Seth Chhaju Ram: A Noted Humanist

Pages:29-30
Nalin Malik (Assistant B.R.C., Hansi-I, Hisar, Haryana)

Seth Chhaju Ram, was one of the eminent gentlemen of nineteenth and twentieth centuries who rendered yeoman’s services in the making of modern India. He belonged to the business world by profession and peasant stock by birth. He developed an integrated and tolerant personality who distinguished himself in Haryana (Punjab) as well as in Calcutta, during his life time. With steady and constant hard work, he reached the zenith of his life as a man of rich qualities. Starting his life from a scratch, he reached the pinnacle of his life in the field of business and social welfare activities. Undoubtedly his contribution made towards the betterment of society was monumental. Chhaju Ram was born in November 1865 in an ordinary Jat peasant family of village Alakhpura in the then Tehsil Hansi of Hisar district1 (now in Bawani Khera tehsil of Bhiwani district).