Karam Singh Raju was an Indian bureaucrat and author who joined the Punjab State Civil Service just after the Independence of India.[1] He was one of the very few first dalits who joined this prestigious service.[2]

Early life

He was born in Hoshiarpur and his father, Duni Chand, used to work as a leather worker.[3]

Professional and personal life

Raju retired from the Indian Administrative Service[4] in the year 1986. At the time of retirement, he was Principal Secretary and, before that, he served as Deputy Commissioner for many districts of Punjab.[5][6]

Raju was a staunch follower of Guru Ravidass[7] and Sikhism, and he penned several books.[8]

Publications

During his lifetime Raju wrote several books and few of them are as the follows-

  • Ethical Perceptions of World Religions published by Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar[9]
  • Guru Gobind Singh-Prophet of Peace[10][11]
  • Guru Ravidass Life and Philosophy published by Ratna Memorial Trust[12]
  • Untouchability Attire[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Day old in politics, ex-bureaucrat ready for Punjab poll challenge". 29 January 2022.
  2. ↑ https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/moved-on-says-bjps-raju-on-plaint-against-pmo-officers-367385
  3. ↑ https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/retd-ias-officer-asserts-his-rangretta-identity-before-election-365699
  4. ↑ https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Abstracts_of_Sikh_Studies/CJjXAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Karam+Singh+Raju%22+-wikipedia&dq=%22Karam+Singh+Raju%22+-wikipedia&printsec=frontcover
  5. ↑ "Dr. Karam Singh Raju".
  6. ↑ https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Civil_List_of_Indian_Administrative/tK1UF5hhdBYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Karam+Singh+Raju%22+-wikipedia&dq=%22Karam+Singh+Raju%22+-wikipedia&printsec=frontcover
  7. ↑ https://punjab.global.ucsb.edu/sites/secure.lsit.ucsb.edu.gisp.d7_sp/files/sitefiles/journals/volume16/no1/1-Ronki%20Ram16.1.pdf
  8. ↑ https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030316/spectrum/book9.htm
  9. ↑ https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Ethical_Perceptions_of_World_Religions/v_3WAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=karam+singh+raju&dq=karam+singh+raju&printsec=frontcover
  10. ↑ https://sikhinstitute.org/ggs/5-ksraju.html
  11. ↑ https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Guru_Gobind_Singh_Prophet_of_Peace/AGlH7Jwv8ecC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=karam+singh+raju&printsec=frontcover
  12. ↑ https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Guru_Ravidas/mVvOzQEACAAJ?hl=en
  13. ↑ https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Untouchability_Affire/keZtAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=karam+singh+raju&dq=karam+singh+raju&printsec=frontcover
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