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Prem Rawat — The Early Years
A Short Pictorial
Biography, Part 1
1950s
Prem Rawat was born in India in 1957, in a small town called Haridwar. He grew up there with his four siblings. His father, Shri Hans Ji Maharaj, was a renowned speaker on inner peace.
1960s
Prem Rawat made his first public speech, aged 4, to an audience of family and friends in his home city of Haridwar.
1966
19 July 1966, Prem Rawat's father died at the age of 65. After a period of mourning, on 31 July, Prem publicly declared his determination to bring his father's message and teachings on personal peace to everybody in the world.
1970s
At just 13 years old, Prem travelled from India to share his message of peace with the Western world. His international reputation grew as he visited countries in Europe, North and South America, and Australia.
June 1971
Prem Rawat made one of his first speeches outside India, making an unscheduled appearance on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Fayre in England — where Traffic, Fairport Convention, Melanie, Quintessence, Arthur Brown, and Hawkwind were among the acts on the bill that weekend.
Part 2 will follow at a later date, continuing the story from the 1980s onward.