Om Prakash Gandhi. File photo
Shiv Kumar Sharma
Yamunanagar, January 25
Social worker Om Prakash Gandhi has been conferred the Padma Shri by the Government of India.
Born on February 1, 1942, in a farmer family in Madhobans village falling under Radaur sub-division of Yamunanagar, Om Prakash Poswal (who is popularly known as Om Prakash Gandhi) passed his Class 10th from Mukand Lal Senior Secondary School, Radaur.
After passing MSc in Physics from Meerut University (Uttar Pradesh), he joined Agriculture College at Rampur Maniharan in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh as a lecturer.
He resigned from his job after serving for 20-years at this agriculture college and decided to work in the field of women education.
He constituted Kanya Vidhya Pracharni Sabha, Khadri in 1984 and established Kanya Gurukul (Gurjar Kanya Vidhya Mandir School) in Devdhar village on 12 acre land in 1985 collecting donations from people.
“The areas of Chhachhrauli block including Khizrabad (now Pratap Nagar) of Yamunanagar district were very backward in the field of women education. Therefore, I decided to work in the field of women’s education. Now, I am happy as almost all the girls of this area are now taking education,” said Om Prakash Gandhi.
Now, Kanya Vidhya Pracharni Sabha, Khadri is going to open a Gurukul in Jagadhri city too. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar laid the foundation stone of this Samrat Mihir Bhoj Gurukul Vidyapeeth on January 14, 2022.
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