Image rendition by Anthony Zois.
Image rendition by Anthony Zois.

 

Born : 22nd April, 1903 - India

Died : 9th January, 1973 - India

Buried : Lower Meherabad, India

Maried : Viloo - ( her parents : Beheram & Daulat )

Children : Gulu, Merwan, daughter

Parents : Kaikhushru "Elder" Ardeshir Irani & Gulnar ( Gulbai )

Siblings : Dinshaw, Homai, Mota, Gulnar, Sera

Nationality : Indian

 

 

Image rendition by Anthony Zois.
Image rendition by Anthony Zois.
1925 . Courtesy of MN images
1925 . Courtesy of MN images
 Courtesy of Lord Meher : Vol.2 page 400-1, 1st Edition
Courtesy of Lord Meher : Vol.2 page 400-1, 1st Edition
Image rendition by Anthony Zois.
Image rendition by Anthony Zois.
21st June, 1923 - Mt. Urak, Quetta ( then British W. India ) ; Sarosh is standing next to Gulmai who's wearing a dark sari,  amoungst Baba's men mandali. Courtesy of Glow Int. magazine -Fall 2018, also, Lord Meher  Vol.2  p.532.
21st June, 1923 - Mt. Urak, Quetta ( then British W. India ) ; Sarosh is standing next to Gulmai who's wearing a dark sari, amoungst Baba's men mandali. Courtesy of Glow Int. magazine -Fall 2018, also, Lord Meher Vol.2 p.532.
Infant Sarosh. Courtesy of MN images.
Infant Sarosh. Courtesy of MN images.
Sarosh & Viloo's wedding photo. Courtesy of MN images
Sarosh & Viloo's wedding photo. Courtesy of MN images
Sarosh with his wife - Viloo and his son - Merwan. Courtesy of MN images
Sarosh with his wife - Viloo and his son - Merwan. Courtesy of MN images
( L-R ) Khorshed, Freiny ( Mrs. Adi Jrn.), Roshan, ( Goher's youngest sister), Viloo ( Sarosh's wife ), Soona ( Dinshaw Irani's wife ), ?
( L-R ) Khorshed, Freiny ( Mrs. Adi Jrn.), Roshan, ( Goher's youngest sister), Viloo ( Sarosh's wife ), Soona ( Dinshaw Irani's wife ), ?
Start of February 1969. Sarosh ( far right ) inside Meher Baba's crypt.
Start of February 1969. Sarosh ( far right ) inside Meher Baba's crypt.
Courtesy of MN images
Courtesy of MN images

MY EXPERIENCES WITH AVATAR MEHER BABA

By "Khan Saheb" Sarosh K. Irani

 

It was in 1920 that I was returning from Panchgani to Ahmednagar after giving my examination. On the way I had to pass through Poona. There I received a letter to take to my aunt from Poona. We were to go by Madras Mail which was to leave Poona Station after midnight. My aunt however told me that we should start earlier, as she had to meet someone on the way. We went in a tonga which passed through the Ferguson College Road, where Meher Baba was in a jhopdi. Asking me to stay in the tonga, she went inside the jhopdi. From inside the tonga I noticed a group of people sitting there with a little fire burning and one of them was playing the dholak and singing ghazal. Later on, Baba asked my aunt as to who was sitting in the tonga. She said: "Don't worry, he is my nephew coming from Panchgani." Baba told her, "You call him; I have got much work to be done by him, later on." So I went to him and sat near him. He patted me on my head and then on the back and asked me what I was doing. He then asked, "What do you want to do for the future?" I said, "Of course, I have to pass Matric and go to College and then do as to what is destined in my future." He asked me to give up education and everything and go unto him. Being young in heart, young in spirit and young in age, I immediately accepted it and today I am His disciple. He patted me and said, "I would like to make you King"; and today I am a King. This is how I contacted my beloved Baba.

 

Now, I will relate one incident or 'chamatkar' performed by Baba. There are always many instances, which we may call Baba 'chamatkar' or miracle. Baba used to say, 'I don't perform any 'chamatkar'. It is the individual faith and the individual love that makes it and you call it 'chamatkar:' Baba was very fond of newspapers and my brother, Adi used to give him the 'Times of India' and read it for him. When Japan entered the Second World War and there was panic everywhere in India, Baba once took us round for a discussion as to what will happen in the future. After a heated discussion, I said: "Baba, why should you worry in Ahmednagar. Japan is not going to Ahmednagar and throw bombs." Baba said, "A bomb will be thrown in Ahmednagar and it will be in your compound." We thought it was a joke and just forgot that incident for the next 5 - 6 months. In 1942, there was the 'Quit India Movement' throughout the country and it was 25th December. My cinema hall office and Baba Centre, all these were in one big compound. On that Christmas night we were screening an English picture in the cinema. During the second show the audience was about 1200 British soldiers and about 230 British officers. After the interval there was a big explosion, and at that very moment in the compound the soldiers and officers were moving about and I was closest to the explosion. 12 soldiers were completely blown out and some lost limbs and some were injured; my brother-in-law had an injury on his head. Immediately, my memory went to that conference of Baba, when He said that the bomb will be thrown and it will be thrown in my compound. It was not a Japanese bomb but a hand-grenade thrown by the Congress people. It was another miracle that though I was nearest to the explosion, nothing happened to me. Out of many, this is only one incident in my life with Baba. Where there is remembrance of Meher, there is mercy. Where there is remembrance of Baba, there is protection. Meher Baba is the embodiment of both these.

 

The Awakener ; Vol.19, No.1

 

MSI Collection ; Meherabad, India - late 1952
MSI Collection ; Meherabad, India - late 1952
1954 : Ahmednagar, India. Sarosh talking to Meher Baba during a lunch break at the Darshan programme. Saint Gadge Maharaj sitting besides Baba.
1954 : Ahmednagar, India. Sarosh talking to Meher Baba during a lunch break at the Darshan programme. Saint Gadge Maharaj sitting besides Baba.
1954 - Upper Meherabad, India. Meher Baba with both his Eastern & Western followers. Sarosh is seated on the front row, far right. LM p. 4500
1954 - Upper Meherabad, India. Meher Baba with both his Eastern & Western followers. Sarosh is seated on the front row, far right. LM p. 4500
1969 : Guruprasad. Francis Brabazon talking to Ivy Duce with Sarosh & his wife Viloo.
1969 : Guruprasad. Francis Brabazon talking to Ivy Duce with Sarosh & his wife Viloo.
India, 1972 : Sarosh and Villoo
India, 1972 : Sarosh and Villoo
Sarosh's grave is located at Lower Meherabad, India
Sarosh's grave is located at Lower Meherabad, India
Sarosh's father - Elder Kaikhushru. Courtesy of Glow Int. - Fall 2018 p.16
Sarosh's father - Elder Kaikhushru. Courtesy of Glow Int. - Fall 2018 p.16
( L-R ) front : Khansaheb Kaikushru, English couple , unknown turban man, Dinshaw Irani. Rear : Rusi Irani, Sarosh, Merwan Polad ( Mehru ) & unknown.
( L-R ) front : Khansaheb Kaikushru, English couple , unknown turban man, Dinshaw Irani. Rear : Rusi Irani, Sarosh, Merwan Polad ( Mehru ) & unknown.
1899 : Adi K Irani's father - Khan Saheb Kaikhushru Sarosh Irani - standing left with hand across his abdomen - his brother-in-law - Sarosh's father - Kaikhushru Ardeshir Irani-standing under the signboard on the right
1899 : Adi K Irani's father - Khan Saheb Kaikhushru Sarosh Irani - standing left with hand across his abdomen - his brother-in-law - Sarosh's father - Kaikhushru Ardeshir Irani-standing under the signboard on the right