Shri Managal Das Pakvasa,

This is the photo of Shri Managal Das Pakvasa, who was the first Governor of Central Provinces of Independent India. He called Shri Nathji on phone from Nagpur when He was in Calcutta and invited Him to come and grace the city of Nagpur. He had heard about Shri Nathji from Ravi Shankar Shukla the Chief Minister of the state, Shukla family had known Nathji ever since His days in Lahore. Shri Nathji’s visit to Nagpur by flight from Calcutta with Bhat Sahib on March 13 1949. It is mentioned in the Mahagranth - God Incarnate on page 718 – 722 where we can read the details.

Shri Nathji was accorded a warm welcome at the Government House where the legislators listened to his sermon in pin-drop silence. Governor Mangal Das Pakvasa said to Shri Nathji:
" We have heard your name a lot.”
And Shri Nathji had said:
"You must have heard my name either from my friends or from my enemies. Don't believe either of them. Friends will exaggerate as also enemies. Let your experience be your judge!"
Shri Nathji's historical words in Hindi were:

“Aapne meraa naam yaa to doston se sunaa hogaa aur yaa dushmanon se. Donon par vishvaas mat keejiye. Dost bhee barhaa kar kahengen aur dushman bhee barhaa kar kahenge! Aap swaiyam anubhav keejiye ke main kyaa hoon!”

After this Shri Nathji said:
" I have not come to see the SEEPEE (C.P.) in your Central Provinces. I have come to see whether the C.P. has produced a divine pearl or not!

"Main aapke C.P. men 'seepee' ko dekhne naheen aayaa, main dekhne aayaa hoon ke usne vo divine pearl bhee paidaa kiyaa hai ke naheen!"

His daughter-in-law is Poornima Pakvasa. When Shri Nathji had visited Nagpur, Poornima, the daughter-in-law of the Governor, Shri Mangal Das Pakvasa, had come for Shri Nathji's darshan. At the time her husband was not at Nagpur. She had this intense desire to bring her husband for Shri Nathji's darshan, but Shri Nathji had left Nagpur after a very short stay. So in June 1949 she was in Mussoorie with her husband and she came straight for Shri Nathji's darshan. Along with her husband was a friend of his, Shri Ghan Shyam Das Birla, who was the foremost businessman of India at the time and they met Shri Nathji in Mussoorie.  

Mangaldas M. Pakvasa, was born in Mumbai in a Gujrati family on 7 May 1882. He was a freedom fighter and one of the first five Indian Governors. He was Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Bombay and Mysore. He was a confidante of Mahatma Gandhi and closely linked with the Congress Party of India.
He served as the first President of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from 1953 to November 1960.
 He died on 6 November 1968