Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 25: Jammu Kashmir People’s Forum (JKPF) celebrated Accession Day at a function held at Trikura Nagar near here, today.
The day of October 26-1947 is a historic and one of the landmark days in the history of Jammu & Kashmir.
In order to make the general masses aware of the importance of the Accession Day, especially the youth in particular, a general body meeting was organised for the public with their representatives at Kameshwar Temple ( Bharat Mata Mandir) in Trikuta Nagar, Jammu by the JKPF this morning.
At the outset, people present in the meeting paid homage to the Late Maharaja Hari Singh who signed the Instrument of Accession. Romesh Sabherwal, president of JKPF, threw light on the magnanimous personality of Maharaja Hari Singh and his patriotism. He laid forth all facts to demolish all myths pertaining to the loss of the territory of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947 to Pakistan, which he asserted was not because of the Maharaja but due to many other reasons surrounding the individuals who were ruling in India at that time. Sabherwal was very categorical in stating that the role of Maharaja Hari Singh in the accession with India was significant and meaningful beyond doubts.
Raghu Mehta, Member SMVDSB and vice president of the JKPF gave background into the genealogy of Maharaja Hari Singh and his contributions as the administrator. Mehta enlightened the public about the welfare measures taken by the Maharaja as the ruler of this Princely State including abolition of the child marriage, Sati Pratha as well as promoting free primary education and opening of the massive number of schools, both for boys and the girls.
In 1947, the then Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh Pramukh, M S Golwalkar (Guru Ji) visited Jammu Kashmir at the request of Sardar Patel on October 17 and met Maharaja next day and Guruji advised and convinced him to accede to Indian dominion as it would be in the interest of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
The senior RSS leaders Sat Paul Ji and Surinder Ji and Ajay Gupta, Lucky Puri both corporators of JMC, Indu Puri Executive Member Jammu Club, Sanjay Gupta a prominent businessman blessed the programme.
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