TYAGMURTI GOSWAMI GANESHDUTT 2.11.1987

Goswami Ganeshdutt was born to Goswami Mulchand and his wife Nihaldevi on 2nd November 1889 at Chiniot in Jhang District, Punjab. Educated at the Oriental College in Lahore, he worked briefly as a lecturer in a village. But even before he completed his education, he had taken a vow to wear coarse cloth and eat one meal a day, an austere life which later earned him the title of "Tyagmurti". 

He was fascinated by the ascetic tradition of saints, the "Sant Parampara", and in later years, by the "advait" philosophy of Swami Ram Tirth. In 1923 he became a disciple of Madan Mohan Malviya, the founder of the Sanatana Dharma Sabha, and was made its General Secretary. Becoming the guiding spirit behind the Sabha, he dedicated his life to various aspects of social work.