Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Sept 12: In connection with 138 death anniversary of Maharaja Ranbir Singh, Trustees of J&K Dharmarth Trust Ajatshatru Singh (Former Minister) and Ranvijay Singh visited Shree Ranbir Sanskrit Mahavidalaya, Birpur, which is being managed and maintained by Dharmarth Trust.
Brig RS Langeh (Retd), president of the Trust accompanied with the Trustees. The Trustees were received by students and teachers of the Maha Vidyalaya. They interacted with the students and the staff and enquired about their problems.
While talking to the students, the Trustees exhorted them to work hard to make their future bright. He also asked the staff to be dedicated and honest in performing their duty.
On the occasion, they donated clothes, eatables and gifts to the school students and later they had also lunch with them.
Later, Ajatshatru Singh and Ranvijay Singh visited Radha Krishan temple and Shiv Temple situated in the premises of MahaVidyalaya. They offered Pooja and reviewed the arrangements being made by Dharmarth Trust for the convenience of the devotees.
Meanwhile, J&K Dharmarth Trust paid rich tribute to Maharaja Ranbir Singh during a programme organized at the Ranbireshwar Temple on his 138th death anniversary.
Brig RS Langeh (Retd), president Jammu and Kashmir Dharmarth Trust, highlighted the lifetime contributions of Maharaja Ranbir Singh for the people of his kingdom. He said that it was Maharaja Ranbir Singh who went on to annex Gilgit which had previously witnessed a rebellion against the state and the princely states of Hunza and Nagar started paying tributes to Jammu and Kashmir during his reign.
Even in the field of justice Maharaja Ranbir Singh established a modern Judicial system compiling civil laws and compiling criminal laws in the form of Ranbir Penal Code during his reign, he added.
It is pertinent to mention here that Ranbir Singh was the third son of Maharaja Gulab Singh and ascended to the throne in August 1854 and continued to rule till his death on September 12, 1885.
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