This timeline lists important events relevant to the life of the Vaishnava (Hindu) spiritual leader, poet, commentator, educationist, religious and social figure Rambhadracharya (1950 – present). Jagadguru Ramanandacharya was born on 14 January 1950 as Giridhar Mishra. He is one of four incumbent Jagadguru Ramanandacharya, and has held this title since 1988. He is the establisher and head of Tulsi Peeth, a religious and social service institution named after saint Tulsidas, located in Chitrakoot. He is the founder and lifelong chancellor of the Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University in Chitrakoot, which offers graduate and postgraduate courses exclusively to four types of disabled students. Rambhadracharya has been blind since the age of two months. He has never used Braille or any other aid to learn or compose. Rambhadracharya can speak 22 languages, and is a spontaneous poet, and writer in Sanskrit, Hindi, Awadhi, Maithili, and several other languages. He has composed more than 90 works, including four epic poems, a Hindi commentary on Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas, a Sanskrit commentary in verse on the Ashtadhyayi, and Sanskrit commentaries on the Prasthanatrayi scriptures. He is regarded as one of the greatest authorities on Tulsidas in India, and is the editor of a critical edition of the Ramcharitmanas. He is Katha artist for the Ramayana and the Bhagavata. His Katha programmes are held regularly in different cities in India and other countries, and are telecast on television channels like Sanskar TV and Sanatan TV. Timeline 1950 January 14:Born as Giridhar Mishra in Shandikhurd village of Jaunpur district to mother Shachidevi and father Pandit Rajdev Mishra. March 24:Eyes got infected by trachoma. 1953 Composed his first piece of poetry—in Awadhi (a dialect of Hindi). June:Had a near-death experience when fell in a small dry well. 1955 Memorised the entire Bhagavad Gita. Janmashtami:Recited the entire Bhagavad Gita. 1957 Memorised the entire Ramcharitmanas. Rama Navami:Recited the entire Ramcharitmanas while fasting. 1961 Had his Upanayana performed and given the Gayatri Mantra. Was stopped from joining his family in a wedding procession due to his disability. 1967 July 7 - Joined the Adarsh Gaurishankar Sanskrit College. 1971 Enrolled at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University. 1974 Topped the final examination for the Shastri (Bachelor of Arts) degree in Sanskrit grammar Won five gold medals at the Akhila Bharatiya Sanskrit Adhiveshan. 1976 Topped the final examination for the Acharya (Master of Arts) degree in Sanskrit grammar. Narrated a Katha on Ramcharitmanas to Swami Karpatri.