Sant Jnandildas- Makers of Indian Literature

Though born in a Nepali Brahmin family in 1921, Jnandildas was a distinguished pioneer of social reforms during the early part of the nineteenth century. He chose the path of forming the Joshmani Panth with a view to educate the common Nepalese and inculcate a sense of rebellion amongst them through hymns, adages and lyrics against the social, cultural, economic and spiritual exploitation by Nepali Brahmins. These steps gradually assumed the shape of a great religious movement in the form of the Panth and all credit for this naturally goes to Jnandildas.

The author of this monograph, Kitab Singh Rai, who has an M.A. in English from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla and B.Ed. from North Bengal University, Darjeeling, is a teacher since 1970 and presently works as the Head Master of a Secondary School in Dooars. He is a distinguished writer, poet and essayist both in Nepali and English. Moreover, he is regarded as an eminent educationist in Dooars, Darjeeling and Sikkim.

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