Rai Bahadur Jagmander Das Jain (1884-1935)

Chairman of District Board of Bijnor

Late Rai Bahadur Jagmander Das Jain was born in the famous Sahu Jain family at Najibabad in Uttar Pradesh. He had a unique individuality, was for six consecutive years glorious chairman of District Board Bijnor, Hony. Magistrate and Government Treasurer.

He was associated with several prominent Jain institutions and worked for increasing their funds also donating himself. He was Secretary of  Digambar Jain Maha Sabha and Treasurer of Digambar Jain parishad and Hastinapur Tirthakshetra Committee. Extremely social, he presided over hundreds of conference and congregations. A premature end came to this illustrious and popular leader of the Jain community at Mussorie in 1935.

His son Shri Ramesh Chandra Jain is holding the senior position of Executive Director in Times of India Group of publication at Delhi.

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Source : From 'Progressive Jains' Authored By Mr. Satish Kumar Jain

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