Acknowledgement

Acknowledgement

This website is dedicated to Bijai Singh Pathik (Vijay Singh Pathik) and represents an effort to preserve, document, and disseminate his invaluable contributions to India’s freedom struggle, peasant movements, journalism, literature, and social reform.

The successful realization of this digital archive has been made possible through the collective support of several individuals and institutions. We express our deepest gratitude to Shri Rajkumar Bhati, whose mentorship, intellectual guidance, and constant encouragement inspired the conceptualization and development of this project from its inception.

We sincerely acknowledge Shri Yashveer Singh Bhati, Dr. Rakesh Rana, and Late Prof. Manbeer Singh for their dedicated efforts in identifying and collecting rare documents and manuscripts preserved in the Rajasthan State Archives, Bikaner. Their contributions have significantly enriched the authenticity of this archive.

We extend our sincere and heartfelt gratitude to Ms. Laura Ring, Librarian, South Asian Studies at the University of Chicago, whose tireless support and scholarly assistance led to the discovery of the rare historical work “What Are Indian States?”. Her contribution has played a crucial role in bringing this important historical document back into public knowledge.

We extend heartfelt thanks to the distinguished scholars and researchers who contributed testimonials and academic insights on Bijai Singh Pathik ji for this platform.

Special appreciation is due to Dr. Mahindra Singh Khadgawat Director Rajasthan State Archives, Bikaner, and the National Archives of India for their valuable guidance, archival access, and institutional cooperation. We also gratefully acknowledge the support received from the Rajasthan State Archives, Bikaner, and the National Archives of India in securing primary historical source materials.

This website is a non-profit, non-commercial academic initiative, established solely to make reliable historical information about Bijay Singh Pathik accessible to scholars, researchers, students, and the wider public.The website’s design, digitization, development, and content presentation were made possible through the committed efforts of the project team, whose dedication is sincerely appreciated. Every sincere effort has been made to identify publishers and obtain permission before displaying the writings of Shri Bijai Singh Pathik. In cases where publishers could not be contacted, possibly due to discontinued operations, we remain willing to obtain necessary permissions upon receiving relevant information.

This website is a non-profit, non-commercial academic initiative, established solely to make reliable historical information about Bijay Singh Pathik accessible to scholars, researchers, students, and the wider public.