| Param Guru Prof. M.B. Lal Sahab | |
| Alias: | Param Purush Puran Dhani Huzur Lal Sahab |
| Location: | Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Religion: | Sant SatGuru Of Radha Soami Sect |
| Sect: | Sant Mat Radhasoami |
| Spiritual Teacher (Sant Satguru) | |
| Period: | 1975-2002 |
| Predecessor: | Gurcharan Das Mehta |
| Successor: | Prem Saran Satsangi |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Biswan, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
| Death Date: | 5 December 2002 (aged 95) |
| Death Place: | Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Alma Mater: | University of Lucknow |
| Known For: | August Founder of DEI (Deemed to be University), Vice-Chancellor of University of Lucknow, Sant Satguru of Radhasoami Faith |
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Makund Bihari Lal Sahab (31 January 1907 – 5 December 2002)[1] [2] popularly known as "Param Guru Huzur Dr. M.B. Lal Sahab"[3] was the Seventh Revered Sant Satguru of the Radha Soami sect[4] [5] or Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh, living at and presiding over Dayalbagh in Agra. He was also a zoologist who served as a professor in the Department of Zoology[6] and subsequently as the Vice-Chancellor of University of Lucknow from 1968 to 1971.[7] He was also the Founder Director of DEI (Dayalbagh Educational Institute)and the master architect of its education policy,1975.[8]
He was elected as a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1942,[9] and a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy in 1962.[10]
Mukund Behari Lal Sahab studied at the Government High School, Sitapur and the Christian Intermediate College, Lucknow before obtaining a BSc and MSc in zoology from the University of Lucknow. He was awarded Doctor of Science from the University of Edinburgh for his research work[11] and thesis[12] "Trematode Parasites of Birds".[1]
Lal Sahab ji got married on July 9, 1932 to Pbn. Surat Kumari ji, There were no children from the marriage.
Pbn. Surat Kumari ji passed away at Lucknow on May 23, 1969
Located at: Dayalbagh, Agra. Lineage: Shiv Dayal Singh (Soami Ji Maharaj)- Salig Ram(Huzur Maharaj)— Brahm Shankar Misra(Maharaj Sahab) — Kamta Prasad Sinha(Sarkar Sahab) — Anand Swarup (Sahab Ji Maharaj, Founder of Dayalbagh) — Gurcharan Das Mehta(Mehta Ji Maharaj) — Makund Behari Lal(Lal Sahab) — Prem Saran Satsangi(Satsangi Sahab). Dayalbagh was founded by Anand Swarup, Kt.[13] The present Guru[14] Prem Saran Satsangi[15] is an emeritus professor, physicist and system scientist[16] of IIT Delhi. The 200th birth anniversary of Shiv Dayal Singh was celebrated in Dayalbagh from August 2017 to 24 August 2018.[17] [18]
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