Robin Farquharson meeting Shri Nathji

In 1964 whenShri Nathji was in London. Shri Nathji and Pran Nath were driving in their Ford Anglia car at night when the car ran out of petrol. Since Pran Nath had to stay in the car to prevent its being towed away by the police, Shri Nathji took an empty petrol can and went in search of a petrol pump in the streets of London.
He stopped a tall Englishman and asked him where he could find a petrol pump. The man gave him directions, which were very complex, and Shri Nathji said in humour:
“Even if I were able to find the petrol pump, I would never be able to find my way back to the car!”
The Englishman was good enough to walk along with Shri Nathji to show him the way. As they walked together, Shri Nathji began speaking. He narrated a Persian Verse and explained its meaning to the Englishman:

“Gar falak kaare turaa barham zanad az jau marau
Jaamaa raa khayyaat saaazad kataa baihre dokhtan

“If the skies destroy thy plans do not despair,
For the tailor cuts the cloth only to sew it!”

The Englishman was startled. Shri Nathji had given him the answer to a complex problem that had been plaguing his mind. He was so impressed by Shri Nathji that he snatched the petrol can from his hand and apologized for letting him carry it for so long. He became very devoted to Shri Nathji and asked to see him the next day.
This was Shri Nathji’s method of interacting with the spiritually thirsty souls of the world. He had to go out into the streets of London in the dead of night with a petrol can in his hand in order to give his darshan and blessings to Robin Ferguharson!

  Robin Ferguharson asked Shri Nathji when he can come and meet Him the next day. So he had made an appointment to come and see Shri Nathji at 9 a.m. the next morning, and Shri Nathji was struck by the man’s punctuality even as he looked at the clock in his room. Shri Nathji described the man’s arrival as follows:
“The hand of the clock showed five minutes to nine, and then one minute to nine, and finally when the clock struck nine, there was a knock on the door–and there was Robin Ferguharson! Punctually at the appointed time! Not a second earlier or later!”
 

Shri Nathji admired his punctuality and will  always speak about it in His sermons

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Reginald Robin Farquharson (3 October 1930 – 1 April 1973) was an academic whose interest in mathematics and politics led him to work on game theory and social choice theory. He wrote an influential analysis of voting systems in his doctoral thesis, later published as Theory of Voting,  and conjectured the Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem together with the philosopher and logician Michael Dummett. Robin Farquharson was educated at Michaelhouse, Natal, South Africa, 1944–46. He earned a B.A. in South Africa from Rhodes University College, Grahamstown (1947–50). Subsequently studying at Brasenose and Nuffield Colleges, University of Oxford (1950–53), he obtained a second-class B.A. honours PPE degree. He was given a Research Fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge in 1964. He also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris.

Theory of Voting was originally Farquharson's doctoral thesis but was deemed to be of such a high quality it was later published as a book in its own right. Although written in 1958, when his doctorate was awarded, it was eventually published in 1969, by Yale University Press. The main reason given for the delay in publication is that Farquharson insisted that the logical choice diagrams be printed in colour, which they eventually were, in black, white and red.

The book won the Monograph Prize in the field of Social Sciences, awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Farquharson diagnosed himself as suffering from bipolar disorder (manic depression), and episodes of mania made it difficult for him to obtain a permanent university position and also resulted in him losing commercial employment. In later years, he dropped out of mainstream society, and became a prominent counter-cultural figure in late-1960s London. Farquharson wrote an account of his unconventional life in his 1968 book, Drop Out!, in which he described a week of being homeless in London.

Dewan Bahadur Amar Nath Nanda

 Dewan Bahadur Amar Nath Nanda was a highly distinguished personality of Pujab during British India. He was father of Shri Nathji's very important devotee Mrs. Shakuntala Mehra, who remained devoted to Nathji till the last breath of her life. Because of her devotion many members of her family got associated with Shri Nathji.  Her husband - Vaidraj Sudhanva was also devoted to Shri Nathji. Also her younger sister Raj Puri. And Shakuntala's daughter, Aruna Gupta and Shashi Katyal. Specially Aruna Gupta remained most devoted to Nathji. Later Aruna Gupta 's son in law Pramod Kapoor also becomes devoted to Nathji.

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 Dewan Amar Nath Nanda (B.A., M.I.E.) was a highly distinguished civil and sanitary engineer in British India who served as the Sanitary Engineer to the Government of the Punjab during the 1920s and 1930s. He holds a significant place in the history of Indian engineering as a pioneer of public health infrastructure, municipal drainage, and early cooperative urban planning in the region. Throughout the 1920s, he rose to the peak of the Public Works Department (PWD) Sanitary Branch, frequently officiating and ultimately serving as the head Sanitary Engineer for the Punjab region. He oversaw extensive waterworks and regional drainage programs across major municipalities like Lahore and Multan. Dewan Amar Nath Nanda was one of the core foundational figures behind the creation of Lahore's famous Co-operative Model Town. In the early 1920s, he backed the visionary cooperative housing initiative alongside legendary engineer Sir Ganga Ram, facilitating the acquisition and engineering layout of what would become a model garden-suburb for the Indian middle class.

He was an influential, active council member and Vice-President of the historic Punjab Engineering Congress (established in 1912) throughout the 1930s, working alongside iconic Indian engineers like Rai Bahadur Ajudhia Nath Khosla. He served as a senior corporate member and leader within the Institution of Engineers (India), taking part in critical annual governance meetings shaping national engineering ethics and fee guidelines in the early 20th century. 

 Beyond Punjab, his engineering expertise was sought after by the princely state of Jammu, Kashmir, and Rajputana. He is credited with conceiving the first major modern water supply scheme for Jaipur. He designed the 110-kilometer-long pipeline from the Ramgarh Dam to Jaipur City. The project was completed under his guidelines and inaugurated by Viceroy Lord Irwin in 1931.

Later in life, his administrative and technical acumen led to his appointment to the high-level Delhi Improvement Trust Enquiry Committee. He worked closely alongside national figures like B. Shiva Rao to reform the chaotic post-partition urban development of New Delhi until his death in late 1950. He passed away on October 26, 1950

Jainson’s shop at Connaught Place

 

When Shri Nathji was staying in Delhi, He used to buy garments, specialy winter clothing from Jainson’s shop at Connaught Place. This shop is still located at E Block, 9, Middle Cir, Inner Circle, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001. 

It was started by the visionary Mr. Bimal Prasad Jain, as a retail outlet in the heart of Connaught Place in 1954. Its a popular clothing store offering a diverse range of readymade garments.

Justice Rangarajan

 Shri Nathji’s  along  Priya Nath, visited another advocate’s house at Sarvodaya Enclave, a certain Justice Rangarajan, for the Nagpur house problem. The advocate who speaks mostly in English is greatly touched by Shri Nathji’s personality, and wishes to meet him again for spiritual enlightenment.
Shri Nathji goes home later and records and re-records, very painstakingly, a long philosophical speech in English for the advocate, despite Priya Nath’s protest that he should not tire himself out to such a great extent. But Shri Nathji had been deeply touched by the man who said he needed Shri Nathji’s Blessings, and these were going out invisibly in the form of Shri Nathji’s words, which he had recorded on tape for him.

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Justice Seshe Iyengar Rangaranjan was a fearless permanent judge of the Delhi High Court who famously defended fundamental rights and freedom of speech during the Indian Emergency

He was  born, on  9.9.1916.. Did his  Educated at National School, Tiruchirapalli; National College, Tiruchirapalli; Law College, Madras. He took Master's Degree from the Madras University in Constitutional Law and International Law. Enrolled as advocate at Madras High Court on 4.4.1938. Appointed District and Sessions Judge in October, 1952 and Director of Legal Studies under the Government of Madras in July, 1962. Again functioned as District and Sessions Judge from January, 1967 till he was appointed Permanent Judge of Delhi High Court from 20th January, 1969. 

 During the 1975–1977 Emergency declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar was arbitrarily detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA). Sitting on a division bench with Justice R.N. Aggarwal, Justice Rangarajan ruled in favor of Nayar. The bench held that fundamental rights still existed despite the Emergency, and citizens could not be detained without strict adherence to the law.
Even after the government released Nayar before the final verdict was read in an attempt to moot the case, a furious Justice Rangarajan insisted on delivering the judgment anyway, adding strong remarks that criticized government overreach.
Following the ruling, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's administration immediately transferred Justice Rangarajan to the Gauhati High Court.

He was transferred to Gauhati High Court from 22.6.1976. Re-transferred as Judge, Delhi High Court on 18.7.1977. Retired on 9.9.1978

Justice S. I. Rangarajan started his private law practice as a senior advocate in Delhi in the early part of 1982. After retiring from his judicial career and serving as the Chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Commission, he joined the Supreme Court Bar in Delhi to continue his practice. Shri Nathji and Priya Nathji met him at his office in end of 198,3 when he was doing his private practice. 

Justice Rangarajan left Delhi in 1988 to settle in a village in Tamil Nadu, leaving behind a legacy of judicial independence.
The Indian Council for Legal Aid and Advice (ICLAA) operates the Justice S. Rangarajan Legal Aid Fellowship at the Delhi High Court to train early-career lawyers in human rights and pro bono litigation in his honor

Shri R. K. Khosla

  Shri R. K. Khosla was a greatly devoted to Shri Nathji. He was son of Shri Nathji's and Babaji Maharaj's dvotee from Lahore, Shri Shri Sohan lal Khosla.  Sohan Lal ji had a vision at Lahore in 1935 in which he had seen Shri Nathji as the Lord of the Universe in the fullness of his Majesty and Glory. Sohan Lal had narrated this vision before Shri Nathji and the devotees at Lahore in 1935. As a matter of fact when he had narrated this vision to his young teen-aged son, Shri R.K. Khosla, his son had said with surprise:
“Father, I, too, had exactly the same vision at that same time!”

In 1983 when Sohan Lal came to visit Shri Nathi for the last time, his’s daughter-in-law was there and she narrates how Mahamateshwari had blessed them years ago, when her husband - Shri R. K. Khosla was a mere struggling scientist:
“When Mateshwari met us my husband used to earn two hundred rupees per month and she has said, ‘His salary should be at least four hundred’ – and that is what happened miraculously.”
Later Sohan Lal’s son was to become a famous scientist at the Pusa Agricultural Institute with a handsome salary, a chauffeur driven car and a status that was the envy of many scientists of the day.
 Shri R.K. Khosla also narrated how he had been amongst the fortunate few to have been present in the wedding procession, baraat, of Shri Nathji, as also in the wedding procession of Prem Nath, the younger brother of Shri Nathji–and how he had accompanied Shri Nathji to Kapurthala State at the wedding of Prem Nath and been feted at the Palace of the Maharaja there, which was used to accommodate the ‘baraat’ of Prem Nath, in which Shri Nathji and Babaji Maharaj were also present.
Shri R.K. Khosla narrated how he and his father often spent time with Shri Nathji in Shri Nathji’s spacious bungalow at Dehra Dun during the summer holidays when they were living at Lahore.
Shri Sohan Lal Khosla and his family had a very old relationship with Shri Nathji and Shri Babaji Maharaj dating back to their days at Lahore in the 1930’s.
R. K. Khosla recollected how once he and his father and family had been so enraptured by Shri Nathji’s sermon that they missed the train they were to catch for Amristar that evening.
Later they learnt from the newspapers that the same train was involved in an accident in which the lives of many had been lost. Had Shri Nathji not prolonged his sermon that evening, the Sohan Lal family would have been on that train.
R.K. Khosla also vividly recollected how he used to ask his father whenever they visited Shri Nathji:
“Father, why is Shri Nathji’s face so full of light? It is glowing like the Sun. Why don’t the faces of other people glow like that?
And Shri Sohan Lal had replied:

“Betaa aur logon ke shareer men to aatmaa hoti hai, magar Shri Nathji ke shareer men to Paramaatmaa hain!

“Son, the bodies of ordinary mortals contain their souls, but Shri Nathji’s body contains the Universal Soul–God!”

“The body of Shri Nathji is not an ordinary body. It is the body of God.”

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 Shri R. K. Khosla was a prominent agricultural scientist and statistician who served at the Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), which shares its historical and physical campus heritage with the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), widely known as the Pusa Institute, in New Delhi.

  His scientific contributions heavily intersected with crucial domains of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), including: Crop Forecasting Methodology, Designing statistical frameworks to predict crop yields and agricultural output.and Sample Survey Methodology and  Enhancing data collection and survey precision across rural and farming environments. In 1977, he published a widely recognized formula for calculating avoidable crop yield losses due to pests. In 1983, he served as a rapporteur during key statistical plenary sessions alongside the Director of IASRI.  In 1984, he served as an author and editor for the IASRI Statistical Newsletter and the official ICAR-IAS.

Shri B. Datta

 In October 1983 there is a trouble at Nagpur where Shri Nathji’s books and baggage are lying in a rented house with a large hall and almirahs. The landlord there is threatening to break in, against the law. Both Shri Nathji and Priya Nath have to consult a senior advocate of the Supreme Court at his house, a certain Shri B. Datta, who drafts out a notice and also a telegram to stop the mischief.
Shri Nathji gives him his blessings and leaves. Many years later, on the 6th of September 1992, when Shri Nathji’s funeral procession was passing through the streets of Delhi, B. Datta found himself behind the vehicle carrying Shri Nathji’s body in the traffic. This was the last darshan he was to have of Shri Nathji who had come to his house once as a client.

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 Shri B. Datta was a prominent Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India and a former Additional Solicitor General of India. He was  designated as a Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court of India on April 14, 1983. He also served as the Additional Solicitor General of India, representing significant public and private matters.
Practiced extensively in the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts, handling key constitutional, civil, and commercial cases.He acted in prominent legal capacities, including serving as the chairman of organizing committees for international legal bodies like the Asia Pacific Lawyers Association

Urmil Dhalwala

 In september 1983 a certain Urmil Dhalwala who arrives from America to meet Shri Nathji at His residence in New Delhi. She is a friend of Kanti Sharma who had told her about Shri Nathji in America and given her a picture of Shri Nathji. She says to Shri Nathji:
“I was one of the unhappiest persons abroad when Kanti gave me your picture. Just looking at the picture brought me peace of mind. I pray to the picture every day, and I talk to it as if I am talking to you from a distance of thirteen thousand miles! I have been perfectly at peace ever since then. It is one of the greatest miracles of my life. And seeing you here today, face to face, is one of my life’s greatest moments.”
Shri Nathji speaks to her for a while and then blesses her with the words:

“Kaisee achhi beti mili hai hamen.

“What a nice daughter I have got.”

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 Urmil S. Dhalwala (September 6, 1941 – July 31, 2019) was a resident of USA and, tied to both Canada and the United States. She was closely related to Meeru Dhalwala, a prominent author, chef, and co-owner of the world-famous Indian restaurant Vij's in Vancouver. Public real estate registries indicate she co-owned property alongside Ritu Dhalwala in Burke, Virginia, located near Washington D.C
She passed away at the age of 77 and was cared for by the Mount Pleasant Universal Funeral Home in Vancouver, BC