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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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(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 === | |||
: 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 | : 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 | ::(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 | : father : [[Sw Devateerth Bharti]] ("Dadda" Shree Babu Lal Jain) (Mar 21, 1908 - Sep 8, 1979) | ||
::(They were married when Saraswati was 7 years old.) | ::(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 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 | : 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 | : [[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 === | |||
: [[Sw Vijay Bharti | : [[Sw Vijay Bharti]] (Vijay Kumar Khate) (Sep 18, 1937 - Aug 9, 1995) | ||
:: married Shashi | :: married Shashi Bala (Jan 30, 1943 - ) | ||
:: their daughters : Poorva , [[Ma Yoga Pratiksha | :: 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 | : [[Sw Aklank Bharti]] (Aklank Kumar Khate) (Jul 25, 1941 - Feb 8, 2015) | ||
:: married Shashi | :: 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 | : [[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 | : [[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 | : [[Sw Shailendra Saraswati]] (Shailendra Shekhar) (Jun 17, 1955 - ) | ||
:: married [[Ma Amrit Priya | :: married [[Ma Amrit Priya]] (Priya Shekhar) (May 8, 1958 - ) | ||
:: (They had no children) | :: (They had no children) | ||
=== 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 | :: <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 | ||
</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)
(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
Saraswati
Devateerth
Nisha 1981
Shailendra 2014
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