Jagdish Chandra Jain

Jagdish Chandra Jain was a renowned scholar, indologist, educationist, writer, and freedom fighter during the freedom struggle of India. He authored over 80 books on a variety of subjects, including Jain philosophy, Prakrit literature, and Hindi textbooks for children, which are still used in schools all over India. Dr. Jain was the chief prosecution witness in Gandhis murder trial. He repeatedly tried to warn the government of the conspiracy to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi, which became to known to him after Madan Lal Pahwa, a Punjabi refugee and one of the conspirators of the murder of Mahatma Gandhi, confided to him of their plan. Unfortunately, Dr. Jains attempts to warn the government met deaf ears. He recounted his personal experiences in two books I Could Not Save Bapu and The Forgotten Mahatma. He died from cardiac arrest in July 1993 in Bombay at the age of 84.

Jagdish Chandra Jain was born in 1909 in a village called Basera situated in the Doab region of western Uttar Pradesh, aboutmiles from Muzaffarnagar. He belonged to an educated Vaishya family. His father, Sri Kanjimal Jain, owned a small shop selling the traditional Unani medicine. Jagdish Chandra was the youngest of the two brothers. His one brother and sister died at a young age. His mother, Smt. Bholi, was a kindhearted, simple lady who hailed from the Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh.

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