Makund Behari Lal

Seventh Sant Satguru of Radhasoami Faith and Indian Zoologist

Param Guru Prof. M.B. Lal Sahab
Portrait of Makund Behari Lal
Title	Spiritual Teacher (Sant Satguru)
Personal
Born	31 January 1907 Biswan, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died	5 December 2002 (aged 95) Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Religion	Sant SatGuru Of Radha Soami Sect
Sect	Sant Mat Radhasoami
Alma mater	University of Lucknow
Known for	August Founder of DEI (Deemed to be University) , Vice-Chancellor of University of Lucknow, Sant Satguru of Radhasoami Faith
Other names	Param Purush Puran Dhani Huzur Lal Sahab
Senior posting
Based in	Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Period in office	1975-2002
Predecessor	Gurcharan Das Mehta
Successor	Prem Saran Satsangi

Makund Bihari Lal Sahab (31 January 1907 – 5 December 2002)^[1]^[2] popularly known as "Param Guru Huzur Dr. M.B. Lal Sahab"^[3] was the Seventh Revered Sant Satguru of the Radha Soami sect^[4]^[5] or Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh, living at and presiding over Dayalbagh in Agra. He was also a zoologist who served as a professor in the Department of Zoology^[6] and subsequently as the Vice-Chancellor of University of Lucknow from 1968 to 1971.^[7] He was also the Founder Director of DEI ( Dayalbagh Educational Institute )and the master architect of its education policy ,1975.^[8]

He was elected as a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1942,^[9] and a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy in 1962.^[10]

Education

Mukund Behari Lal Sahab studied at the Government High School, Sitapur and the Christian Intermediate College, Lucknow before obtaining a BSc and MSc in zoology from the University of Lucknow. He was awarded Doctor of Science from the University of Edinburgh for his research work^[11] and thesis^[12] "Trematode Parasites of Birds".^[1]

Family

Lal Sahab ji got married on July 9, 1932 to Pbn. Surat Kumari ji, There were no children from the marriage.

Pbn. Surat Kumari ji passed away at Lucknow on May 23, 1969

Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh

Located at: Dayalbagh, Agra. Lineage: Shiv Dayal Singh (Soami Ji Maharaj)- Salig Ram(Huzur Maharaj)— Brahm Shankar Misra(Maharaj Sahab) — Kamta Prasad Sinha(Sarkar Sahab) — Anand Swarup (Sahab Ji Maharaj, Founder of Dayalbagh) — Gurcharan Das Mehta(Mehta Ji Maharaj) — Makund Behari Lal(Lal Sahab) — Prem Saran Satsangi(Satsangi Sahab). Dayalbagh was founded by Anand Swarup, Kt.^[13] The present Guru^[14] Prem Saran Satsangi^[15] is an emeritus professor, physicist and system scientist^[16] of IIT Delhi. The 200th birth anniversary of Shiv Dayal Singh was celebrated in Dayalbagh from August 2017 to 24 August 2018.^[17]^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b Proceedings of the International Conference on International Conference on Environmental Parasitology and Community Health Care Initiatives: ENPARACOHI--2007, October 13-15, 2007. Allied Publishers. 2007. p. xi. ISBN 9788184242362.
^ Kanungo, M.S. (25 February 2003). "Makund Behari Lal" (PDF). Indian Institute of Science.
^ dei.ac.in https://www.dei.ac.in/dei/edei/files/Valedictory-Rev-Prof-M-B-Lal-Founder-Director-DEI.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith". www.dayalbagh.org.in.
^ Juergensmeyer, Mark (1995). Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691010922.
^ "Zoology at Lucknow: Dr. M. B. Lal". Nature. 176 (4489): 907–908. 12 November 1955. Bibcode:1955Natur.176U.907.. doi:10.1038/176907e0. S2CID 4169887.
^ ":: Lucknow University". www.lkouniv.ac.in.
^ "Home". www.dei.ac.in.
^ "Fellow Profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ "Deceased Fellow Detail". Indian National Science Academy. Retrieved 7 January 2020.^{[dead link]}
^ LAL, M. B. (19 April 1947). "Acanthocephala of Trout and Anthelmintics : Behaviour in vitro". Nature. 159 (4042): 545–546. Bibcode:1947Natur.159..545L. doi:10.1038/159545a0. PMID 20295248. S2CID 4015891.
^ Lal, Makund Behari (1947). Studies on larval helminths with observations on the in vitro behaviour of Acanthocephala (Ph.D. thesis). University of Edinburgh.
^ "Home". dayalbagh.org.in.
^ "Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith". www.dayalbagh.org.in.
^ "Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith". www.dayalbagh.org.in.
^ "Chapters - Sysi.org". www.sysi.org. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
^ "Agra: Agra temple, 113 years in the making, inches towards completion | Agra News - Times of India". The Times of India. 8 June 2017.
^ "Bicentennial Celebration Closing Function August 24, 2018 Flyer" (PDF). www.dei.ac.in.