)
(they had no children, but took care of Kranti and Arvind after the untimely death of their mother Ratni.)
his father's brothers
"Chanchal" Shree Amrit Lal (Nov 9, 1913 - Nov 12, 1987)
married Shreemati Leelavati Jain (Jun 24, 1921 - Sep 8, 1999)
their daughters : Sushama (Mar 24, 1942 - ), Preeti (Sep 23, 1944 - ), Kumkum (Nov 19, 1948 - ), Sefali (aka Shaifali) (Jun 20, 1953 - )
their sons : Paresh (Apr 4, 1952 - ), Nisheeth Mohan (Oct 9, 1954 - )
Sw Anand Siddhartha (Shree Shikhar Chand Jain) (Nov 22, 1921 - Nov 1, 2005)
married Ma Amrit Bhagwati (Shreemati Indu Prabha Jain) (Jul 3, 1929 - Oct 23, 1999)
their daughters : Anurag Mayi (Mar 1, 1946 - ), Alankar Mani (Jun 20, 1956 - )
their son : Sw Praful Mohan (Dec 7, 1947 - )
his daughters : Shabnam Jain, Sameer Jain
their son : Pramod Kumar Jain (May 12, 1953 - Nov 28, 2015)
his sons : Setu Jain, Rishi Jain
(Osho's mother had no siblings, so their were no uncles, aunts or cousins from her side of the family.)

Osho's sisters, their husbands and children

Rasa Kumari (Jul 17, 1933 - )
married Shree Jinwar Das Fouzdar (Sep 14, 1928 - Feb 8, 1977)
their daughters : Rakanishi (Sep 2, 1953 - ), Alka (May 17, 1957 - ), Jyoti (May 27, 1959 - )
their sons : Rakesh (Jul 8, 1950 - ), Rohit (Jul 18, 1955 - ), Kapil (Jul 27, 1961 - )
their grandson : Sw Anand Siddhartha
Snehlata (Oct 20, 1943 - )
married Shree Rajendra Kumar Jain (Jul 31, 1939 - Jul 22, 2013)
their sons : Sanjay (Apr 9, 1962 - ), Sandeep (Jul 5, 1965 - ), Sudeep (Oct 2, 1970 - ), Somesh (Jan 7, 1973 - )
Neeru (Oct 10, 1948 - )
married Shree Kailash Singhai (Oct 20, 1944 - )
their daughter : Ritu (May 2, 1974 - )
their sons : Rishi (Jan 19, 1976 - ), Rahul (Nov 25, 1977 - )
Ma Nisha Bharti (Nisha Khate) (Dec 21, 1949 - )
married Shree Harak Chand Jain (Dec 24, 1942 - )
their sons : Yogesh (Mar 3, 1974 - ), Somesh (Nov 16, 1976 - )
Kusum (died from smallpox, 1939 - 1942)

Osho's brothers, their wives and children

Sw Vijay Bharti (Vijay Kumar Khate) (Sep 18, 1937 - Aug 9, 1995)
married Shashi Bala (Jan 30, 1943 - )
their daughters : Poorva (Sep 18, 1961 - ), Ma Yoga Pratiksha (Pratiksha Apurv) (Feb 26, 1964 - ), Pragya (May 1, 1966 - )
their sons : Maitreya (Nov 17, 1959 - Mar 8, 2006), Ashutosh (Jun 23, 1969 - )
Sw Aklank Bharti (Aklank Kumar Khate) (Jul 25, 1941 - Feb 8, 2015)
married Ma Shashi Bharti (Shashi Kala Khate) (Oct 29, 1950 - Jan 18, 2020)
their son : Aneesh (Jun 6, 1969 - )
Sw Niklank Bharti (Niklank Kumar Jain) (Jan 15, 1945 - )
married Shakuntala (Jan 27, 1950 - )
their daughter : Leena (Nov 24, 1973 - )
their sons : Paritosh (Apr 18, 1976 - ), Sw Anand Siddhartha (Apr 26, 1979 - )
Sw Yoga Amit (Mohan Khate) (Jun 21, 1958 - )
married Ma Anand Divya (Feb 11, 1962 - )
(They had no children)
Sw Shailendra Saraswati (Shailendra Shekhar) (Jun 17, 1955 - )
married Ma Amrit Priya (Priya Shekhar) (May 8, 1958 - )
(They had no children)

some of Osho's childhood friends

Shree Shiv Prasad Gagarani
Shree Shyam Lal Soni
Shree Kanchhedi Lal Shukla
Shree Sukharaj Lunawat
Shree Abdul Rahman
Shashi Sharma (she died of typhoid in 1947)

gallery

  • "Nani" Rani Ma

    "Nani" Rani Ma

  • "Nani" Rani Ma

    "Nani" Rani Ma

  • Saraswati

    Saraswati

  • Devateerth

    Devateerth

  • Nisha 1981

    Nisha 1981

  • Shailendra 2014

    Shailendra 2014

  • Aklank

    Aklank


    • sources
    The information on this page is largely based on correspondence with Osho's brothers Niklank and Shailendra and Osho's niece Pratiksha who provided us with first hand details about their family. Further details about Osho's family can be found in Sw Anand Neeten's Osho Source Book.
    references
    Hindi: Family relations

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