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((Short description|Fourth Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas))
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((Infobox religious biography
| name               = Charan Singh
| image              = Charan Singh Grewal.jpg
| location           = [[Beas]], [[Punjab]], [[India]]
| office1            = Fourth Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas
| Title              = 
| religion           = [[Sant Mat]], [[Radha Soami]]
| parents            = 
| spouse             = Harjeet Kaur
| children           = 
| occupation         = Lawyer (approx up to 5 years) and later spiritual leader of Radha Soami Satsang Beas sect
| relatives          = 
| Period             = 1951–1990
| Predecessor        = [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Jagat Singh]]
| Successor          = [[Gurinder Singh]]
| birth_date         = 12 December 1916
| birth_place        = [[Moga District]], [[Punjab]]
| death_date         = ((d-da|1 June 1990|12 December 1916))
| death_place        = [[Beas]], [[Punjab, India]]
| alma_mater         = * Randhir College Kapurthala (F.A.)
* Gordon College Rawalpindi (B.A.)
* Punjab University Lahore (L.L.B.)
| alias              = Hazur Maharaj Ji
| post               = 
| website            = https://www.rssb.org/
))
'''Charan Singh''' (12 December 1916 – 1 June 1990), was the spiritual head of [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]], Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, after he was named successor by the preceding Beas guru [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Jagat Singh]], in 1951. Charan Singh served as the guru for the Beas Dera for almost four decades, until his death from heart failure in 1990 at the age of 73. Before his appointment in 1951, he had practiced law in Hisar and Sirsa, India. He was an initiate of [[Sawan Singh]]'s, who was his paternal grandfather and the predecessor of Jagat Singh. Charan Singh assigned the duties of his successor and Guru to his initiate and nephew [[Gurinder Singh]].<ref>((Cite web|title=Maharaj Charan Singh|url=https://rssb.org/Maharaj_Charan_Singh.html#1|access-date=20 July 2021|website=Radha Soami Satsang Beas|language=en))</ref>

== Early life and education ==
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Singh was born in 1916 in his mother’s home in [[Moga, Punjab|Moga]], Punjab. His birth name was Harcharan Singh but was later changed to the Charan Singh. His father, Harbans Singh Grewal, was the youngest son of [[Sawan Singh]], who was affectionately known as the Great Master. His mother name was Mata Sham Kaur.

At the age of 22, Singh completed his B.A. degree from Gordon College, Rawalpindi, and went on to study law at Punjab University, Lahore. After receiving his LL.B. degree in 1942, he started to build his own practice as a lawyer in the town of Sirsa, near the family home. In 1943 Sawan Singh arranged his marriage to Harjeet Kaur, the daughter of Rao Bahadur Shiv Dhyan Singh.<ref>((Cite web|title=Maharaj Charan Singh|url=https://rssb.org/Maharaj_Charan_Singh.html#3|access-date=20 July 2021|website=Radha Soami Satsang Beas|language=en))</ref>

== Spiritual path ==
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By the time Singh was appointed as the ''satguru'', the ''dera'' had grown, and many ''satsang'' centres had been established throughout India. His practical understanding of administrative matters allowed him to make changes to the administrative structure that would carry the organization smoothly into a fast-changing, modern world. In 1957, Singh placed all Dera assets into a Charitable Trust, the Radha Soami Satsang Beas Society. Singh himself helped frame the constitution and rules and regulations for the Society. His leadership in this matter created an administrative framework under which the Dera and its activities continue to be administered.

As the spiritual head of Radha Soami Satsang Beas, Charan Singh was noted for his succinct and clear explanations of the Sant Mat teachings, a reflection of his legal training and practice. He had many disciples from foreign countries as well as India, and would often give discourses and hold question-and-answer sessions with them, both at the Beas International guest house, as well as on his frequent overseas tours. Many of these sessions were published in books and as audio recordings, and offer a comprehensive understanding of the path of Sant Mat. Under his guidance, books on Sant Mat were published in almost every Indian language, as well as the main languages spoken globally such as French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Greek, Italian, Indonesian, and many others.

Most of the activities of the Society take place in the form of seva – voluntary service to the Lord through service to humanity – which is a key foundation of the teachings of the Beas masters. Charan Singh initiated the launching of a Medical Eye Camp, a network of charitable hospitals, disaster management projects, and free food distribution programmes, which have continued as his legacy.

==Vegetarianism==

Singh insisted on a strict [[Lacto vegetarianism|lacto-vegetarian]] diet for ethical reasons.<ref name="Juergensmeyer 1991">Juergensmeyer, Mark. (1991). ''Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith''. Princeton University Press. pp. 129-131. ((ISBN|0-691-07378-3))</ref> The act of killing is considered to produce bad [[karma]] from those who slaughter the animal and those who buy and consume the products.<ref name="Juergensmeyer 1991"/> Initiates are not allowed to eat [[Egg as food|eggs]] or "even an occasional plate of soup containing eggs, fish, fowl or meat or meat broth".<ref name="Juergensmeyer 1991"/> In response to unfertilized eggs, Singh commented that the egg fertilized or not, is essentially a fetus and not compatible with a vegetarian diet. He warned that wavering from vegetarianism even minutely will lead to "misuse and thus defeat the purpose".<ref name="Juergensmeyer 1991"/>

== Death and successor ==
On 1 June 1990, Singh died at Dera, Beas. He entrusted his authority and responsibility as patron of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas Society and the Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society Beas to [[Gurinder Singh]] who, at 36 years of age, has taken on the same responsibilities that had been assumed by Charan Singh forty years earlier.<ref>((Cite web|title=Maharaj Charan Singh|url=https://rssb.org/Maharaj_Charan_Singh.html#7|access-date=20 July 2021|website=Radha Soami Satsang Beas|language=en))</ref>

==Selected publications==

*''Spiritual Discourses'' (1974)
*''Quest For Light'' (1977)
*[https://archive.org/details/divinelight00char/mode/2up ''Divine Light''] (1983)
*''Light on Sant Mat'' (1985)
*''Spiritual Heritage: A Transcription from Tape Recorded Talks of Maharaj Charan Singh'' (1985)
*''Die to Live'' (1988)

==References==
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==Further reading==

* Katherine Wason. (1966). [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.103057/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Living Master'']. Radha Soami Satsang Beas.

==External links==
* [http://www.rssb.org Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB)]
* [http://scienceofthesoul.org/ Science of the Soul]


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