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Balmiki Prasad Singh (born 1 January 1942) was the 14th Governor of Sikkim, India. He is a scholar, thinker and public servant and has written several books and articles. He was born on 1 January 1942 in Begusarai, Bihar. Among his prominent books are ''Bahudha and the post 9/11 World'' and ''The problem of change: a study of North East India''.〔 He presided over the four-day Global Buddhist Conference that began on Sunday with the chanting of prayers to mark the 2,600th year of Buddha's enlightenment. Around 1,000 Buddhist scholars, thinkers and followers from over 30 countries assembled at convention hall in Ashoka Hotel on day one of the conference. B.P. Singh is well known as the author of the Bahudha Approach, which outlines a path towards a harmonious world, as against the clash of civilizations. He writes: ''Pluralism could be the closest equivalent to Bahudha in the English language. But Bahudha is more than pluralism. For, the Bahudha approach is both a celebration of diversity and an attitude of mind that respects another person's point of view. Dialogue is central to this approach.''〔Bahudha and the Post 9/11 World〕 == Education and family background == Singh was educated in a village school and later at the universities of Patna and Oxford. He passed his M.A. in Political Science from University of Patna in 1960, standing First Class First with record marks and also winning several gold medals. At Oxford University, he obtained a Master of Arts Degree. He became a lecturer in the Post- Graduate Department of Political Science at Patna University at the age of nineteen. Singh hails from a family of activists for Indian independence. His father Harbansh Narayan Singh was an activist who had participated in the Quit India Movement (1942-1944) and courted imprisonment during this period. His grandfather Hridaya Narayan Singh, a well-known activist, was also the founder Principal of National School in 1920 in Bihat village under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Singh was married to Karuna on 10 March 1961 at Patna while they were in their teens. While B.P. Singh hails from a family of activists (not political leaders), the father of Karuna was Rai Bahadur Ganesh Prasad Rai, who retired as Commissioner in the Government of Bihar. Both these families owned agricultural land but have since joined the services. The two families, however, still have deep roots in their respective villages. Singh and Karuna have three children: two daughters, Sumita and Preeti and Rajeev, a son and six grandchildren. While Rajeev is a member of the Indian Revenue Service (IT) and currently a Commissioner, his wife Kirti is a fashion designer. Sumita teaches physics in the Post-graduate Department of the Patna Science College, while her husband, P.N. Rai, IPS, is an Addl. D.G of Police in Bihar. Preeti, a journalist, is married to Rajeev Ranjan, IAS, who is a Principal Secretary in the Government of Tamil Nadu. Among the six grandchildren, Tanvi Rai is pursuing a Ph.D. in Finance at Wharton Business School in the United States on full fellowship; Aditya Ranjan is attending MIT Harvard for a MS-Programme; Karan Rai is pursuing his studies at Stanford University; Gauri Singh is a student of LLB in Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi; and Akhil and Kaustabh are pursuing B.Tech. in VIT and BITS Pilani respectively. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balmiki Prasad Singh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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