page_title: Kan Singh Parihar
section_title: Public life
hierarchical_section_title: Kan Singh Parihar / Public life
caption_attribution_description: English: Hon’ble Vice President of India Shri Bhairon Singh Ji Shekhawat and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kan Singh Ji Parihar. The two old friends together in Jodhpur 2003.
context_page_description: Justice Kan Singh Parihar was a Judge of Rajasthan High Court and Vice Chancellor of University of Jodhpur.
context_section_description: After retirement, Parihar worked with various social, educational and religious institutions in Jodhpur. Parihar has been patron and president of many organisations such as Lions Club of Jodhpur West (He was founder president of Lions Club Jodhpur 1967), Jodhana (Citizen's Council of Jodhpur), Veer Durga Das Samiti, Bhartiya Vidhya Bhawan, Mental Hospital Jodhpur. He has also been associated with Than Chand Mehta Trust, Jagdish Singh Gehlot Research Institute, Gita Bhawan Jodhpur (He was president of Gita Bhawan for 17 years from 1975 to 1992), Vishva Sanskrit Pratisthan, Lord Shiva Temple at Umaid Park and Shiksha Prachar Sangh.
  In August 1989, the citizens of Jodhpur organised a grand felicitation function to honour Parihar for his lifelong achievements and exemplary services to the society. The function was presided over by Gaj Singh Ji Maharaja of Jodhpur. Dr. L. M. Singhvi, former high commissioner to the United Kingdom and a jurist, was the chief guest. Parihar was bestowed with a title of "Vidhi Ratnaker" (The Jewel of Law) and a commemoration volume was published in his honour.
  He was very fluent in English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Marwari and some other languages, but he was always advocating for Marwari (Rajasthani) language since 1950.
caption: The two old friends together, Vice President of India Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and Justice Shri Kan Singh Parihar at his residence in Jodhpur 2003.
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