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)
- "Bhua"= his father's sisters :
- 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
- "Chanchal" Shree Amrit Lal (Nov 9, 1913 - Npv 12, 1987)
- Shree Shikhar Chand Jain (Nov 22, 1921 - Nov 1, 2005)
- "Fufa" = the husbands of his father's sisters
- His five sisters were Rasa Kumari, Snehlata, Neeru, Nisha and Kusum (who died from smallpox, 1939-1942).
- His five brothers were Vijay, Shailendra, Akalank, Niklank and Amit.
- His cousins were Kranti Chirantan Brahmachari (daughter of Fufa and Ratnibal), Arvind Kumar Jain (son of Fufa and Ratni Bai, Kranti's younger brother), Shashi (she died of typhoid 1949)
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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.