2. Babuji Maharaj Birth and His Family Background
Sri Badri Prasad was blessed with a boy who was also named as Ramchandra on the auspicious day of Baisakh Badi Panchami 1856(saka year 1821) the 30th April 1899 at 07-26 A.M. IST at Shahjahanpur. U.P. India. With his Divine perception Lalaji Maharaj came to know that the boy for whom he is waiting for was born in Shahjahanpur and the preparation started from that day. Sri Ramchandra of shahjahanpur also called as Babuji Maharaj was thus under the care of the Master, Sri Lalaji Maharaj right from his birth and there was always an unknown urge in him keeping him restless. When this matured, he went to the feet of his Master Lalaji Maharaj on 3-6-1922 and finally emerged as Special Personality during the year 1944 and from that day onwards he has been discharging his duties entrusted to Him by Nature and will continue to do so for a millennia.
Background of Pujuy babuji maharaj's family
Of the few persons who could see the effort of the great emperor Akbar towards integration of different faiths was one of the forefathers of Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj. He worked in the court of the ernperor Akbar as Mir Munshi which is a post equivalent to that of minister in his council. He was awarded the title Bagara (Brave). He held a Jagir at Talgram in Avadh in U.P. This remained with the family for quite sometime.
One of the later descendents in the family, Sri Bakshi Kundan Lal was the Chief Army Officer under the Nawab Shujauddaulah and commanded the armies in the III battle of Panipat in the year 1761. Hafiz Rahmat Khan another ruler of that time who was impressed by the courage and bravery of Sri Bakshi Sahib borrowed his services. However in the battle at Fatehganj (near Shahjahanpur) in the year 1774 between Hafiz Rahmat Khan and Shujauddaulah, he was killed along with the new Nawab.
In the year 1824 Sri Shadi Lal the grandson of Sri Bakshi Sahib; and the great grand father of Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj was appointed as Diwan or Minister by the then Nawab of Shahjahanpur. His son Sri Janaki Prasad however joined Civil Court at Budaun as Munsarim.
Sri Badri Prasad the revered father of Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj was born at Budaun on 12th July 1867. After a brilliant academic career, he started legal practice in 1892 at Shahjahanpur and later became Special Magistrate I class. He was a great scholar of History and his work on the ancient period of Indian History "Mush rif-ul-Tarikh Hind" in Urdu which was till now in manuscript is now translated and printed by the Institute of Sri Ramchandra Consciousness as a service to the Master.