Short answers, pulled from the story.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was born on the 12th of January 1911, though some sources suggest 1917 or 1918. The exact details remain uncertain due to ascetic traditions that involve relinquishing family connections.
Swami Brahmananda Saraswati served as the Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math in the Indian Himalayas and mentored Mahesh Prasad Varma from 1941 until his death in Calcutta in 1953. He instructed Mahesh to complete his university degree before accepting him as a pupil and later charged him with traveling to teach meditation to the masses.
In 1958, the Maharishi announced plans to spread TM worldwide during an event in Madras and began his first world tour in Rangoon, Burma. By 1960, he had traveled to cities across Europe including France, Switzerland, England, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and Africa while establishing centers in San Francisco and London.
The Beatles studied with the Maharishi at Bangor, Wales before traveling to Rishikesh, India in February 1968 where Ringo Starr left after ten days and John Lennon and Paul McCartney departed after five weeks. On the 15th of June 1968, the group formally renounced their association due to allegations that the Maharishi made sexual advances towards Mia Farrow.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi inaugurated the Natural Law Party in 1992 which operated in forty-two countries until he shut down the effort in 2004. The Indian arm won one seat in a state assembly in 1998 while adherents founded the party globally without formal connection from the Maharishi himself.