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| name = Darshan Lal Jain<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|12|12|df=y}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|02|08|1927|12|12|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jagadhri]], [[Haryana]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = Social activist<br />
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Darshan Lal Jain''' (12 December 1927 – 8 February 2021) was an Indian social activist,<ref name=tribuneindia/> who was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]], India's [[Indian honours system|third highest civilian award]], in 2019 for his contribution in social work.<ref>{{cite news |title=राज्यपाल का पद ठुकराया, 'भागीरथ' बन सरस्वती के लिए संघर्ष किया, अब मिलेगा पद्मश्री अवार्ड |url=https://www.amarujala.com/chandigarh/padma-awards-2019-padma-shri-award-to-darshan-lal-jain-of-haryana-to-preserve-saraswati-river |publisher=[[Amar Ujala]] |date=28 January 2019 |language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=पद्मभूषण दर्शन लाल जैन को शिक्षा मंत्री रामबिलास ने किया सम्मानित |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/harayana/yamunanagar/news/haryana-news-padma-bhushan-darshan-lal-jain-has-been-honored-by-education-minister-ram-bilas-020047-3765752.html |publisher=[[Daily Bhaskar]] |date=29 January 2019 |language=Hindi}}</ref> He was known for educating young girls and financially troubled children.<ref>{{cite news |title=Padma Awards 2019: Social, environmental and animal welfare crusaders who have been awarded for their efforts |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/article/padma-bhushan-vibhushan-shri-awards-2019-republic-day-rashtrapati-bhavan-social-crusaders/354160 |publisher=[[Times Now]] |date=25 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=List of Padma Awardees 2019 |url=https://padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/2019AwardeesList.pdf |website=Padmaawards.gov.in |publisher=[[Government of India]]}}</ref><br />
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He was the founder of various schools and colleges in Haryana, including Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Jagadhri (1954), [[DAV College]] for Girls, [[Yamunanagar]], Bharat Vikas Parishad Haryana, Vivekanand Rock Memorial Society, Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram Haryana, Hindu Shiksha Samiti Haryana, Geeta Niketan Residential School, Kurukshetra, and Nand Lal Geeta Vidya Mandir, Ambala (1997).<ref name=tribuneindia>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Shiv Kumar |title=Nonagenarian social crusader of Y’nagar |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/weekly-pullouts/haryana-tribune/nonagenarian-social-crusader-of-y-nagar/635376.html |publisher=[[Tribune India]] |date=11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Darshan Lal Jain was born on 12 December 1927 in [[Jagadhri]] into a religious and industrialist Jain family. He is known as Babuji. As he grew up, he came in contact with RSS due to the feeling of patriotism. At the age 15, he participated in the [[Quit India Movement]]. He was sent to prison during the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]] in 1975–1977 for working against the anti-people policies of the government. In 2007, Darshan Lal formed the warrior honor committee to remember the forgotten heroes of the nation. The committee held several ceremonies including the second war hero of Panipat, the coronation ceremony of Hemachandra Vikramaditya.<br />
He worked towards the education of the society and laid the foundation stone of Saraswati Vidya Mandir in 1954. He went on to establish Nand Lal Geeta Vidya Mandir and since its foundation in 1997, the school has been providing free education and free boarding to needy and intelligent students from [[Haryana]], North East and [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. <br />
<ref name="jagran.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/haryana/yamunanagar-proposed-for-the-state-nayak-darshan-lal-jain-who-brought-saraswati-over-and-over-with-padma-bhushan-19051494.html|title=सरस्वती को धरा पर लाने के नायक दर्शन लाल जैन पद्म भूषण से अलंकृत|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
In 2019, The [[Government of India]]n awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan|Padma Bhushan Award]] for his outstanding work in the field of social service.<ref name="jagran.com"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/91-yo-padma-awardee-says-one-can-serve-nation-without-joining-politics-like-dr-apj-abdul-kalam-363065.html|title=91-YO Padma Awardee Says One Can Serve Nation Without Joining Politics Like Dr APJ Abdul Kalam|date=3 March 2019|website=indiatimes.com|language=en|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/president-ram-nath-kovind-confers-padma-awards/articleshow/68439070.cms?from=mdr|title=President Ram Nath Kovind confers Padma awards|date=16 March 2019|work=The Economic Times|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref><br />
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