Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan is an Indian preacher, spiritual leader, and actor. He has been the head of the India-based socio-spiritual organisation Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) since 23 September 1990. DSS oversees several social programmes, such as a cleanliness campaigns, blood donation drives, tree planting, disaster relief, and support for transgender people, tribal communities, orphans, and rehabilitation of sex workers.
Early life
Ram Rahim was born to Naseeb Kaur and Maghar Singh on 15 August 1967, at Gurusar Modia village in Ganganagar district of Rajasthan. He was born in a Jat Sikh family.
On 23 September 1990, Shah Satnam held a satsang where he publicly conferred sainthood and succession of the spiritual leadership upon Gurmeet Ram Rahim. He is married and has three children. His son is married to the daughter of Harminder Singh Jassi, a former Indian National Congress MLA from Bathinda.
Education
Ram Rahim was educated in a school in his village of Sri Gurusar Modia.
In early 2016, Ram Rahim received an honorary doctorate from World Records University in London for over 50 records of different kinds.