Raja Mahindra Pratap

Raja Mahindra Pratap had experienced the Divine Love of Shri Nathji to a very great extent. He used to attend His lectures in Mussoorie. After many years in 1974 he again met Shri Nathji in Delhi. At that time, when Shri Nathji embraced the aging freedom fighter, he said:
 "Swamiji! This is the way you used to embrace me whenever and wherever we met in the years gone by, on the Mall in Mussoorie!"
 He would refer to Shri Nathji as a “veteran spiritual leader” and would sometimes suggest that Shri Nathji call together all the religious leaders in India and organise a religious fraternity.
 Shri Nathji, however, was above organisations. He was spirituality personified. When he told Raja Mahindra Pratap Singh that he was not interested in politics, the Raja was a trifle taken aback and suggested that holy men participate in the affairs of the State.
 Shri Nathji was, however, running the affairs of the states of the whole world. He was not doing it visibly though, so as to appear impartial.
 Whenever Shri Nathji sent prasaad to Raja Mahindra Pratap in Mussoorie, the latter distributed it to members of his group. On Shri Nathji’s birthday, he wrote: "The desire seized me to come flying to you across the mountains and felicitate you on your birthday!”
 Shri Nathji delivered a beautiful sermon on Divine Love to members of Raja Mahindra Pratap’s group in Delhi. His words made many a person weep on the occasion.
 He had said: “People tell me that I have become weak. And I am happy to hear that. A candle, that must die out, is fortunate if even the last rays of its light can show the way to others. A pencil, that has worn itself out, writing the prose it was meant to write, has truly completed its work in life.”

Raja Mahendra Pratap (1 December 1886 – 29 April 1979), a freedom fighter, journalist, and social reformer was born into the royal family of the Mursan estate in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. He studied at Aligarh Muslim University and was influenced by nationalist and secular ideas. He renounced his privileges to join the independence movement.and dedicated his life to India's independence. His most notable actions include establishing the Provisional Government of India in exile in Kabul with himself as President. This was a bold attempt to gain international support for India's freedom.,

He promoted technical education by founding the Prem Mahavidyalaya in Vrindavan in 1909, and being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1932. After returning from exile, he served as a Member of Parliament, elected to the Lok Sabha from Mathura from 1957 to 1962. He continued to work on social reforms, including promoting the idea of Panchayati Raj, until his death in 1979.