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POWER OF PERSUASION GMS President Mohyal Ratna Rzd. B.D. Bali in his New Year Message, while conveying his best wishes to all members of the fraternity, has very comprehensively elaborated the future developmental agenda before the community. He has sought the active roles of the youth and the ladies in the affairs of the community as well as of all the elders. The local sabhas have a great responsibility in this regard for they are the ones at the grass roots level to organize, harness and identify areas where viable assistance or help is needed. It is a fact the GMS is the repository of the Mohyali Ethos and Spirit and has created wide and meaningful awakening amongst the rank and file of the community members, yet a lot remains to be done to inspire and come up to the aspirations of our people spread in the far corners of the country and abroad. GMS, under the stewardship of the dynamic and visionary leadership of Bali Sahib has built prestigious institutions, the living legends, for posterity, i.e. our future generations. These last twenty years have indeed been the golden period of our history. Even our founding fathers could not have ever imagined that the sapling, the GMS, would have blossomed, flowered, so spectacularly and with deep roots and on strong financial footings. We are fortunate to be led by our President Rzd. B.D. Bali, the embodiment of grace, compassion and piety, imbued with fraternity obsession, our modern day Vishwakarma, the great builder. His power of persuasion was there for all to witness when Bali Sahib exhorted the large number of Ludhiana Mohyals to build their own Mohyal Bhawan, emphasizing that he was prepared to go along with them to meet the highest officials or Ministers for allotment of a plot for their Bhawan. The response and acclamation from the huge gathering was outstanding. Incredible indeed. The first donation to the Ludhiana Bhawan was by our President, Sir Bali Sahib. — n.d. data A BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE Dr. Ashok Lav Dr. Ashok Lov was born on April 13, 1947 at Lyallpur (now Faislabad in Pakistan). While he was still an infant his parents had migrated, from his birthplace because of the partition of the country. He was a bright student and after doing his MA (Hindi) and B.Ed he joined the Air Force School, Subroto Park, New Delhi as a Post Graduate Teacher and there he rose to the position of Head, both of the Hindi and Sanskrit Departments. He is married to Nareshbala and they have three daughters.
While in service, Dr. Ashok Lav acquired two Doctorate Degrees of Phd and D.Litt. He has a pleasant, amiable and versatile personality and his activities are not confined only to the field of Education. He is an active member of several social and cultural organizations in India and abroad including the General Mohyal Sabha and the Mohyal Educational Society. He is a regular contributor to many of the literary magazines both in India and abroad. Dr. Lav has to his credit over 80 publications (books) in varied fields like novels, short stories, poetry, literary commentaries, biographical sketches etc. One of his novels “Shikhron Se Aage” has become so popular in the literary field that one student has already acquired an M.Phil degree from the University of Kurukshetra on the novel written by Dr. Ashok Lav. Two more students have submitted their Dissertations on the same novel for obtaining M.Phil degrees from Kurukshetra University and Madurai Kamraj University, respectively. The name of Dr. Ashok Lav with his achievements figures in (1) the ASIAN/AMERICAN who’s who and (2) the INDO-A.S.E.A.N. who’s who. After retirement from his teaching job Dr. Ashok Lav has started his own Company Aster Soft Tech India in the field of Information Technology where he is the Managing Director. Dr. Ashok Lav is an asset to the General Mohyal Sabha of which he is a member of the Managing Committee. He has been an honorary Editor of the Hindi Section of the Community magazine, Mohyal Mitter for over 21 years, now. Dr. Ashok Lav always does all the compeering of programes in all the All India functions of the General Mohyal Sabha. He has become so popular in this area that many of the Local Mohyal Sabhas and other organizations seek the compeering expertise of Dr. Ashok Lav for their respective functions, which he gladly provides free. He is the principal architect of the prestigious GMS Pratibhashalee Vidharthi Annual Awards. Receipient of the Mohyal Gaurav award he is a fine human being, endowed with qualities of head and hart. We are beholden to Shri Ashok Lav for the nishkam sewa rendered by him. —Dharam Vir Mohan REMINISCENCES OF A VETERAN MOHYAL He is none other than Bhai Kasturi Lal Chhibber, former Editor of Mohyal Sandesh, published from Rawalpindi and founder Secretary of Mohyal Sabha, Mathura, U.P. He had also served as General Secretary of MS Meerut. Mohyal Sabha Mathura was deeply involved in manifold activities. They hosted Mohyal brethren visiting Mathura and looked after their comforts, in all respects. MS Mathura used to hold monthly meetings during the summer months, and these meetings were held in a boat plying in the Yamuna River. Thandai and snacks were served to the members.
Mohyal prayer accompanied by Bhajans were recited. On the occasion of Holi Mohyal Milan was organised in Central Park, Dumpier Nagar, and scented tilak was applied on the, forehead of the Mohyal brethren. Poems and songs were recited and members were served choicest sweets and snacks. In 1969/1970 Annual Mohyal Conference was held during “my period’’ at Mohan Meakin Brewery Office “I was incharge of cultural programme and Swagat (welcome) song was rendered by me.’’ It was decided that Bhaiji be specially invited to speak in future conference. Ghazals & songs were recited by Shri Ramchand Mastana and Shri Hira Lal Srivastava, which were appreciated by all brethren. Bhaiji says that the Mohyal flag was designed by him and was reproduced in Mohyal Sandesh of June-July 1946. During that period Mohyals were not in industries and instead of the present industrial ring the flag was encircled by seven stars and the word Jai Mohyal beneath. Mehta Amirchand ji was the Editor of Mohyal Mitter and sent Bhaiji a commendation letter of thanks. When Bhaiji took over the editorship of Mohyal Sandesh there was always a tussle between Young Men’s Sabha and General Mohyal Sabha Lahore. He adopted a policy of conciliati on and there was softening of attitudes and this aspect was published in Mohyal Mitter. Bhaiji says that he has aged and lives at Maharishi Bhagwan Ashram, Haridwar doing meditation and prayers- morning and evening. —Bhai Kasturi Lal Chhibber
BIRTHDAY n I feel happy to contribute Rs.201/- on the 69th birthday (25.12.07), the Christmas Day, of my beloved father Sh. K.N. Mohan, Patron & former President MS Janakpuri, New Delhi, (C-2/319, Janakpuri, New Delhi.
GMS wishes for His grace & bounty in abundance, good health & long life for all fraternity members whose birthdays are in the months of February & March 2008. –D.V. Mohan Secretary General n 1st happy birthday of Chhavi Mehta (Angel) d/o Smt. Komal Mehta & Shri Rajiv Mehta and grand daughter of Smt. Surinder Mehta & Smt. Vishwa Mitter Mehta of Agra, falls on 27.02.2008.
Happy maternal grandparents Smt. Prem Lata Chhibber (Nani) & Bhai Ravi Partap Chhibber (Nanaji) Zonal Secretary Mohyal Sabha Ambala City resident of 77/1227, Baldev Nagar, Ambala City donated Rs.101 to GMS and Rs.101/- to MS Ambala City on first birthday of their loving maternal granddaughter Chhavi (Angel).
n 4th happy birthday of Baby Angel Dutt is on 21.02.2008. She is the loving daughter of Mrs. Supriya Dutt and Saurav Dutt and grand daughter of Mrs. Savita Dutt (President Women Wing MS Ambala City) and Col. N.M. Dutt (ex-Gen. Secretary MS Ambala City), resident of 160/7, Jawahar Nagar, Ambala City. Happy grandmother Mrs.
Savita Dutt donated Rs.101/- to GMS and Rs.101/- to MS Ambala City on the 4th birthday of their darling ‘Angel Dutt’.
n The tenth birthday of Damini Datta d/o Sanjeev Datta & Ritu Datta, C-3, Radio Colony, Sector-7, Kurukshetra celebrated on 24.12.2007.
Her Dada–Dadi & Nana–Nani blessed her on this happy occasion. The parents donated Rs.100/- to GMS towards children education fund.
n Mr. & Mrs. Rai Chand Bali celebrated the 10th birthday of their grandson Master ‘Abhishek’ at their residence Village-Rookri Halka Barara on 19th Jan. 2008. The function was attended by all relatives and friends.
The father Mr. Arun Bali and mother Smt. Renu Bali happily served refreshments followed by dinner. The Chacha and Chachi Mr. & Mrs. Davinder Bali of Arun Bali were the main attraction of the function. The proud dada Sh. Rai Chand Bali donated Rs.501/- to MS Barara.
n Mr. & Mrs. Surinder Kr. Bali celebrated the birthday of their ‘son’ Master ‘Rajat’ on 21st Jan. 2008 at their residence at Barara. The function was attended by many relatives. Nani ji Smt. Sheela Mehta arranged refreshments for every one. The parents donated Rs.101 MS Halka Barara and Rs.101 to GMS. Mohyal Sabha Halka Barara congratulate both the families.
n On the 9th birthday Sukanya Datta daughter of Sh. Sandeep Datta & Mrs. Jyoti Datta, the family celebrated Sukanya’s birthday on 6th Feb. standing close to Sukanaya is her brother Prince Sunjot Datta whose birthday is on 31st May 2008.
Both are grand children of the late Shri Jagat Kumar Datta & Smt. Sharda Datta. Late Sh. Jagat Kumar Datta was former President of MS Janakpuri and its Patron too.
BIRTHDAY DONATIONS n At the time of monthly meeting of Mohyal sabhas Rohini and Pitampura, Shri Inder Mohan Mehta, resident of 239, Vasundhra Apt., Sector-9, Rohini has donated Rs.101 to GMS and Rs.400/- for local sabha on birthday of following members of his family:-
Shri Kapil Mehta-son 17.12.2007. Smt. Radhika Mehta-daughter 02.01.2008. Master Sarthak Mehta-grandson 09.01.2008. Wishing good health & luck from all fraternity members. GMS SARPRAST TRUSTEE SHRI RAJESHWAR CHOWDHARY IS MEMBER OF TASK FORCE Shri Rajeshwar Chowdhary, President of Jalandhar Fruit Preservers Association, has been nominated by the Punjab Government as a member of the Task Force. A great honour indeed!
This Task Force has been constituted by the Government of India, Ministry of Food Processing Industries and the recommendations, proposals, will be forwarded to GOI. 1. The Task Force has been entrusted to suggest measures for identification, development and propagation of varieties of agricultural commodities. 2. Identify sources of raw materials for processing purposes. 3. The status of the various food processing industries, their marketing and to promote consumption of processed foods. 4. To establish food safety standards testing facilities. 5. To establish technology institutes/research organizations etc. etc. As President of the Fruit Preservers Association Chowdhary Sahib has a crucial role and we are confident that our Mohyal stalwart will come out with flying colours. —N.D.D. STELLAR ACHIEVEMENT BY A SCION OF THE CHOWDHARY PARIVAR DHEERAJ CHOWDHARY Project Manager, LORN, Australian Flexible Learning Framework Manager, Learning Systems and Publishing Department of Education and Training (DET), NSW-Centre for Learning Innovation.
Dheeraj Chowdhary is responsible for overseeing the Framework’s new national repository network LORN (Learning Object Repository Network). He is also the Manager of Learning Systems and Publishing at the DET NSW-Centre for Learning Innovation. An authority in website and software product development, Dheeraj provides consultancy service to the broader DET NSW community of developers. These prestigious projects are all sponsored by the Government of Australia Department of Education, Science and Training. Dheeraj is amongst the four luminaries in their respective fields, namely Marie Weatherford, Mike Wallsce and Frances How, all of whom figure in the Australian Fexible Learning Framework supporting e-learning opportunities organised at a special seminar on November 2007, Quit Gardens Theatre. Dheeraj is son of Shri Ashok Kumar Chowdhary and Smt. Kiran Chowdhary, nephew of the renowned Mohyal Philanthropist Shri Rajeshwar Chowdhary, cousin brother of Shri Ravi Nandan Chowdhary, and husband of Smt. Kiran Chowdhary. RUNNER-UP MISS INDIA 2007 MISS JAYA BAKSHI d/o Shri J.R. Bakshi & Smt. Suman Bakshi grand d/o the late Shri Birbal Rai Bakshi & Smt. Motia Bakshi, Resident of J.R. Bakshi 208, LIG Hastal Opp. Central School, Vikaspuri, New Delhi-110018 participated in Miss Punjabi 2007 Contest organised by Zee Punjabi Television by outstanding performance and smartness.
She got honour not only for her parents but also for Mohyal Community. She was elected second runner up of Miss Delhi 2007. On this occasion her parents donated Rs.101/- towards GMS Education Fund.–J.R. Bakshi, Flat No. 208, LIG Hastal, Opp. Central School, Vikaspuri, New Delhi-18.
MERIT-A SLOW AND STEADY PACE TOWARDS STEEP HILL As all members of the biradari are aware, MERIT is now a recognised institute in imparting computer/IT oriented education tothe students at affordable fees through its well trained faculty members. The members of the faculty are capable of teaching courses up to post-graduate level under the expert guidance of Director and members of Governing Council of the institute. Some members of faculty are continuously pursuing their adanced and higher level of education at the University as well industry level. As a special gesture, GMS has allowed scholarship equivalent to 50% of fees to the students belonging to the biradari. MERIT is an accredited computer training institute of DOEACC for their ‘O’, ‘A’ and ‘B’ level courses. It also provides short term courses like C, C++, Java, V.B., SQL, Hardware/Networking, Basic/fundamental courses etc. along with crash courses covering the computer Science syllabus of XI and XII standard. Other salient features about MERIT are: i) MERIT is an authorised iBT testing centre and conducting online TOEFL tests in two labs successfully without any interruption since July 2007. Internet facility for this is being provided by MTNL and we are thankful to them. MERIT is getting excellent feedback from the students tested here. The efforts of MERIT were appreciated during TCAs meeting held on 28.12.2008 at Hyatt Regency, New Delhi. The meeting was taken by Ms Cheng, Client Relations Director, ETS. ii) The institute is also Microsoft Specialist Certification Centre. During Dec., 2007, a Talent Hunt Contest was organised in which nine candidates of MERIT participated and got certification from Microsoft (US). iii) MERIT also conducts Courses for Directorate General of Resettlement. iv) Recently MERIT has designed a special two months computer course for the students of Lady Sri Ram College which is planned for summer vacations. Similar courses would also be designed for other colleges, as per their requirement so that basic knowledge of computer could be available to the core of society at an affordable cost. v) Summer training project is a part of the curriculum of B.Tech/MCA final semester students. However, they find difficulty to carry out their project due to scarcity of the good facilities. So, MERIT has set up Software, Research and Training division as part of its ongoing activity. It would help the students in their Project Training. It has also been proposed to give stipend to the deserving students. A number of colleges in Delhi and outside Delhi have been requested to send bio-data of their students for consideration. Two students of SBBSIE &T Padhiana have already been selected for the training. vi) Affiliation of MERIT ITC has also been sought from Dte. of Trg. & Tech. Education, Delhi Govt. for running COPA course for 10+2 students and the same is in pipe-line. MERIT is thus actively increasing its activities for the community help in accordance with its objective. This note is to take the help of the readers of Mohyal Mitter to promote MERIT to optimally utilize the excellent facilities for the community help. —Vinay Kumar Dutta, Admn. Officer & Centre Head
INTERNATIONAL FELICITATION TO DEEPAK MEHTA Deepak Mehta, Mohyal Tabla Legend has been honoured with “Swami PranabandJi International Excellence Award-2007’’ by Bharat Sevashram sangha in their International Convention & Hindu-Dharma Shiksha-Sanskriti Sammelan at Shriniwaspuri. Deepak has been honoured with a memento and Citation presented by Dr. Sheker, Secretary of the organisation. This award has been honoured to other veterans of Hindustani Classical Music.
On this occasion his parents have donated Rs.251/- to GMS. —2D, Pocket ‘F’, DDA (MIG) Flat, G.T.B. Enclave, Delhi-110093, Ph.: 011-22121374.
REPUBLIC DAY FUNCTION HELD AT MAJ. K.R. BALI Maj. K.R. Bali Mohyal Nursery School, Dehradun, celebrated Republic Day Function on 26th January, 2008 with great enthusiam. All the 50 children along with their parents/gurdians participated in the function. The function was well organised by Shri S.K. Dutta, the manager of the School and staff. The Chief Guest was Sh. N.K. Dutta a well known social worker and President of MS Dehradun. Shri S.K. Chhibber, Secretary MS Dehradun and Mohyal brothers along with their families also attended the function. Shri N.K. Dutta unfurled the flag and all present sang the National Anthem. Shri Dutta highlighted the importance of the day in such a manner that the small children who were seated could understand it. After the flag hoisting, a cultural function was presented by the children with the help of their teachers sang patriotic songs with action along with the march past saluting the flag. Seeing the performance of the small children and the efforts put by the management and the staff of the school Sh. N.K. Dutta gave Rs.500/- for the sweets to be distributed to the school children on the opening of the school on 28.01.08. The gesture was applauded by all by clapping. In the end the manager of the school requested the guest ladies to distribute choclates to the school children. Tea with snacks were served to the guests. The Mohyal School is quite popular in the are and its strength is expected to go up to 100 students as the present students are promoted to the next class. THEY HAVE DONE US PROUD Ms. Barkha Datt, TV-anchor, columnist and Managing Editor, NDTV 24x7 awarded the Padm Shri. She hails from fabled clan of Datts of Sialkot City, grand daughter of legendary the late Hon’ble Krishan Gopalji Datt, Finance Minister in the Joint Punjab Cabinet. She is the daughter of Mrs. Prabha Behl Dutt of The Hindustan Times.
In her article ‘Faith accompli’ (HT 02.02.08) about Rama-Setu, she aptly observes that “Hinduism is a relentless persuit of truth.....’’ n Master Rahul Bakshi, 17, International Golfer from Chandigarh: Rahul, a student of 10+1 at the Sanjay Public School, Sector-34, Chandigarh won the All India Amateur and junior Titles. He was awarded the trophy for the latter by Gen. J.J. Singh (Retd.) at the Golf Club, Chandigarh on 20.1.2008. Sponsored by Oil India, he scored the third place at International Junior event at Malaysia, this month.
Rahul is the illustrious son of Shri Amit Bakshi, MD in an IT-Concern, Tech Mahendra. The family resides at 1072, Sector-8, Chandigarh. Congratulation youngman, keep it up! n Shri Munish Bali, Coach Under-19, World Cup Cricket: Shri Munish Bali of the Punjab Cricket Association was assigned the task assisting Dav Whatmore of the National Cricket Academy for a week long preparatory camp of Under-19 team for the World Cup events at Malaysia. He had earlier coached the Under-15 and Under-17 teams towards triumph in one-dayers. According to him “if a coach succeeds in keeping the team free from pressures, half the job is done’’ He has discharged numerous assignments of coach with Punjab Cricket Association, Mohali with success.
Shri Bali is serving the State Bank of Patiala. His father, Shri K.K. Bali, retired from MILKFED, Punjab the family hailing from Distt. Una (H.P.), is settled at Patiala. n Shri Gaurav Datta, B.E: Shri Gaurav has qualified for admission to the prestigious Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad, Indore, Calcutta, Lucknow and Kanpur. He has a degree in Engineering from the Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh (2005).
His father, Shri S.K. Datta retired from the Labour Deptt. Punjab. The family hails from Rawalpindi. They reside at 1034, Sector-45, Chandigarh:
PROMISES.... Through the ages, the wise and the elders have said "Think hard before promising anything, small or big- but once having made a promise, go to any lengths to keep it." The enormity of the wisdom behind this often escapes us. Being human, many of us do slip up on this count at one time or another, and what follows are the inevitable feelings of pain, remorse, and -in only a few cases- reconciliation and resolution. Mohyals extol steadfast loyallty as one of their core values, so such feelings only get magnified when measured against the standards we traditionally set for ourselves. Emotions being synonymous with poetry, here is an attempt by me to portray in verse form, how such feelings unfold and impact:
Even after many years, In the darkness around me that though separate, for, the pain by letting go of your hand the least I will do by Vinay Mehta (Lau) DONATIONS FOR BLANKETS Shri Sandeep Datta, has donated 10 Mink Blankets for Mohyal Ashram, Haridwar. He has also given Rs.2100/- towards GMS Life Membership of Sh. G.S. Bali, MLA and former Cabinet Minister H.P., and uncle of Sandeep Datta who has also offered to make labels-”Mohyal Ashram” fixing on the blankets. Dr. Subhash Datta, President Ashok Vihar Mohyal Club has donated 22 blankets for Mohyal Ashram, Haridwar.
LANGAR FUND DONATIONS BK. YOGINDER PAL DATTA n In the fond and everlasting memory of Bakshi Yoginder Pal Datta, his family members have donated Rs.11,000/- for Mohyal Ashram Langar Fund. He passed away on 26th January 2000 and the Langar date is 26th January. He was the only son of the late Bk. Jagdamba Sahai Datta & the late Smt. Sita Devi Datta. He is survived by his wife Smt. Chander Datta and sons Kapil Datta and Sunil Datta and their wives and two daughters and grand children. He had joined the Times of India way back in the forties as proof reader and Bk. N.D. Datta was responsible for his induction when he was in the Times of India himself. He was cousin brother of Bk. N.D. Datta. Y.P. was a staunch Mohyal and a firm supporter of GMS.
He was one of the founders of MS Noida and remained its Hony. Secy. till the last. As a prominent journalist he was offered membership of the Noida Golf Course and invited me for lunch. He had created a special niche and reputation by sheer dint of hard work and diligence. After his retirement from Times of India he joined the Hindustan Times as special correspondent, Noida. His eldest son Kapil Datta inherited the position after YP’s demise. · –N.D. Datta n Smt. Rita Sharma r/o Toronto, (Canada) and Shri Pradeep Sharma r/o Delhi, (India) have donated Rs. 11,000/- towards Langar Fund at the Mohyal Ashram, Haridwar, in the fond and everlasting memory of their revered mother Mrs. Vimal Sharma (originally from Datta family), who expired on 11th Jan. 2008.
Date of Langar: 11th January.–c/o B.K. Datta, 1077, Vikas Kunj, Vikaspuri, New Delhi-110018, Ph.: 25593812. n Late Wg. Cdr. T.R. Dewan who was the Life Member of the GMS and who had been the Convenor of the Election Committee of the GMS was born on 31.1.1921 and expired on 30.5.2001. After doing his Msc. in Chemistry he joined the Logistic Branch of the Indian Air Force. After retiring from the Air Force, Wg. Cdr. T.R. Dewan did lot of community work in the General Mohyal Sabha, The Mohyal Educational Society and the South Zone Mohyal Sabha, New Delhi.
He has two sons, Shri Parvez Dewan, a senior IAS officer from the J&K Cadre and Shri Prasun Dewan who is settled in the U.S.A. To perpetuate the memory of her late husband, his wife Mrs. Saroj Dewan has donated Rs.11,000/- to the Langar Fund at Mohyal Ashram, Haridwar on his birthday on 31st Jan. Date of Langar: 31st January. n Late Dr. Roshan Lal Vaid, s/o Shri Dewan Chand Vaid of Chawinda, Tehsil Pasrur, District Sialkot, Punjab (Pak.) who died on 4th Feb., 1983, was a well known Doctor of Rani Bagh Area, an Arya Samajist having spiritualist and Social personality. He left behind a prosperous and well settled family. On his 25th death anniversary, his son Dr. Ashwani Kumar Vaid, Ex-President of Mohyal Sabha, Shakur Basti, Rani Bagh, Delhi donated Rs.11,000/- for Langar Fund at Mohyal Ashram, Haridwar. Date of Langar: 4th February. Family Details of Dr. Ashwani Kumar Vaid: Wife: Mrs. Palmji Vaid (Principal- Arvind Bal Academy, Rani Bagh, Delhi). Elder son: Arvind Kumar Vaid, wife- Mrs. Preeti Vaid, sons-Parnav Vaid, Shashank Vaid. Younger son: Chander Mohan Vaid, wife-Mrs. Sonia Vaid, sons- Hitesh Vaid, Rajat Vaid.—WZ-1540, Rani Bagh, Delhi-110034. n Shri Surender Singh Datta has donated an amount of Rs. 11,000/- for Langar Fund in the memory of his parents, Smt. Shanti Datta (expired on 27.3.1986) and Shri Devi Singh Datta (expired on 16.8.1997). Shri Devi Singh Datta who belonged to Zafarwal Dattan was Station Master of Panipat Railway Station at the time of partition. He with the assistance provided by Mehta Diwan Chand, IPS, who was the Senior Supdt. of Police of the area located in the incoming train at the Panipat Railway Station Mohyal families migrating from the Pakistan and helped them in settling at Panipat through the allotment of evacuee properties to them. Most of the Mohyals settled in Panipat did so with the personal interest taken by the late Shri Devi Singh Datta who expired in 1997 at the age of over 100 years. Date of Langar: 27th March. n Late Smt. Shanti Devi Dutt w/o Shri Harbans Lal Dutt (Rawalpindi Pak.) on her 24th death anniversary (8.2.1984), her son Sh. Madan Lal Dutt and his wife Mohini Dutt, grandson Sunil Dutt Secy. MS Uttam Nagar, Vikas Dutt, A-43 Ram Park, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi
and Sh. G.M. Dutt by wife Saroj Dutt, grandson Sapan Dutt & Sameer Dutt of C-4E/40 Pocket-8, Janakpuri, New Delhi. has donated Rs.11,000 towards Langar Fund to Mohyal Ashram. Date of Langar: 8th Feb. n Shri Baldev Krishan Chhibber, son of late Shri Onkar Nath Chhibber and late Smt. Vidya Vanti Chhibber, passed away on Oct. 31, 2007. His wife of fifty-two years – Smt. Raksha Chhibber, his son Bakul Chhibber, daughter-in-law Nina Bharucha Chhibber, daughter Beni Chhibber Rao, and son-in-law Ravi Rao survive him.
Shri Chhibber was born on Sept. 24, 1930 in Delhi. After spending the first ten years of his life in Delhi, he lived with his grandparents in Pind Dadan Khan, Zila Jhelum, Pakistan until the age of fifteen, and then returned to Delhi. He graduated from Hindu College, Delhi University, with a B.Sc., Honours, in Botany, and then, subsequently, joined the Cabinet Secretariat He also completed the Preliminary Standard in Persian and the Interpretership Standard in Arabic from the School of Foreign Languages of the Government of India in 1962. During his long association with Ministry of External Affairs , he served assignments in Baghdad, Iraq (1964 -1967), Muscat, Oman (1977 -1980) and Washington, DC, USA (1985-1988). He was awarded a Commendation Certificate for his work by the Cabinet Secretariat in 1982. He was also awarded the Police Medal by the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Dec 1988. He retired after his USA assignment in 1989. After retirement, Shri Chibber continued to actively pursue a teaching career, during which he taught Urdu and Punjabi at various institutions in the USA. Date of Langar: 24th Sept.—Mrs. Raksha Chhibber 25, Turnham CT. Gaithgrsburg, MD 20878 USA. n Shri Sharad Sharma, r/o 25, Kanpur Road, Opp. Allahabad Bank, Allahabad (U.P.), has donated Rs.11,000/- towards Langar Fund Trust in memory of friend Ms. Amrita. Date of Langar: 8th Oct. n Mohan Cement Store, r/o Lambra Jalandhar donor Shri Manohar Lal Mohan, has donated Rs.11,000/- towards Langar Fund on death anniversary of Smt. Kaushalya Devi Mohan. Date of Langar: 30th Jan. n Shri Guru Mohan & Naveen Mohan, r/o 11816, 81A Avenue Dett DC Canada, has donated Rs.11,000/- towards Langar Fund on birthday of Late Sh. Ram Lal Mohan. Date of Langar: 20th April. n Shri Vivek Datta & Shalu Datta, r/o 1335, Sector-17, Faridabad, has donated Rs.11,000/- towards Langar fund in memory of mother the late Smt. Lajaya Datta. Date of Langar: 25th Jan. n Shri Rajan Bajaj, r/o E-372, Greater Kailash-II, New Delhi-110048, has donated Rs.11,000/- toward Langar Fund in memory of Mrs. late Renu Raizada Bajaj. Date of Langar: 4th Feb.
n Shri Vivek Datta & Shalu Datta, r/o 1335, Sector-17, Faridabad, have donated Rs.11,000/- towards Langar fund in memory of father the late Shri B.K. Datta. Date of Langar: 15th Oct. n In the memory of Late Sh. Mehta Samsher Bhadur Mohan hailing from Chua Shahdan Shah Distt. Jhelum near famous Hindu pilgrimage KATAS RAJ, his elder son and daughter in law Dr. Satpal Mehta & Dr.(Mrs) Sudershan Mehta has denoted a sum of Rs. 11.000 towards langar fund.
Mehta sahib was a renowned personality and businessmen of his time, Apart from that he was a great humanitarian and not only he raised his voice against opening of slaughter house but fought a court case against govt. decision which was proposed in Chua Shah- dan Shah Distt. Jhelum near famous Hindu pilgrimages KATAS RAJ. “No matter whether a person is alive or dead, the memories are stay alive Forever.” Date of Langar: 15th March.— Dr. Satpal Mehta, E- 39, Double Storey West Patel Nagar Delhi 110008. Ph. 25888412. n I am sending herewith a sum of Rs.11,000/- in cash donated by Ms. Pushpa Mohan and Mrs. Simrit Bali towards Langar Fund in the memory of their parents–Mrs. Durga Devi and Ch. Braham Dutt of Kanjrur. Date of Langar: 19th Jan.–Mrs. Simrit Bali, H.No. 515, Sector-6, Panchkula (Haryana). n Smt. Meera Chhibber, Member (Judicial), Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, Shri Arun Chhibber, PPM, Inspector General of Police, CRPF (Retd) and their sons Ankur and Aditya (Advocates - Delhi High Court), resident of B-5/95, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi-110029 have donated a sum of Rs.11,000/- towards GMS Langer Fund in Mohyal Ashram, Haridwar in memory of the late Shri Bir Sen Chhibber (from Jhelum) and the late Smt. Vidyawati Chhibber (from Delhi) the parents of Shri. Arun Chhibber.
· Shri Bir Sen Chhibber passed away on 10th March 1984 and Smt. Vidyawati Chhibber passed away on 15th October 2001. Date of Langar: 10th March.
MUNDAN 16th January 2008 was a day of great joy and happiness, and celebration for Sachin Dutta & Gunjan Dutta r/o WZ-C-17 Patel Garden, Kakrola More, Najafgarh Road, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi, who celebrated the mundan ceremony of their son Aryan Dutta, s/o Sachin Dutta and Gunjan Dutta and grandson of the late Shri Sohan Lal and Smt. Shashi Dutta.
On this occasion they arranged Hawan and Lunch at their residence attended by all relatives and friends. · On this happy occasion Mr. Sachin Dutta & Mrs. Gunjan Dutta donated Rs.201/- to GMS.
GMS MANAGING COMMITTEE MINUTES OF THE MEETING Date: 13-01-2008 PRESENT Representative Members: Shri Vinay Datta, Shri Suresh Kumar Mehta, Shri G.L. Mehta, Shri Vijay Chhibber, Shri Vijayant Bali, Shri Santosh Vaid, Shri Srikrishna Bali, Shri O.P. Mohan. Patrons/Parthisht/GMSLM: Smt. Uma Mohan, Dr. S.C. Datta, Shri Danesh Datta, Shri S.K. Bali, Shri Varendar Datta, Shri P.L. Mehta, Shri Sunil Kumar Chhibber, Shri Hari Om Mehta, Shri J.L. Bali, Shri Rajeev Chhibber, Shri Dalip Singh Datta. Guests: Shri M.S. Bali, Shri Satish Bali, Shri C.P. Datta, Shri Chander Mohan Chhibber. Regret: Lt. Col. BKL Chhibber, Shri Ashwani Bakshi, Shri C.K. Bhai, Capt. Gulshan Vaid, Shri Ramesh Datta, Shri Hari Sharan Datta, Shri Vinod Mehta, Col. S.K. Vaid. The meeting commenced with the recitation of Mohyal prayer led by Smt. Krishan Lata Chhibber. The Secretary General stated that today’s’ meeting has to start on a very sad note when we had lost our selfless worker and Finance Secretary Shri Pishori Lal Bali at the cruel hands of death on December 18, 2007. P.L. Bali was a prominent member of the GMS family and was very popular both at the GMS and the local sabhas level because of his mild manners and very helpful attitude towards everybody he came in contact with. He was very efficient in the performance of duties allotted to him and will reside in the hearts of everybody for all times to come. The Secretary General then invited everybody present to pay floral tributes at the portrait of Shri P.L. Bali that was reverently done by all present, led by the President. Rzd. B.D. Bali in his brief tribute to the departed soul said that when he attended the Kirya ceremony of Shri P.L. Bali on December 28, 2007 he could see a very large gathering of mourners who besides Delhi had come from different parts of India. All present were unanimous in uttering, that “PL Bali sahib ek bauhuat ache insaan the”. He said that in the death of Shri P.L. Bali “we have lost a very good friend and the void left is very difficult to fill”. After the President Shri G.L. Dutta (Josh), Vice President (GMS) spoke briefly about his association with Shri P.L. Bali in the affairs of the Interaction Committee of the GMS. He said that Shri Bali was always with him in his ventures of visits to different local sabhas for the Committee work. The Secretary General then introduced the following resolution to put on record the services rendered by late Shri P.L. Bali: The President, Office Bearers and members of the Managing Committee of the GMS, in the meeting of the Committee held on January 13, 2008 express their intense grief, sorrow and pain on the sad demise of their colleague Sh. Pishori Lal Bali, Finance Secretary of the Sabha, on December 18, 2007. They have not only lost a revered colleague, but also a great human being. The Managing Committee also places on record, the honest and sincere services rendered by Sh. Pishori Lal Bali to the General Mohyal Sabha, in particular, and the whole Mohyal Community in general. The Committee conveys its heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family and prays to God Almighty to grant eternal peace to the departed soul and strength enough to the members of the family of Sh. Bali to bear this irreparable loss. The resolution was adopted unanimously. It was decided that a copy of the resolution may be sent to the family of late Shri P.L. Bali. The Secretary General informed that one of the duties allotted to late Shri P.L. Bali was to look after the GMS property at Dehradun. Sometime back the Revenue authorities had declared one of the two properties at Gurdwara Road, Dehradun as unoccupied and without any owner and ordered its acquisition by the Municipal authorities of Dehradun. When this development came to our notice late Shri P.L. Bali moved an application in the office of the District Magistrate, with the assistance of our local lawyer and Shri N.K. Dutta, President, Mohyal Sabha, Dehradun. With such efforts the District Magistrate, Dehradun has passed a stay order on the original order of acquisition and the case is to come up for final hearing shortly. It was suggested that Shri N.K. Dutta may be nominated to represent the GMS with the concerned authorities at Dehradun in this case. The suggestion was unanimously accepted. Sad News: Before reading the list of sad news the Secretary General mentioned that the death anniversary of Bhai Permanand Ji Chhibber was observed on December 8. He then read out the names of members of the biradri who passed away recently. The members paid two minutes standing tribute to all: 1. Smt. Neelam Sudan d/o the late Shri Sadhu Ram Lau of Barara, expired on 27th November 2007. GMS paid Rs. 500/- p.m for Cancer Treatment. 2. Smt. Kamla Rani Chhibber w/o the late Shri Balram Chhibber, expired on 31st Oct. 2007 at Inderpuri, New Delhi. 3. Shri Sain Dass Vaid of Village-Seembla, expired on 15th Nov. 07, at the age of 113 years. 4. Shri J.J. Datta, Joint Secretary of MS Kota, expired on 5th Nov. 2007. 5. Mehta Lahori Ram Mohan s/o the late Mehta Nanak Chand Mohan of Rajouri Garden, expired on 8th Oct. 2007. 6. Shri Narinder Dev Mehta of Jalandhar, expired on 17th Oct. 2007. 7. Shri Madan Lal Bali s/o the late Rzd. Ram Sahai Bali, expired on 13th Oct. 2007. 8. Smt. Sumitra Bali w/o the late Shri Girdhari Lal Bali of Dehradun, expired on 7th Dec. 2007. 9. Smt. Janak Devi Bali of Prem Nagar Dehradun, expired on 10th Nov 2007. 10. Shri Rakesh Chhibber s/o the late Shri Ram Prakash Chhibber of Mehrauli, expired on 20th Dec. 2007. 11. Smt. Sharda Vaid w/o Insp. Gen. BSF Shri S.C. Vaid of Jalandhar, expired on 20th Dec. 2007. 12. Shri Satish Mohan of Panchkula, expired on 5th Jan 2008. 13. Shri Trilok Singh Mohan, Patron GMS, expired on 1st Jan. 2008 at Panchkula, condolence message from GMS sent. 14. Shri Avinash Chander Chhibber s/o Shri Harbans Lal Chhibber of Gurgaon, expired on 15th Dec 2007 15. Shri Kewal Kumar Datta s/o Shri Mangal Sain Datta, expired on 3rd Dec. 2007. 16. Shri Dharam Paul Bhimwal s/o Shri Amritsarai Ram, expired on 25th Dec 2007 at Vill-Bathia, Hoshiapur. 17. Smt. Kamla Kewal Krishan Bakshi w/o the late Shri Kewal Krishan Bakshi of Mumbai, expired on 22nd Dec. 2007. 18. Smt. Yagya Devi Chhibber w/o the late Shri K.L. Chhibber of Vikaspuri, expired on 1st Jan. 2008. 19. Bk. Gurdeep Singh Vaid s/o Shri Pritam Singh Vaid of Karnal, expired on 19th Dec. 2007. 20. Smt. Krishna Kumari Bali w/o the late Shri K.L. Bali of Meerut, expired on 17th Dec. 2007. 21. Smt. Sarla Bakshi w/o Shri G.R. Bakshi of Vasant Vihar, Delhi, expired on 9th Nov. 2007. 22. Smt. Sundri Devi w/o the late Shri Kaka Ram Chhibber of Najafgarh, expired on 8th Jan. 2008. 23. Shri Anubhav Chhiber s/o Shri Vinod Chhibber of Jalandhar, expired on 4th Jan. 2008. 24. Col. (Retd.) B.S. Mehta of Yamuna Nagar, expired on 13th Jan 2008. 25. Smt. Arvinder Kaur daughter-in-law of Shri Amolak Singh Datta, President MS Ludhiana, expired on 8th Jan. 2008. The Secretary General then invited the participants in the meeting who were attending the Managing Committee meeting for the first time to introduce themselves. The following brothers then introduced themselves: a) Shri M.S Bali, Delhi b) Shri Satish Bali, Delhi c) Shri C.P. Datta, Delhi d) Shri Danesh Datta, Hoshiarpur. e) Shri Varinder Dutt Hoshiarpur. Before the start of the formal proceedings of the meeting, the Secretary General mentioned that, that day was the Lohri Day preceding the Makar Sakranti the next day when the Sun entered its new phase. Both were very auspicious days according to the Hindu calendar. Traditional Rewries and peanuts were distributed to all present. Shri P.K. Dutta, a member of the Managing Committee also distributed sweets on his behalf and on behalf of his family. The Secretary General said that January was the month of celebration of the Birth Anniversary of Bhai Mati Das Chhibber who was born on January 13, 1641 (Lohri day) and attained martyrdom on November 9, 1675. Confirmation of minutes: The Secretary General read out the minutes of the meeting of the Managing Committee held on November 11, 2007. The minutes were approved with a minor alteration suggested by Dr. Rattan K. Dutta who said that he had promised to complete the work of GMS web site in two months and not in one month as mentioned in the minutes. The alteration was carried out. Presentation of Accounts: The Secretary General presented the monthly statements of accounts for the months of October and November 2007 and also mentioned in details the major items of expenditure and receipts under different t heads of account of the GMS with special reference to the donations received. The accounts were approved unanimously. Regarding the regular Statement of Accounts Secretary General informed the house that there was a Fund, namely, Swami Giriji Maharaj Account having a balance of Rs.5,750. Since there was no movement in this Fund by way of additions or expenditure the Secretary General suggested that this Fund may be amalgamated with the Swami “Giri Ji Maharaj Education Fund Trust” which has a balance of Rs. 25,000/-. With the suggested amalgamation the total Trust Money in the trust opened by Swamiji will increaser to Rs. 30,750/-The House unanimously approved the proposal. New Year Greetings: The Secretary General stated that the President (GMS) on his own behalf and on behalf of all the members of the Managing Committee of the GMS had sent 1350 New Year Greeting Cards with the photograph of the front view of the Mohyal Ashram at Haridwar to all Patrons, Pratisht Members, Life Members, Langar Fund Donors, Presidents and Secretaries of the local sabhas and other prominent persons associated with the GMS. Simultaneously the GMS received greetings from many, some of whom are as under: FROM SABHA 1. Mohyal Sabha Karnal. 2. Mohyal Sabha Faridabad. 3. Mohyal Sabha Noida. 4. Mohyal Sabha J&K. 5. Mohyal Sabha Ludhiana. 6. Mohyal Sabha Meerut. 7. Mohyal Sabha Khamaria. 8. Mohyal Sabha Hyderabad/Secunderabad. 9. Mohyal Sabha Ambala City. INDIVIDUALS 1. Smt. Swarn Kanta Vaid 2. Smt. Krishan Lata Chhibber 3. Smt. Shabnam Datta Bell 4. Shri Ram Sarup Dutt 5. Shri Raghukul Bhushan 6. Shri Ved Prakash Vaid 7. Shri RT Mohan 8. Proff. J.C Bakshi 9. Shri P.C Lau. Mohyal Melas/Milans: The following local sabhas are celebrating their melas/milans on dates indicated against each: 1. Mohyal Sabha, Ludhiana 20 January. 2. Mohyal Sabha Hyderabad/Secunderabad 20 January. 3. Mohyal Sabha, Prem Nagar, Dehradun 27 January. The Committee approved the donation of Rs. 5,100/- to each of these sabha on the occasion. Grant of financial aid to widows and others: The Secretary General informed that circular letters for the continuation of financial aid to the present beneficiaries during the ensuing financial year 2008-2009 and to the new applicants, along with the relevant forms have been sent to all the local sabhas and to the beneficiaries direct where there are no sabhas. All the beneficiaries have been informed about this individually also through a rubber stamp on each money order of the last assistance sent to them. All have been requested to make sure that the applications, in this regard, are sent, with due verification and recommendations of the local sabha so as to reach the GMS office on or before February 29, 2008. Progressive Total of Langar Fund Donations. Number reported last month 727 Langar Fund Donations: 1. Shri K.B. Sethi of Ghaziabad, donated in memory of Smt. Nirmal Shyam Sethi. Date of Langar 9th October. 2. Shri Shyam Sunder Datta of Karol Bagh, New Delhi, donated on the birthday of Sameer Datta. Date of Langar 8th November. 3. Smt. Kamla Bali, of Shimla, donated in memory of her parents Smt. Savitri Datta & Shri Jagat Narain Datta. Date of Langar 20th September. 4. Shri K.L. Bali, of Shimla, donated in memory of his parents, Smt. Lajyawanti Bali & Shri Prabh Dayal Bali. Date of Langar 6th February. 5. Col. Rakesh Datta of Chandigarh, donated in memory of Smt. Piyari Mehta. Date of Langar. 1st August. 6. Col. Subhash Mehta of Dwarka New Delhi, donated in memory of Mehta Netar Prakash Datta. Date of Langar 4th November. 7. Dr. Jaya & Pappu Venugopala Rao, of Chennai, donated on Wedding Anniversary. Date of Langar 26th Feb. 8. Dr. Ved Bali of UK, donated on birthday of his grandson Master Vijay Raj Bali. Date of Langar 1st May. 9. Dr. Ved Bali of UK, donated on birthday his grand daughter MIA COSSEY. Date of Langar 24th November. 10. Smt. Kiran, Bindu & Kunjan, of Delhi, donated in memory of their mother Smt. Uma Chhibber. Date of Langar 26th September. 11. Mrs. S. Sapra & Dr. Meenu Sareen of London, donated on birthday of Krishan. Date of Langar 30th July. 12. Shri Praveen Datta of Gurgaon donated in memory of his father Shri TN Datta. Date of Langar 17th April. 13. Dr. (Mrs.) S.P. Datta of Ghaziabad donated in memory of her Parents Smt. Prakashwati Chhibber & Major B.N Chhibber. Date of Langar 2nd December. 14. Shri K.K. Mehta of Ghaziabad, donated on birthday of Srigdha. Date of Langar 9th August. 15. Smt. Vimla Chhibber, of Mumbai donated in memory of her husband Bhai Ranbir S. Chhibber. Date of Langar 14th December. 16. Smt. Suman Bakshi & Lt. Gen. G.L. Bakshi of Noida, donated in memory of Shri Madhusudan Lal Bakshi & Smt. Lajyawant Bakshi. Date of Langar 9th December. 17. Shri Arun Mehta of Jalandhar, donated in memory of his father Shri Narinder Dev Mehta. Date of Langar 17th Oct. 18. Smt. Usha of New Delhi, donated in memory of Shri Gian Chand Anand. Date of Langar 9th November. 19. Shri Brij Mohan & Smt. Suvarsha Bali of New York donated on Wedding Anniversary. Date of Langar 12th December 20. Shri Brij Mohan & Smt. Suvarsha Bali of New York donated on birthday of Shri Brij Mohan. Date of Langar 6th Jun. 21. Smt. Vinay Datta & Vineet Datta of Jammu, donated in memory of their father Shri Krishan Kumar Datta. Date of Langar 8th December. 22. Shri Bharat Bhushan Bakshi of Jammu, donated in memory of Smt. Raj Rani and Subhadra Devi. Date of Langar 29th may. 23. Shri N.S. Datta of Karnal, donated in memory of his father Shri Ram Bhaj Datta. Date of Langar 21st December. 24. Bhai Inderjit Chhibber of Sagarpur, Delhi, donated in memory his father Shri Diwan Chand Chhibber. Date of Langar 2nd July. 25. Shri Rajiv Mohan of Norway, donated in memory of his father Shri Kedar Nath Mohan. Date of Langar 17th August. 26. Shagun Dutt Singh of USA, donated in memory of his grandfather Shri Chiranjiv Lal Dutta. The Secretary General informed that one Mohyal brother has offered to meet the full expenditure on all the meals on a particular day at Mohyal Ashram, Haridwar. The offer was appreciated but it did not find favour with the House which felt that the prevalent procedure must continue. New Trusts Opened: 1. Smt. Urmila Vaid of C-1/1118, Vasant Kunj New Delhi, has opened a new trust in the name of her husband late Shri H.K. Vaid, “Widow Fund Trust” for Rs. 50,000/- 2. Bal Mohyal Sabha Gurgaon has opened a Trust with GMS for Rs. 1,25,000/- towards Education Fund. GMSLM: The following were admitted life members of the GMS: 1. Sh. Bal Ram Bali, Faridabad 2. Smt. Chandra Kanta Bali, New Delhi 3. Sh. Rajendra Mehta, U.K. 4. Sh. Rahul Mehta, Delhi 5. Sh. Gautam Mehta, Jalandhar, 6. Sh. Ravinder Mehta, Canada 7. Sh. Ravinder Mehta New Delhi 8. Sh. Ajit Kr. Datta Meerut 9. Sh. Ashok Kr. Mehta U.K. 10. Smt. Sabnam Abasthi New Delhi 11. Smt. Jagjit Rai Bhimwal, Faridabad 12. Smt. Usha Sharma New Delhi 13. Sh. Madan Mehta H.P. 14. Sh. Ashish Bali New Delhi 15. Sh. Subhash Mitter Lao New Delhi 16. Sh. Bhavdeep Bali Hoshiarpur. Parthisht Member: 1. Shri. Ahlad Rai Bhimwal Faridabad. Permanent Members of the GMS: Dr. Rattan K. Dutta suggested that all Mohyal Langar Fund Donors and Room Donors who are not the permanent members of the GMS should be considered, as deemed Life Members of the Sabha. The house did not approve this suggestion. Instead the President suggested that a list of such persons should be prepared and sent to him and that he shall then personally write to all such donors to become permanent members of the GMS, The GMS Secretariat is preparing the list. In passing, the Secretary General mentioned that all the Permanent Members of the GMS, Room Donors and Langar Fund Donors are being provided with beautiful Identity Cards. He said that all the persons who have filled and signed the application form with personal particulars and photographs and sent it to the GMS Secretariat up to December 15, 2007 have been provided with the new Identity Cards. He urged other eligible members of the Community to send their particulars to the GMS Secretariat at an early date so that these cards may be issued to them also. Birthdays and Marriage Anniversaries of Member of the Managing Committee: Birthday of Shri Yogesh Mehta on 29th January. Marriage Anniversary: 1. Smt. Suman Datta & Shri RK Datta of Faridabad 30th January. 2. Smt. Sunita Mehta & Shri Hari Om Mehta of Delhi 31st January. Foundation Day of the Sabha: 1. Mohyal Sabha Yamunapaar 1st January. 2. Mohyal Sabha Bhopal 5th January. 3. Mohyal Sabha Rohini/Pitampura 9th January. 4. J&K Mohyal Sabha Jammu 11thJanuary. Major Donations: 1. Rs. 25,000/- was outstanding as donation for a room in Mohyal Ashram Haridwar from Shri Krishan Lal Mehta of Nimri Colony, Ashok Vihar Delhi, who was now no more. We gave the task of collecting this amount from his family to Shri Vinay Kumar Datta as he lives nearby. Shri Vinay Datta was able to persuade the family and obtain the Cheque for Rs. 25,000/- recently. 2. Shri Sandeep Datta of Janakpuri donated the following amounts: a. Rs. 5100/- to Bal Mohyal Sabha Trust by his mother Smt. Sharda Datta. b. Rs. 1500/- Quarterly instalment for Financial Aid to one widow for Jan. to Mar. 2008. c. Rs. 375/- Financial Aid to one Student for Jan to March 2008. d. Rs. 1000/- on winning election by his uncle Shri GS Bali for MLA from Kangra (H.P). New Managing Committee Member: The Secretary General suggested that Mrs. Surinder Dutta wife of late Shri R.K. Dutta may be nominated as a member of the Managing Committee against an existing vacancy. The President GMS stated that he himself has spoken to Mrs. Surinder Dutta who was present in the House and suggested to her to carry forward the noble work of social service to the Mohyal Community that her late husband Shri R.K. Dutta, who was also a big donor, and that Mrs. Dutta had very kindly agreed to his suggestion. The House unanimously approved the induction of Mrs. Surinder Dutta as a member of the Managing Committee of the GMS. Good News: The Secretary General informed the House that Shri G.S. Bali who was a Minister in the previous Government of Himachal Pradesh has been re-elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh from Kangra constituency on a Congress ticket. The house congratulated Shri G.S. Bali on his success. The President (GMS) directed that the news should be published prominently in the next issue of Mohyal Mitter with a photograph of Shri Bali. GMS Website: On a query from Shri Yogesh Mehta Dr. Rattan Dutta who is also the CEO of Merit stated that the GMS website that was earlier being hosted by a private Company Icon Information Systems Pvt. Ltd. shall henceforth be maintained by the MERIT and that all formalities, in this regard like acquiring the Pass Word etc., have been completed after discussion with Col. Kohli Proprietor of the private company. He said that hopefully the website shall be updated by clearing the backlog within a period of one month. Dr. Rattan Dutta further said that they shall endeavor to completely computerize the accounts of the GMS, including MERIT by developing new software in consultation with our Chartered Accountant and that with the start of new financial year 2008-2009 the accounts are expected to be computerized. Blankets at Mohyal Ashram: Shri Yogesh Mehta said that there was shortage of blankets at Mohyal Ashram, Haridwar. The Secretary General in formed that since the occupancy at the Ashram during winter was low, blankets from unoccupied rooms could be transferred to other room on need basic and that instruction, in this regard, have been issued to the Manager, Mohyal Ashram. He, however, said that efforts would be made to buy more blankets before the start of the next cold season, in consultation with Shri S.N. Dutta and Shri Rit Mohan, Secretary General stated that 10 blankets have been donated to the Ashram by Shri Sandeep Dutta of Janakpuri and that more such donations, in kind, are welcome. Shri Subhash Dutta, President, Mohyal Club, Ashok Vihar, Delhi who was present in the meeting promised to donate 11 blankets to the Ashram from their club. Everybody applauded the offer. On the spot Donation : A total of Rs. 17.603/- was received as on the spot donations. The Secretary General read out the list of Donors. Besides earlier donation received for Cancer treatment of Smt. Anita Lau of Noida, we have received the following donations: 1. Mohyal Sabha Rohini/Pitampura Rs. 2000/-. 2. Shri P.L. Mehta Rs. 500/- 3. Shri Sushil Datta Rs. 500/- 4. Shri Kulbir Mohan Rs. 500/- 5. Bhai K.K. Chhibbber Rs. 1000/-. Relief to a cancer patient: The Secretary General stated that in response to an appeal made through the columns of Mohyal Mitter the beneficiary from Noida who is under treatment for cancer, has received some donations directly and some through the GMS. He further stated that he was in constant touch with Lt. Gen. G.L. Bakshi, President Noida Sabha, in this regard. According to the latest report the patient is making progress. She had sent the details of expenditure incurred by her and has stated that her future need is for Rs. 14,000/- towards chemotherapy every six months. A cheque for Rs. 28,000/- for two such treatments has been sent to her through the Shri Shrikrishan Bali. Rep. Member of Noida Mohyal Sabha who was present in the meeting. Mohyal Youth Camp, Jallandhar: On a suggestion from the Secretary General, Shri Yogesh Mehta, Secretary Youth Wing and Cultural Affairs briefed the house about the Mohyal Youth Mela held at Jallandhar on 24-26 November 2007. In this connection he appreciated the services of the youth of District Mohyal Sabha Jallandhar and other participants for their splendid job to make the Camp a great success. President (GMS) also appreciated the good work done by all and congratulated everybody who was associated with organizing the event. He further stated that the outstanding gain of the get together, as he could perceive, was the awareness it had brought amongst the youth of the Community about the General Mohyal Sabha in particular and about the Mohyal Community, in general. Matrimonial Mela: On a request from the Secretary General, Smt. Krishan Lata Chhibber, the Convenor of the function briefed the house on the function held on December 9, 2007. She said that there were approximately 600 participants that included the parents/guardians and Mohyal children of marriageable age. She said that according to her information five marriages have already been solemnized on the basis of contacts made by the respective parties at the Mela. She said that the problem was non-receipt of feedback on the successful alliances. She is trying her best to get as much feedback as possible and shall report to the House from time to time. The Secretary General interjected that as and when information through invitation cards about the Mohyali marriages is received in the GMS, the Secretariat arranges to present a copy of the Mohyal History to the newly wed couple so that they become aware about the history of their own community, especially in cases where a non-Mohyal girl enters a Mohyal family. The President (GMS) praised lot of effort put in by Mrs. Amba Bali, Mrs. Krishan Lata Chhibber, Shri Sushil Kumar Chhibber and their team of volunteers. He said that he was of the view that in addition to the yearly Matrimonial Melas, we should organize Samuhik Vivah (Community marriages) once in a year, where group marriages of boys and girls from the weaker sections of the society could be organized with main assistance from the General Mohyal Sabha. In this connection Shri G.L. Dutta (Josh), Shri J.P. Mehta, Shri S.N. Dutta, Shri Rit Mohan, Shri Darshan Lal Bali, Shri Srikrishan Bali and Shri Mahinder Singh Bali from Hari Nagar spoke on the subject and offered their services for organizing such events and bringing awareness in their respective areas by personal contacts. The stress was on visiting the rural areas of Mohyal concentration and to explain to the masses at grass root level about this noble cause. Mohyal Bhavan at Hoshiarpur: Representatives of Mohyal Sabha, Hoshiarpur who had come to attend the meeting placed before the house a proposal for the purchase of land at Hoshiarpur for building a Mohyal Bhavan there. They said that they already have a balance of over Rs. 2,00,000/- in their Bank account and need matching grant/loan from the GMS to purchase a plot of land measuring 250 sq. yards. They said that the property purchased shall be in the name of the GMS. Shri Ashwani Bali, Secretary, Public Relations strongly endorsed the proposal. The Secretary General stated that before going in for the actual purchase the local Sabha should make sure about the Title of the land being offered for sale as well as the local Municipal Rules and Regulations for the construction of a Bhavan there. Representatives of the Hoshiarpur Sabha promised compliance, in this regard and stated that they were aware about the legal formalities and shall take full care in the matter. After ascertaining the views of the House the President (GMS) suggested the house may approve a grant and loan of Rs. 1 lakh each, total of Rs. 2 lakh. The house unanimously approved the proposal and two cheques of Rs. 1 lakh each were handed over to the representatives of the Hoshiarpur Sabha. President (GMS) further suggested that once the local Sabha started the construction of the Mohyal Bhavan there the House could consider converting the loan of Rs. 1 lakh into a grant and also consider further matching grant to the local sabha for the completion of the project. The Secretary General stated that Mrs. Amba Bali has three bright daughters and one each is in the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service and the Indian Revenue Service. Miss Anita Bali has been promoted as Secretary and Miss Sarita Bali has been appointed as the country’s Ambassador to Ivory Coast. On this happy occasion Mrs. Amba Bali had offered to host the lunch on that day. The meeting concluded with the recitation of Gaytri Mantra and Shanti Path led by Mrs. Krishan Lata Chhibber. All were then invited to partake the sumptuous lunch hosted by Mrs. Amba Bali. LIFE MEMBER Shri J.S. Datta s/o Shri Devi Singh Datta of Zafarwal residing at Gabrone Botswana in South Africa has become a Life Member of the GMS. Shri B.S. Datta is the younger brother of Kunwar S.S. Datta settled in London. Shri J.S. Datta went to Botswana on deputation under the ITEC programme of the Ministry of External Affairs. He has retired as Director of Finance from the Govt. of Botswana and settled there after his retirement. While in service he worked as Advisor to the President of Botswana and accompanied him on later trips to United Nation at New York. He has also headed many delegates of the Govt. of Botswana and visited countries like Sweden, Kuwait, South Africa and U.S.A (World Bank) to raise the resources for the Govt. of Botswana.
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AMRITSAR n Meeting was held on 6th Jan. 2008 at the residence of Mohan Datta, attended by 18 members. Shri Mohan Dutta expressed his condolence on passing away of late Shri P.L. Bali, Secretary Finance GMS, two minutes silence was observed for the peace of departed soul of our beloved Shri P.L. Bali. Shri Davinder Bali (Patron) and Shri Kewal Bakshi stressed that all the office-bearers should attend the meeting regularly, held in the first Sunday of every month at 5.00 p.m. at the residence of President Mohan Datta, Shri Mukesh Vaid and Anil Datta requested the participants to collect funds to purchase land for Mohyal Bhawan. Shri Mukesh Vaid gave Rs.100 to GMS widow fund on the 4th death anniversary of his father late Sh. Chaman Lal Vaid s/o the late Rzd. Diwan Chand of Bhagwanpura presently settled at Batala. Meeting ended with light refreshment. Mohan Datta, President
AMBALA CITY n Date: Feb. 03, 2008 Shri Ashwani Bakshi, General Secretary read out the proceedings of the last meeting and were confirmed. Condolence: The house condoled the death of Ch. Manohar Lal Datta ex-President MS Ludhiana. He was elder brother of Sabha President, Sh. J.P. Mehta. The house observed two minutes silence for peace of the departed soul. Prayers for Speedy Recovery: The house prayed for the speedy recovery of Sh. Balkrishan Chhibber of Krishna Nagar New Delhi who is admitted in I.C.U. ward of Pant Hospital, New Delhi. Birthday Greetings: The house greeted the following for birthday: 1. Baby Angel Dutt d/o Supriya & Sarauv Dutt on her 4th birthday on 21st Feb. Happy grand mother Smt. Savita Dutt, President Istri Wing MS donated Rs.101/- each to GMS and MS Ambala City. 2. Baby Chhavi Mehta d/o Komal Mehta & Rajiv Mehta on her first birthday on 27th Feb., 2008. Maternal grandfather (Nanaji) Sh. Ravi Partap Chhibber donated Rs.101/- each to GMS and our Sabha. 3. Ansh Vaid s/o Smt. Sangeeta Vaid & Vikas Vaid on birthday on 12.2.2008. Happy grand mother Smt. Usha Vaid w/o the late Sh. Janak Raj Vaid donated Rs.101/- our sabha. 4. Smt. Renu Datta w/o Sh. Tarun Datta on her birthday on 16.2.2008. She is zonal Secy. She donated Rs.31/- to our sabha. 5. Miss Devika Chhibber d/o Neelam Chhibber & Sanjiv Chhibber for birthday on 17.2.2008. Smt. Neelam Chhibber, General Secretary Istri Wing donated Rs.101/- our sabha for her daughter B’day. Wedding Anniversary Greetings: (1) The house congratulated Mrs. Anu Bakshi & Sh. Ashwani Bakshi on their wedding anniversary on 15.2.08. Shri Ashwani Bakhi donated Rs.101/- to the sabha. (2). The house congratulated Bhai Ravi Partap Chhibber (zonal Secretary) and Mrs. Prem Lata Chhibber wedding anniversary on 18.2.2008. Happy News: The house congratulated Mrs. Anu Bakshi & Mr. Ashwani Bakshi on his brother Rajiv Bakshi purchasing a new Hundai Verna Luxary Car. Contrats. Mela Donation: Shri Sanjiv Chhibber (Joint Secretary of Finance) & Mrs. Neelam Chhibber (Gen. Secy. Istri Wing Mohyal Sabha) donated Rs.501/- for the Mohyal Milan scheduled for 23rd March, 08. Life Membership of GMS: Shri Sham Sunder Chhibber, Finance Secretary appealed to all the members to become life members of GMS entiling them a number of benefits including free Mohyal Mitter for life. He expected all the office-bearers of Mohyal Sabha Ambala to be become the life members. Mohyal Milan Ludhiana: Shri J.P. Mehta,who attended the Mohyal Milan at Ludhiana on 20th Feb. 2008, gave the details of Mela which was very well organised & well attended by Mohyals from different Mohyal Sabhas. Regarding Widow Pensions: Shri Ashwani Bakshi, told the house that the last date for filling the applications for grant of widow pension by GMS was 28th Feb., 08 and requested the concerned persons to complete the forms before the due date. Entertainment by Mohyal Children: Young Mohyal children entertained the house by their participation in singing and and poety. Master Satyam Datta made everybody happy by his ‘Tit-bits’ and ‘Shers’ Master Abhay Chhibber entertained the house by his poem. Master Aryan Bakshi asked members to solve a ‘Quiz’ which nobody could solve. He then narrated the ‘Chukals’. Master Paras Bali gave nice jokes. Ever present Vaani Datta sang beautiful ‘Bhajans’. Shri Deepak Vaid, Vice-President thrilled the house by his sweet song bu gokvksa esa....... He made the house happy by his dialogue and titbits. Handsome Sanjiv Chhibber sang the Romantic song ‘vkLeku ls vk;k QfjLrk* and acted also on the same song. Members started singing with him. Mohyal Milan & Mohyal Bhawan: Mohyal Milan Ambala City will be held on 23rd March 2008 along with laying of foundation stone of Mohyal Bhawan Ambala City. Rzd. B.D. Bali President GMS has very kindly agreed to be the chief guest. Suggestions were invited from the members to make both the functions successful. Sh. Deepak Vaid, Sh. Bharat Bhushan Mehta, Sh. Manmohan Datta, Smt. Savita Dutt, Sh. Pankaj, Sh. Ramesh Datta, Sh. Vishal Vaid (Sonu), Smt. Neeru Datta, Sunil Mehta, Sh. Ved Rattan Vaid, Sh. Bhumi Dev Vaid, Sh. Navdeep Datta, Smt. Renu Datta, Smt. Kiran Vaid, Smt. Anu Bakshi gave their valuable suggestions to make the Mohyal Milan a great success. The meeting ended with Shanti Path led by Vaani Datta, Aryan Bakshi, Ashmitte Bakshi, Abhay Chhibber, Satyam Datta, Megavi Vaid, Ansh Vaid, Vansh Vaid, Paras Bali & Tushar Bali, Sh. Deepak Vaid Vice-President MS Ambala City thanked the host Smt. Neelam Chhibber & Shri Sanjiv Chhibber for the hospitality extended to the members. The meeting came to a close. J.P. Mehta, President
ASHOK VIHAR n Date: 3rd Feb., 2008 Minutes of the last meeting were read out and confirmed. Sad News: The House expressed heartfelt condolences on the demise of Ms. Asha Mohan d/o the late Sh. Pishore Lal Mohan. She Expired on 28th Jan. 2008. House paid homage to the departed soul. House also observed two minutes silence to the pay tributes to all the departed souls of the biradari and prayed Almighty to grant them eternal peace. Birthday Greeting: Birthday greetings were extended to the members whose birthday falls in Feb. Wishes for good health: Captain Satish Chander Mehta and Dr. R.K. Mehta could not attend the meeting as they were not feeling well. House wished for their good health. Mela Celebration: House declared that Mela will be celebrated on 6th April 2008 at Kulachi Hans Raj School, Ashok Vihar Phase-I. It was also decided that the Mela will be mainly organized by the Youth. Various committees were also formed. GMS News: House was apprised about the proceedings of the Monthly meeting of the GMS held on 13th Jan., 2008. It was also informed that Dr. Subhash Dutta and Vinay Kumar Dutta who attended the meeting have promised to give 22 blankets for the Ashram at Haridwar. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to Sh. Tilak Vaid and his family for their warm hospitality. Dr. S.C. Dutta, President
DEHRADUN n Date: Jan., 27th 2008 The minutes of the last meeting were read out by the Secretary & were confirmed. Sad News: Rashmi Prasher, granddaughter of the late Subedar Des Raj Dutta, father of Sh. P.C. Prashar lost her husband, Sh. Rakesh Mishra at Bhopal last week and Sh. S.K. Mohan uncle of Sh. Gobind Mohan expired on 05.01.2008 at Panchkula. House observed two minutes silence to pay homage to the departed souls. Suggestions: On the appraisal by the Secretary Sh. S.K. Chhibber regarding the gesture shown by Sq. Ldr. D.K. Bali who enrolled 20 members by paying the amount himself for Mohyal Mitter as a parchar and parsar for the community so that more and more people join the main stream. It was advised that other persons should follow the same including the other sabhas too. Sq. Ldr. Bali suggested that on the foundation day of GMS, it should honour the persons from the various sabhas on the recommendations of the local sabha. He suggested that from Dehradun the names of present Secretary and Treasurer should be forwarded who have put more than 20 years in the sabha where as the treasurer has continuously served more than 25 years. Prof. K.L. Dutta emphasised that efforts be made to get the nerves of the community so that it gets strengthenes as it was before partition. Meeting ended with a vote of thanks to Shri M.G. Dutta for sponsoring tea & snacks to the participants and congratulated Shri S.K. Dutta for celebrating the Republic Day in Maj. K.R. Bali Mohyal Nursery School in a very successful manner. S.K. Chhibber, Secretary
GURGAON n Meeting was held on the 3rd Feb., 2008 at 143, Mohyal Colony, Jharsa, Sector-40, Gurgaon, residence of Sh. R.K. Vaid, the Chair Person South Zone. Secretary Gen. Sh. S.P. Mohan, read out the minutes of the meeting for Dec., 07, which were confirmed. The accounts (Income & Expenditure) 1st Sept. 07 to 31st Jan. 08 were presented by Sh. V.M. Mehta Chhibber, Secy. Finance and were approved. As the expenditure is increasing day by day without matching income, some measures were suggested by the President and other members which have been described as under: (a) To request members to pay annually a donation of Rs.100 each, to meet the cost of postal and stationery. (b) For donations from some Mohyal brothers to replenish the Sabha’s fund. (c) Introduce small on spot donations. (d) The members be requested to pay any amount of their choice as donations on their respective birthdays and other happy occasions in their families. These proposals were unanimously approved. President Col. B.N. Bali emphasized that the zonal Chairpersons may visit their zonal area to collect the contributions for which the letter had already been sent appealing them to contribute generously. He expressed his confidence that everyone would gladly donate to stregthen the Sabha’s finances. The members were apprised with the available Matrimonial Bio-Data of more than 400 boys & girls received from the GMS, photocopies of the same will be got done by Miss. Bhawna Bali and would be available at the following places: 1. Sh. V.M. Mehta Chhibber, Secretary Finance, H.No. 180, Sector-7, Gurgaon. 2. Sh. Shyam Sunder Dutt, Chairperson West Zone, H.No. 710, Sector-4, Gurgaon. 3. Sh. R.K. Vaid, Chairperson South Zone, H.No. 143, Mohyal Colony, Gurgaon. 4. Sh. S.K. Dutt, Chairperson North Zone, H.No. 858, Sector-17B, Gurgaon. 5. Sh. Subhash Chhibber, Secy. Public Relations, H.No.7, Mohyal Colony, Jharsa, Gurgaon. 6. Sh. Satpal Mohan, Secretary General, H.No. 105-2A/18, Laxmi Garden, Gurgaon. Secretary Public Relation Shri Subhash Chander Chhibber read out the brief report on the Free Eye Camp organised on 6th Jan. 08 which was highly appreciated by one and all. Sh. K.K. Chhibber President, Mohyal Housing & Welfare Association, Mohyal Colony, Jharsa Gurgaon recommended that we may consider to maximise the number of Mohyal brothers and sisters from various parts of Gurgaon to be present on all such important events. Suggestion accepted by the House. Col. B.N. Bali, taking up the last point of the agenda concerning election of the office-bearers pleaded that it would be in the overall general interest of our sabha to induct younger Mohyals as new office-bearers. This was particularly so in his own case and hence there should be a new president in the younger age group. But it was unanimously agreed that Col. B.N. Bali be requested to continue. The President wanted to help the needy persons, by providing training to women in vocations which may help them to secure reasonably good jobs in private sectors. Training centre in various backward areas may be started to provide them training in stitching garments to be supervised by Miss. Bhawna Bali. A committee of the following was formed to study this project in depth and consider its fesibility to implement it soonest possible: 1. Sh. Kailash Chander Chhibber, Sr. Vice-President, 2. Sh. K.K. Chhibber, President Mohyal Housing & Welfare Association, Mohyal Colony, Jharsa, Gurgaon, 3. Sh. R.K. Vaid, Chairperson of Sout Zone, 4. Sh. Subhash Chhibber, Secretary Public Relations, 5. Sh. Satpal Mohan, Secretary General. The members paid homage to the following departed souls by observing two minutes silence: 1. Sh. Avinash Chhibber age 64 years, left for heavenly abode on 15th Dec., 2007 brother of Sh. Subhash Chhibber r/o H.No. 114, Mohyal Colony, Jharsa, Gurgaon.
3. Smt. Pushpa Bali m/o Rzd. Deepak Kumar Bali left for heavenly abode on 31st Dec., 2007 at the age of 74 years r/o H.No. 602/26, Baldev Nagar, Gurgaon. 4. Lt. Col. Sudhakar Bali s/o the late Rzd. Hira Nand Bali of Rawalpindi at the age of 57 years left for heavenly abode on 21st Jan. 2008 at Gurgaon brother of Wing Commander Y.C. Bali. The meeting concluded with thanks to the Chair and hosts, Sh. R.K. Vaid and his family members, for their kind hospitality. Satpal Mohan
HYDERABAD—SECUNDERABAD n The Mohyals of the twin-cities celebrated Lohri-cum-31st Anniversary of Foundation Day on Sunday the 20th Jan. 08 at Dhola-ri-Dhani, a Rajasthani theme resort. It was a gala function. 34 persons including 6 children attended. Five families due to sickness at home and five being out of station could not attend. It was a grand affair. Upon arrival, brethren were served Jai Jeera/Tea. The resort is spread over 10 acres and has plenty of facilities for enjoyment like amusement parks, ponies, camels, boating, etc. Before lunch, soft drinks and beer were served. Beer was sponsored by Capt. Anant Mohan, the kitty winner of the month. Lunch consisted of a variety of Veg & Non-veg food. There were two games of Tombola enjoyed by all. Then a formal regular meeting was held, Presided by Col. N.C. Dutta, Sabha’s Vice-President and acting President. Shri R.L. Vaid had resigned as President due to personal reasons last year. Col. Dutta welcomed all and wished them happy New Year and Lohri. Our new member, Shri & Smt. Nirav Bali and in-laws of Col. Sanjeev Datta were introduced to the members. He then asked Shri V.M. Mohan, President (Trust) to address the gathering. Shri Mohan requested all to stand up in silence for two minutes to pay our Shradhanjali to the late Shri P.L. Bali, Secy. Finance, GMS who passed away on 18th De., ‘07. He said that Bali ji was a very dedicated, devoted and unassuming person, a rarity in Mohyal fraternity, who talks less and does all the work silently. Shri Mohan wished all a happy New Year and Lohri and welcomed guests and newcomer Bali parivar. He especially welcomed Shri & Smt. R.L. Vaid for joining the celebrations, his first appearance after resigning from Presidentship. He spoke briefly about the history of the Sabha and recounted how late Lt. Yadonathji and he had met late Shantinandan Bakshi in January 1977 and had decided to form the local Sabha. The first meeting was held at the residence of Shri Bakshi on 13.2.1977. Eleven members attended the same. Shri Bakshi was elected as President, Lt. Yadonathji was elected as Vice-President and self was commanded to be the Secretary. It was decided to subscribe Rs.60/- annually and to the Sabha was formed. From then till today we have been meeting regularly without a break. He recollected that we had celebrated the decennial of our Sabha at Fateh Maidan Club in great style. He said that though there are many Sabhas older than us, we were the first to organize Silver Jubilee of our Sabha in a grand style for two consecutive days i.e. 12th 13th Jan. 2002. Many Mohyal stalwarts including Rzd. B.D. Bali-GMS President, participated in our celebrations on both the days. Our other achievement has been that even though our number is small, we decided to have our own Mohyal Bhawan with a modern guest room. Shri Mohan regretted that for the past many months, proceedings of our regular meetings are not being sent for publication to Mohyal Mitter. But we meet regularly and have a monthly kitty of 18 members @ Rs.1500/- per month. The winner donates Rs.800/- to the Trust besides hosting the regular meeting. He then presented the accounts of MS Hyderabad/Secunderabad from 2002 to 2007, audited by Maj. M.L. Mehta. He said that the Trust accounts are audited and certified by a Chartered Accountancy firm every year and presented to the IT department. The same are also presented in a regular meetings. The kitty draw for Feb. 2008 was won by Shri Ramesh Dutta. He was congratulated by all. Meanwhile, tea and snacks were served. Shri Mohan proposed a vote of thanks to all the participants. The management of Dhola-ri-Dhani and our mother body GMS were especially thanked. GMS had sent us a Shagan of Rs.5100/- to help conduct this Mela. Meeting was adjourned by the Presiding Officer. Lt. Col. N.C. Dutta (Retd.)
JODHPUR n Date: Dec., 30th 2007 The President greeted members a happy forthcoming New Year 2008, and said let us pray for peace & prosperity to all in the coming New Year. Smt. Janak Kumari Vaid on a visit to her daughter Smt. Neena Chhibber was welcomed to the meeting. Tambola: A game of Tambola was played. New kitty draw was postponed to the next meeting due to absence of members. Every one thanked Smt. Neena Chhibber for the nice treat laid by her before leaving. n Date: Jan., 13th 2008 Members greeted each other happy new year and happy Lohri. Minutes of the last meeting were confirmed. Smt. Vijay Bali was elected cashier and asked to take over from Smt. Neelam Bali. Happy News: Secretary announced that Smt. and Shri S.L. Naveen Datta, have been blessed with Dhota. Donations: Brig. Vinod Chhibber (Retd.) presented Rs.501/- each to GMS and MS Jodhpur on the forthcoming 86th birthday of his father Maj. J.K. Chhibber. Sh. S.K. Chhibber donated Rs.201/- to MS Jodhpur on the first wedding anniversary of his daughter Smt. Akanksha Datta on 28th Jan., 08. Smt. Janak Dulari Vaid Nani of Smt. Akanksha Datta donated Rs.105/- to MS Jodhpur on 1st Lohri after marriage of her Dhoti Akanksha Datta. Tambola: A game of tambola was played and new kitty draw was taken. A sum of Rs.1700 each were presented to lucky winners Sh. Anil Bakshi and Shri Happy Bali. Fire was then lit by the hosts to celebrate the Lohri and every one enjoyed the dry fruits and Rewarsis. Hosts then served sumptuous dinner & sweets. The meeting ended with Shanti Path and loud shouts of MS Jodhpur Ki Jai after thanking the hosts & the chair. Before dispersal after the Shanti Path, President said “let us resolve to be regular and in time for monthly meetings in future and let it be our New Year Resolution.’’ Maj. J.K. Chhibber (Retd.)
JANAKPURI n Meeting held on 10th Feb. 08 at the residence of Sh. Satish Chand Bakshi, A5B/162B, Janakpuri, Secretary of the Sabha. Members present were 6+1. Shri K.K. Bali, Vice-President presided over the meeting in the absence of Shri B.M. Datta, President, who had to leave for Hyderabad the same evening. Members welcomed young Mohyal Kuldeep Raj Datta, who came from Lajwanti Garden. Good News: (i) 9th birthday of Master Pulkit s/o Mrs. Anju Mohan & Mr. Rajesh Mohan (Member Executive Committee) and Grandson of the late Smt. & Sh. Hardit Singh Mohan was celebrated on 5th Feb. On this happy occasion Sh. Mohan donated Rs.101/- to the sabha. (ii) 9th birthday of Miss Sukanya Datta and granddaughter of the late Sh. | |||||||||
