Chaudhary Bahadur Singh Bhobia

Chaudhary Bahadur Singh Bhobia (Hindi:चौधरी बहादुरसिंह भोबिया) was a social reformer from Rajasthan state in India. He was a retired subedar of village Bidangkhera in Rajasthan, who started ‘Jat Anglo Indian School’ in Sangariya with the purpose of spreading education in rural areas on 9 August 1917. He had got only normal education and joined a job of Patwari. Later he left this job and joined army in Bikaner princely state but the treatment given by Rajputs forced him to leave the job.

Swami Keshwanand was made director of Jat School Sangaria in 1932 that was just to close for want of funds. He went from village to village and to the Seths of desert region who were in Calcutta and far off places and collected funds. He became instrumental in starting hundreds of schools in the desert region. The Jat School Sangaria was renamed as Gramothan Vidyapith, Sangaria in 1948. Swami Keshwanand was connected with Gramothan Vidyapith, Sangaria (Rajasthan) (1932-1952). He developed here a beautiful museum with collection of rare documents, ancient items, paintings etc. brought from various places. Large-scale plantations were done in this arid area with the help of people and students of the Institute. Gramothan Vidyapith, Sangaria had become center of inspiration for educationists from India and abroad.

There is a trust established for social upliftment in Sangariya , known as 'Ch. Bahadur Singh Bhobia Samaj Jagriti Parmarth Trust', in the memory of this great man.

References

• Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p.310

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