page_title: Mool Chand Jain
section_title: Public Service and Rural Library Movement (1990–1997)
hierarchical_section_title: Mool Chand Jain / Public Service and Rural Library Movement (1990–1997)
caption_attribution_description: Smt Suman Kant with Babuji's Family Members
context_page_description: Babu Mool Chand Jain, often referred to as "Gandhi of Haryana", - a Gandhian who was a member of the Congress Party, Vishal Haryana Party, Janata Party, Lok Dal and then Haryana Vikas Party at different times. He was a freedom fighter in the Indian independence movement, parliamentarian, lawyer, Satyagrahi social activist, and Indian statesman who also served as Excise & Taxation and Public Works Department Minister in Joint Punjab as well as Finance Minister, Deputy Chairman.
context_section_description: In 1990, Diamond Jubilee of Babuji was celebrated at a huge public gathering in Karnal where an Abhinandan Granth was presented to him by the People of Haryana as a token of love and regard in recognition of his services to the state.
  Babuji was deeply concerned with improving the education system of the nation. He considered moral education and Library Movement as the most important factors necessary to transform the education system. In 1991, he established a library and a reading room in his native village, Sikanderpur Majra in Gohana (Sonepat). This library is regarded as the best library in rural Haryana (need reference). The residents of this village celebrate the birthday of Babuji as ‘Library Day’ every year
  Babuji worked for the Sarva Sewa Sangh and was a special invitee to its executive meetings until the end of his life. He was the founder Trustee and an active member of the Governing Body of Maharaja Agrasen Medical and Research Institution. Babuji was also a life-member of the executive committee of Dayanand Centenary Dental College Yamunanagar; Chairman of North India Freedom Fighter Association and Chairman of State Azadi Bachaoo Andolon Samiti Haryana till his death. During 1991-1994 he arranged a series of lectures of late Rajeev Dixit (who was convener of Swabhiman Manch by Swami Ram Dev in Patanjali Yog Ashram, Haridwar) throughout Haryana to make the people aware of the adverse effects of multinational corporations.
  It was due to the secularist aspect of his personality that he was made a member of the Governing body of Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, Chandigarh.
caption: Smt Suman Krishna Kant with Babuji's Family Members, 1998
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