JKNPP pays tribute to Maharaja Hari Singh on birth anniversary

Jammu Sept 23: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party today celebrated the birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh, which falls on September 23 with great enthusiasm and fervour at  Party office 30-B Gandhi Nagar Jammu.   While paying tribute to Maharaja Hari Singh, JKNPP President Vilakshan Singh threw light on the reforms taken by the Maharaja during his regime. He said that Maharaja Hari Singh was the first Maharaja in the country to establish a High Court. He recalled that the Maharaja ensured free and compulsory girl education, widow remarriage, flood control channel, irrigation canal, environment and forest protection laws, local handicraft promotion, sericulture, protection of small traders, etc. Singh highlighted the Justice oriented approach of the Maharaja during his dispensation.

Maharaja Hari Singh was a social reformer who opened gates of temples for Dalits, made girl education free, and introduced Widow Remarriage and Property Act 1932, he added. He said in order to abolish untouchability, Maharaja Hari Singh allowed the entry of Scheduled Castes into the temples.  He stopped the rampant practice of child marriage and promoted widow remarriage. Singh said that the declaration of a holiday on the birth anniversary of the Maharaja is a recognition of the great vision and reforms undertaken by the Maharaja.  Singh said that the holiday on Maharaja’s birthday, besides being recognition of his greatness, is a new beginning of Dogra’s resurgence. He said that Dogras have now got united and unity among the Dogras would definitely restore the lost glory of Dogras.  Others who were present on occasion are Bansi Lal Sharma Chief Advisor, Naresh Chib State General Secretary, Rajesh Gondi State Secretary, Jagdish Singh Bandral State Secretary, Anil Parihar, etc.