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Sri VPS Rao on literary cultural Heritage of Haryana.

Take Sri VPS Rao’s article on Cradle of Culture publishing in The Tribune from Internet.

Charkhi Dadri, History & Culture by Sri VPS Rao.

Dadri became a famous centre of Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Hindi learing… the fine arts of music, dance, painting, poetry and calligraphy also flourished here in the 18^th and 19^th cen. A.D. Extracts from Sri VPS Rao’s enlightening research paper. UGS Sponsored National-Seminar in JVMGRR College, Charkhi Dadri. Feb. 16-17, 2011.

**‘Rao’ — Meanings and usage of the term ‘Rao’, in detail.**

The meanings of the term ‘Rao’ are usually found incomplete in dictionaries. Sri VPS Rao gives here encyclopaedic meanings and usage of ‘Rao’, useful for writers, dictionary makers and others.

Sri VPS Rao’s numismatic observations.

Sri Rao throws light on some extra-ordinary medallions of 19^th. Century. The 89th conference of the Numismatic Society of India (H.O.: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi held at Panjab University, Chandigarh. December 24-26, 2005.

Sri VPS Rao on Coins — Rich Source of History.

Research- article of Sri Rao throwing light on the mints, which uttered coins in the Panjab, since 2^nd – 3^rd century B.C. upto 20^th century A.D. i.e. covering a period of the about to and a half thousand years. Published on the occasion of the Annual General Meeting of The Numismatic Society of India; the first meeting of this august body in the Panjab. THE TRIBUNE ; Monday, November 9, 1976.

Literary and Cultural History of Dadri

Excerpts from Sri V.P.S. Rao’s above book, where in has been discussed the ancient, mediaeval and modern history of (Charkhi) Dadri from literary and cultural points of views….. including its nomenclature, history, growth and development of literature, fine and miner social arts and patrons thereof, besides historical families of note….. Dadri has been a distinctive place, known for a typical cultured of its own…. enriched, from time to time, by distinguished saints, commanders, scholars and developed sons of the soil, who distinguished themselves in various fields of life….
This concise compendium was originally prepared on the Sri Raorshi Jayanti Parv, Prerna Divas – 112, to mark the 112th birth anniversary of Raorshi Rajguru Sri Rao Uttamsinghji of Dadri. He took birth at Dadri on January 16, 1900 AD.

The Brahmana Raos of Dadri

In view of non-availability of sufficient information about the meanings and usage of the Sanskrit term “Rao” at one place in publications and on internet, eminent Spirituo-Cultural Luminary Sri Guru Sanatana Sanskriti- Ratna Rao Vijay Prakash Singhji dived deep into the issue and threw ample light on it in his works.
Inspired and guided by Sri Rao’s task, educationist, research- scholar and journalist Dr. Vinod Kumar Sharma proceeded further and came out with elaborate historical information, which, in concise form, has appeared in the Guru Purnima Special Issue of The Media Expression of June, 2014, under the headline “The Brahmana Raos of Dadri”.