FORMATION OF THE TRUSTBhau Kalchuri All ten trustees were present for the registration ceremony on the Hill. They included Kutumb Sastri, who was appointed chairman*, Mani, Ramjoo, Adi Sr., Meherjee, Nariman, Pendu, Vishnu, Padri and Kaka Baria. Approved by Baba, the Trust Deed outlined the purpose and objectives of the Trust, as well as made provisions for the support of those persons dependent on Baba.
*Meher Baba had originally appointed Eruch Jessawala as one of the trustees, but Eruch, for his own reasons, declined to be a member of the board. When the subject of who should be the chairman of the Trust came up, Eruch suggested Kutumb Sastri of Andhra and Baba agreed. Unfortunately, after Baba dropped the body in 1969, a lawsuit broke out between Sastri and the other trustees. Sastri died in 1973 and was replaced by Baba's sister Mani until 1996. LORD MEHER, 1st USA ed, vol. 16, p. 5554
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