Balkrishna acharya biography of christopher
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 4 (IANS) A day after controversial yoga televangelist Baba Ramdev's principal aide Acharya Balkrishna was questioned in India's Dehradun city on the suspicion that he had obtained an Indian passport fraudulently, hundreds of his defiant followers celebrated his 39th birthday in pomp in Kathmandu to show their support.
Though the saffron-clad baba and his aide have become virtually persona non grata with the Indian government, with police breaking up by force a fast in New Delhi, in Nepal ministers willingly took part in the birthday celebrations.
Forest Minister Bhanu Bhakta Joshi planted saplings at the Yoga Village built by Ramdev's Patanjali Yoga Peeth in Dhulikhel town near Kathmandu valley, a popular tourist destination.
Despite facing an Aug 13 deadline to show results in the peace process or quit, beleaguered Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal had consented to be the chief guest at the dipawali in Kathmandu Thursday evening, organised to wish Balkrishna long life and good health.
Shaligram Singh, trustee of the Patanjali Yoga Peeth, said the interrogation by India's Central Bureau of Investigation was unfortunate as Balkrishna was "100 percent Indian".
"Hundreds of Indians come to Nepal and take Nepali citizenship," Singh told IANS. "We have no issues with that. Then why should there be objections to Balkrishnaji's Indian citizenship since he was born in India? You can't accuse someone of obtaining an Indian passport fraudulently just because his parents happen to be in Nepal."
Balkrishna's parents come from Syangja in eastern Nepal. But the 39-year-old was born in India's Haridwar city as his father was employed there at the time of his birth.
Singh said the Indian authorities were trying to assassinate Balkrishna's character by earlier saying he was a criminal who had fled from Nepal after being wanted for crimes in the Himalayan republic.
"Nepal's home ministry issued a statement saying
Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya sworn in as Nagaland governor
President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Acharya as the governor on July 14.
According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement, the President also asked Acharya to discharge the functions of the governor of Tripura, in addition to his own duties, until regular arrangement for the office is made.
The President also accepted the resignation of Vakkom Purushothaman on July 14 following his transfer as Nagaland governor from Mizoram. Purushothaman was also handling additional charge of the Tripura governor.
Meghalaya governor Krishna Kant Paul was looking after the office of the Nagaland governor from July 2 following the resignation of Ashwani Kumar on June 27. Eighty-three-year-old Acharya is a pioneer and architect of the state BJP unit from 1991. He was also in charge of the party's affairs in the northeast between 1995 and 2001.
Vinoba Bhave
Advocate of non-violence and human rights
Vinayak Narahari Bhave, also known as Vinoba Bhave (pronunciation; 11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982), was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya (Teacher in Sanskrit), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is considered as National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi. He was an eminent philosopher. He translated the Bhagavad Gita into the Marathi language by him with the title Geetai (meaning 'Mother Gīta' in Marathi).
Early life and background
Vinayak Narahari Bhave was born on 11 September 1895 in a small village called Gagoji (present-day Gagode Budruk) in Kolaba in the Konkan region of what is now Maharashtra. Vinayaka was the eldest son of Narahari Shambhu Rao and Rukmani Devi. The couple had five children; four sons named Vinayaka (affectionately called Vinya), Balakrishna, Shivaji and Dattatreya, and one daughter. His father was a trained weaver with a modern rationalist outlook and worked in Baroda. Vinayaka was brought up by his grandfather, Shamburao Bhave and was greatly influenced by his mother Rukmini Devi, a religious woman from Karnataka. Vinayaka was highly inspired after reading the Bhagavad Gita, at a very young age.
A report in the newspapers about Gandhi's speech at the newly founded Banaras Hindu University attracted Bhave's attention. In 1916, after reading a newspaper piece by Mahatma Gandhi, Bhave threw his school and college certificates into a fire on his way to Bombay to appear for the intermediate examination. He wrote a letter to Gandhi and after an exchange of letters, Gandhi advised Bhave to come for a personal meeting at Kochrab Ashram in Ahmedabad. Bhave met Gandhi on 7 June 1916 and subsequently abandoned his studies. Bhave participated with a keen interest in the activities at Gandhi's ashram, like teaching, studying, spinning and improving the lives of th .