TIL Desk #Gorakhpur (UP)/ Gita Press trustee #BaijnathAgarwal (90) passed away around 2:30 am on Saturday at his residence in Gorakhpur’s Hariom Nagar.
“For the past 40 years, Baijnath ji dedicated his life to social awareness and humanitarian causes as a trustee of Gita Press. Baijnath’s demise has caused an irrepairable loss to society,” Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in his condolence message.
In 1950, Baijnath Agarwal joined #GitaPress as an employee at the age of 17. He became a trustee of Gita Press in 1983. Prior to this position, he had also held the role of an administrator at Gita Press. His father also worked as an employee there.