I was invited to meet Mr. Arvind Srivastava (owner of Lucknow based MBA-Preparation-Coaching -ICC) with whom I had worked in the past, and was greeted by another acquaint, Gurjeet Sir ( ICC's maths and reasoning faculty). It was a very exciting meet, which ended up in throwing some trivia’s , little-bit of India TV or Aaj-Tak type news (like Rahul Baba’s would-be is Jatin Prasad’s sister) and lots of just-concluded-IPL’s( which was won by UPA) debating content.
Now, the two most amazing fact which I had not known before this meet was the origin of Maruti and existence of Durga Bhabhi in my own city.
You don’t know who Maruti Mohan was...? Like a typical UP wala all three of us started our debate on the outcome of just concluded political league, in between to that discussion here come an interesting trivia for all of you ..
Me: I was so happy that Junta in Lucknow taught Akhilesh Das a lesson that no one can win election using only money-power
Gurjeet Sir: what more interesting is that Lucknow has shown it twice, first it was V. R. Mohan now its Das. (I posted a qts on Mr. Mohan in the BiZdom 3*3 no 26, he is/was the owner of Mohan Mekin)
Arvind Sir: ok both of you tell me about another thing which is often seen by us and is very much part of V R Mohan.
After a silence of few seconds and our lack of knowledge, came the word ‘Maruti’
Gurjeet Sir: Ohh I was thinking that
Totally confused or rather in another world I asked them the logic, which was quite surprisingly responded by Gurjeet sir “ aare tu Maruti Mohan ko nahi janta...aare Sanjay Gandhi ki girl friend thi..V R mohan ki beti..jis ke naam pe Maruti company is named”
Now it was my turn to surprise and hence responded ...never heard of this story..so here come the golden word
Gurjeet Sir: this ‘Fact’ was never shown light, after another amazing event, when the PM son was forced to marry a girl and even his mother was not part of it and infact bridegroom himself was not part of it as the marriage took place on gun-point.
Given the conviction of both of them and their knowledge on political circle, I am now happy forced to accept this story as a fact..
Below is the little prove of what I am saying ..[text is taken from a book called
Committees and Commissions in India [...]: A-D. 1977]
You don’t know Durga Bhabhi also....I didn’t felt bad on my lack of knowledge on Maruti Mohan, but on the account of Durga Bhabhi, it was a humiliation.
Anyway to cut the story short, Durga Bhabhi had spend most of his post-independence life in Lucknow and she was the founder-principal of Lucknow Montessory School . In the movie Rang de Basanti, Soha Ali Khan is shown in her role.
Married to Bhagwati Charan Vohra, another freedom fighter, Durga Bhabhi was a simple housewife living in Lucknow till her husband’s death. Vohra, closely associated with Hindustan Socialist Republican Association as well as Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru, died in an explosion while conducting bomb trials. It was then Durga Bhabhi took over. Her house became a meeting point for freedom fighters with Durga Bhabhi taking part extensively in the discussions.
But her most famous contribution was when she pretended to be Bhagat Singh’s wife and together, they managed to flee from the first-class compartment of a train, after Bhagat Singh shot Saunders, a British official.
After independence, Durga Bhabhi opened Lucknow Montessory School for poor children in Purana Qila area. She died at the age of 92 in 1999, and was survived by her son Shachichandra Vohra.
