ACHARYA SHIVAPOOJAN SAHAY MEMORIAL TRUST: October 2019

Trust : Brief Introduction

The Memorial Trust (Smarak Nyas) was established in the Centenary year (1893-1993) at Patna. It is a registered

Trust under the Societies Act. Two sons and two daughters

of Acharya Shivapujan Sahay are the Founder Trustees with

seven other nominated eminent members. Its first Chairman was Shri Lakshmeshwar Dayal, IAS, former Chief Secretary, Bihar (d. 15 Nov. 2017 in US). The present Chairman is Shri J L Arya, IAS Retd Patna, Shri Vijoy Prakash, IAS Retd, Acting Chairman and Dr BSM Murty is the Founder Trustee and lifetime Secretary. Changes have been taking place among the seven nominated members as per provisions in the rules of the Trust.

There is also a five member Literary Advisory Committee

consisting of 5 eminent Hindi litterateurs. The Trust has been active during the past two and a half decades (1993-2019)

and has held (in Patna, Varanasi, Delhi,Lucknow, etc) a number of celebrations and memorial lectures by eminent critics of Hindi literature and also honoured several literary figures. Doordarshan and Films Division have made four biographical films on Sahayji which have been repreatedly telecast over the years. A commemorative postage stamp

on Sahayji was issued in 1998 by the Post & Telegraph Dept , Govt of India. A massive collection of old and rare runs of literary journals, his entire literary correspondence (about 7,500 letters), rare manuscripts and all his diaries (50) have been donated to the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in Delhi which are all available also on microfische and microfilm. Copies of the NMML microfische collection of all journals are also available at the US Library of Congress

in Washington (that can easily be accessed on the internet).

Sahayji’s vast collection of rare journals Hindi books (over 5000) have been donated to NMML and Gandhi Sangrahalaya (Patna) which are available to research scholars. Sahayji’s complete writings have recently been published in 10 volumes

as ‘Shivapujan Sahay Sahitya Samagra’ (edited by Dr Mangal Murty). A monograph ‘SHIVAPOOJAN SAHAY’ (written by

Dr Mangal Murty), in English, has recently (2019) been published by Sahitya Akademi, 35 Firoz Shah Marg New Delhi-1 (Rs 50, Ph.011-237452970). Details of ‘Samagra’ are available on the blog vibhutimurty.blogspot.com. A separate full-fledged website of the Trust is under construction and shall be available in due course on the net with all relevant content and details. This blog will also supplement the proposed website with relevant posts from time to time

and shall be notified as and when necessary on the Facebook and Twitter page of Dr BSM Murty, Trustee Secretary.

Contact address

Dr BSM Murty, Secretary

A.Shivapoojan Sahay Memorial Trust

H-701, Celebrity Gardens, Sushant Golf City, Ansal API, Lucknow:226030. Mob. +91-7752922938 (WhatsApp) 7985017549/09451890020 & 9515336674/ Email:bsmmurty@gmail.com

Two complementary BLOGS:

vibhutimurty.blogspot.com

vagishwari.blogspot.com

Patna address:

c/o Shri Asif Wasi

Gandhi Sangrahalaya

N.W. Gandhi Maidan

Patna: 800001

Mob.+91-7765955634

Saturday, October 12, 2019