Our Inspiration behind ideaXchange
Those who are born will die one day and will part with the beings and material of this world forever. Every such parting brings pain to those who are left behind. Pain of such parting is invariably restricted to the household of the deceased while in rare cases it is spread across his village, town or city. It is rarest of the rare that departure of a person causes pain to the soul of a community across the globe. Such is the parting of the Living Encyclopedia, Panth Sewak Sardar Jaswant Singh Mann.
Sardar Jaswant Singh Mann was born on October 28, 1943 to the household of Dr. Lal Singh and Sardarni Joginder Kaur at Chichawatni, District Montgomery (Presently known as Sahiwal). This geographical area was once under Sarkar-e-Khalsa (Sikh Empire) of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, later part of the Undivided Punjab and presently part of the fractured Punjab in Pakistan.
His birth in the first part of the 20th century in an English educated Sikh household and his marriage to Dr. Tripat Kaur, daughter of S. Narain Singh MA (The Panthic leader of Nankana Sahib Fame and author of “Why Didst Thou Trust” on Operation Blue Star) made his commitment to the cause of Panth, Sikhism and Undivided Punjab very deep rooted.
His schooling was spread across various parts of Punjab because of the transferable job of his father, a veterinary surgeon with Punjab Government. Among other places, he would fondly remember his schooling at Dharamkot and Sherpur, (Sangrur). He graduated from Layallpur Khalsa College Jalandhar with Honours in English. In 1962 he joined Panjab University Chandigarh and completed his MA in English and LLB. Subsequently he did his Masters in Law with specialization in Company Law. During his stay at Punjab University his friendly circle grew by leaps and bounds. His friends at the University were very talented and each of them did well for themselves in life. This circle of friends formed the basis of his World Wide Network of Contacts