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Dewan Garibdas Goswami Ju | |
|---|---|
गोस्वामी गरीबदास | |
| Dewan of Datia State | |
| Monarch | Bhawani Singh |
| Succeeded by | Janki Prasad (in office by 1898) |
| Rajguru of Datia | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1853 |
| Relations | Hariram Vyas (ancestor) |
Garibdas Goswami (Hindi: गोस्वामी गरीबदास; born c. 1853), referred to in British records as the Gosain Garibdas[1], was an Indian administrator and Hindi poet who served as Dewan (prime minister) of the princely state of Datia under Maharaja Bhawani Singh. He also served as the Maharaja's Rajguru (royal preceptor)[2]. The Braj Bhasha poem Lokendra Brajotsav (1891) was composed at his order.[3]
Early life and family
[edit]Garibdas was born in Vikram Samvat 1910 (about 1853 CE)[4]. He belonged to the Vyas-vanshi Goswamis, a Sanadhya Brahmin family of Datia that claimed descent from the sixteenth-century poet Hariram Vyas[3]. The family had served as preceptors to the Bundela rulers of Orchha. According to the Lokendra Brajotsav, the Datia branch was founded by his ancestor Dwarkadas, who settled in Datia at the invitation of Raja Dalpat Rao.[3]
Dewan of Datia
[edit]Garibdas served under Maharaja Bhawani Singh, who succeeded to the throne as a minor in 1857 and assumed full powers in 1865. In Datia the Dewan was the principal executive officer of the state, exercising powers delegated by the ruler; he issued regulations in consultation with the ruler, tried serious criminal cases, and heard appeals from the subordinate courts.[5]
Vasudev Goswami states that Garibdas was chief minister when the Guru-shishya-vamshavali, a genealogy of the Vyas family, was written, and again about eighteen years later when the Lokendra Brajotsav was composed in 1891.[3] A photograph taken by Lala Deen Dayal between 1881 and 1883, held by the British Library, shows the private durbar of Bhawani Singh "with his prime minister the Gosain Garibdas on his left".[1] Heidi Pauwels also describes him as the first minister of Datia in the late nineteenth century, and notes that the Lokendra Brajotsav calls him the guru of the king.[2]
The date on which Garibdas left office is not known. By 1898 the office of Dewan was held by Janki Prasad.[6]
Literary patronage
[edit]According to Vasudev Goswami, the author of the Guru-shishya-vamshavali wrote the work to seek Garibdas's favour, placing him in the Vyas genealogy and leaving space in the manuscript to record his descendants.[7]
The Lokendra Brajotsav, a Braj Bhasha poem by Pratitray Lakshman Singh, describes Bhawani Singh's pilgrimages to Braj and Chitrakoot.[8] It was written at Garibdas's order and approved by the Maharaja, who gave the poet land and a cash reward. The poem opens with an invocation to "Shri Gopal Ju", the name of Garibdas's household deity. It includes a genealogy of the Vyas family that differs from the one in the Guru-shishya-vamshavali. Pauwels places both works within a late nineteenth-century revival of interest in Hariram Vyas at Datia.[9]
Poetry
[edit]The Mishrabandhu Vinod lists Garibdas as a Hindi poet active around Vikram Samvat 1940 (about 1883 CE).[10]
Other
[edit]Datia's first modern school, the Angrezi Madarasa, founded in 1858, was housed in Garibdas's mansion.[11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Photo 1000/16(1653) - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue". searcharchives.bl.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- 1 2 Pauwels, Heidi (1 April 2010). "Hagiography and Community Formation: The Case of a Lost Community of Sixteenth-Century Vrindāvan". The Journal of Hindu Studies. 3 (1): 53–90. doi:10.1093/jhs/hiq007. ISSN 1756-4255.
- 1 2 3 4 Gosawami, vasudev (1952). Bhakt Kavi Vyas Ji.
- ↑ Mishra Bandhu (1983). Mishra Bandhu Vinod Part1.
- ↑ P.N. Shrivastav (1977). Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Datia. Bhopal, District Gazetteers Department.
- ↑ P.N. Shrivastav (1977). Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Datia. Bhopal, District Gazetteers Department.
- ↑ Gosawami, vasudev (1952). Bhakt Kavi Vyas Ji.
- ↑ Pauwels, Heidi (9 March 2010). "Hagiography and Community Formation: The Case of a Lost Community of Sixteenth-Century Vrindavan". The Journal of Hindu Studies. 3: 53–90. doi:10.1093/jhs/hiq007.
- ↑ Gosawami, vasudev (1952). Bhakt Kavi Vyas Ji.
- ↑ Mishra Bandhu (1983). Mishra Bandhu Vinod Part1.
- ↑ P.N. Shrivastav (1977). Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Datia. Bhopal, District Gazetteers Department.
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