Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 13: To commemorate 60th death anniversary of Comrade Dhanwantri, a meeting was organized by the Comrade Dhanwantri Manch at Paloura.
Rich tributes were paid to Comrade Dhanwantri, who gave exemplary sacrifices fighting alongwith Shaheed-e-Aazm Bhagat Singh, Chander Shekhar Azad, Sukhdev, Rajguru, Shiv Verma and others for the freedom of India.
Advocate Hari Chand Jalmeria, general secretary of the Manch in his speech threw light on the life of Dhanwantri.
Dhanwantri was the ideologue and activist of the Revolutionary Group led by Bhagat Singh and Chander Shekhar Azad who had the vision and programme to liberate India from British Imperialist slavery and make India a Socialist State, he said.
Dhanwantri accompanied Bhagat Singh, when Sounders- the British police officer responsible for killing of Lala Lajpat Rai, was killed at Lahore in 1928, he added.
A committed communist, Com Dhanwantri was jailed for ten years in Kala Pani (Port Blair). After his return in early forties, Dhanwantri came to Jammu and founded and guided movements of farmers, youth, students and writers.
Dhanwantri was the fountain head of guidance for political activists during the crucial period after 1947. But unfortunately, Com Dhanwantri died on 13th July 1953 just at the age of 51 years, Jalmeria added.
During the meeting, the speakers demanded naming of a prominent crossing in Jammu City as Com Dhanwantri Chowk and install statute there and open of a library.
The meeting was also addressed by Balwant Singh Manhas, Ramankant Singh, Subhash Sharma, Samarji Singh, Ranbir Manhas, Inderjit Khajuria, Dewan Chand, S Hari Singh Sarpanch, etc.
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