Osho is born in Kuchwada, a small rural village in the state of Madhya Pradesh, central India, on December 11, 1931.
He is the eldest of 11 children of a Jaina cloth merchant. He is described as independent and rebellious as a child, questioning the social expectations and religious beliefs his family and teachers try to impose on him. As a youth he experiments with meditation techniques from many different traditions. See here for some stories about his unusual childhood.
He talks about these years in his book Glimpses of a Golden Childhood.
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