Hariram (31.08.1920 - 21.04.1996)
Hariram was born in a Mahuri Vaisya family in the village of Pachamba, near Giridih, Jharkhand state, India. His family name was Bhadani, which he never used.
He was born into a family of very moderate means. But his tenacity carried him to a very high echelon of administrative level of Bihar Finance Service, Government of Bihar, India.
The year 1938 was a historical year for Giridih High School – a Bengali boy from that school has topped the list of Matriculation Board Examination of the-then combined Matriculation Board of Bihar/Assam/Bengal/Orissa. In the same year, from the same school and in the same Board examination, one Mahuri Vaisya boy from a nearby village, Pachamba, has secured the 4th position.
That mahuri boy was Hariram and he, with the help of Government / private scholarships, could enter the Science College, Patna. There that Mahuri boy continued to secure First Class First in all University examinations: in 1940 in Intermediate Science, in 1942 in Bachelor of Science (Physics-Hons) and in 1944 in Masters of Science (Physics). As the Second World War (1939-1945) was at its peak and the entire Europe was burning, that young Mahuri boy was denied the permission by the British Government to reach his destination (a particular German University) for doing research in Atomic physics. It may be noted that at that time doing any higher studies in Physics was considered very prestigious and challenging like pursuing courses at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) / Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) of today.
Hariram was invited by an English Secretary of Government of Bihar and was asked to take up employment as a Gazetted Officer, as a Deputy Collector of Purulia, now a distrist of West Bengal, India. For simple economical reasons, he was forced to take up that job in 1944. Ultimately, he reached the highest position possible in Bihar Finance Service, Government of Bihar, apart from having served as a member of Commercial Taxes Tribunal, Government of Bihar. On 31st August, 1978, he retired as a Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Government of Bihar.
All along, he has remained committed to the cause of contributing to the dynamic growth of Mahuri Vaisya Samaj. He remained a simple, pious and religious and an active and energetic person till the last moment of his life.
Hariram jee breathed his last on 20th April, 1996, while reading The Economic Times[1] and discussing matters of topical interests with his youngest brother, Shri Dhrub Narain Bhadani, since retired as Income Tax officer from the Indian Revenue Service.