(PART-1
He transformed
and one visualized the definition of education given by Mahatma Gandhi coming
true; drawing out the best of a man.
His handsome personality, and sweetest English Language with
commanding tone would always shake us and one could peep in to our pair of
trembling legs. His exceptional and dynamic leadership as President of SSB
Allahabad and as Principal Sainik School Tilaiya cannot be summed up
appropriately by me at least. When I joined Sainik School Junior Residential
Section ,I found myself landing in a true educational environment hardly seen
those days in India .He was a very fearless,
able educationist , reformer, innovator and dynamic administrator .
The then Governor of
Bihar from Chandigarh managed to see that he resigned and opened an
English Medium Institution in Mohali, Chandigarh. He later shifted to Gurgaon
Haryana and opened his own school. The rest is unknown history about his
ongoing works. The guard of reception and send off in the Jungle inhabited by
flock of herons at the bank of Tilaiya Dam, Kharkayee river by the staff,
thousands of his students was an event to recall .The march lasted many
kilometers. All were in their in tears.
He was the most popular one in Bihar and the parents of the
state due to his record performance in producing army officers and building
unique campus respected him as the mentor of their wards. One could not notice
a presence of paper balls, rubbish in any form and degree in the entire campus
.Only beautiful rows of hedges , old
well looked after trees on hills near the mess and main gate ,row of lanes by
lanes ,dormitories and resident of staff quarters were fascinating the out
skirts.
This school saw it light in the colony vacated by engineers
of Telaiya Dam. Satsangi shaped it as a shanti cum sainiketan .Staff was the mix of diversity ;Hindus
,Muslims ,Christians and so were the students. The two men and women in the campus
had a strong sense of belongings and formed the unity of nature. TO BE
CONTINUED
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