EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 11: More than 120 prominent citizens of Jammu have petitioned to the Mayor of Jammu, Chander Mohan Gupta to consider and evolve an institutionalized system of honouring martyrs, especially the brave Dogra warriors who have given supreme sacrifice of the lives to thwart the evil designs of Pakistan to grab J&K and their unparalleled gallantry was recognised by the Govt of India by awarding country’s highest gallantry awards.
Presented to the Mayor on behalf of the citizens personally by K B Jandial, IAS (Retd), the petition regretted that the nation including Dogra bastion, Jammu, has not done justice to these martyrs despite their supreme sacrifices to save J&K in 1947-48 that got them India’s first highest gallantry award of Param Vir Chakra and second highest award of Maha Vir Chakra that should have made every Dogra proud. The petition mentioned three proud martyrs- Maj. Somnath Sharma, Brig Rajinder Singh and Brig Mohd Usman, whose contributions and supreme sacrifice in foiling Pakistan first aggression on J&K cannot be forgotten. All of them have exhibited exceptional courage, valour and leadership qualities, “seldom equaled in the history of Indian Army”.
The Mayor appreciated the initiative of the civil society and assured to do full justice these martyrs in near future in a structured way.
The signatories (online in view of COVID pandemic) to the petition represent a cross section of the civil society of Jammu. They include former Chief Justices & Judges of the High Courts, former Chief secretaries; DGPs; Educationists; DG DRDA; Member CVC; army veterans; ADG & IGPs & DIGs, former senior officers of IAS, IFS, GSI, Town Planning, IB; heads of literary, social, religious organizations, NGOs & biradaris; senior advocates, well known senior doctors and former Chief Engineers, industrialists and businessmen.
The prominent Jammuites endorsing this initiative included Justice V. K Gupta & Justice Permod Kohli, Justice K. K. Gupta, Justice S. K. Gupta, Justice Sunil Hali, S. S. Bloeria, Vijay Bakaya, B R Kundal, two former DGPs of the State, Kuldeep Khoda & D. Ashok Bhan; former FC & Member CVC, R. K. Jerath, Prof Ashok Aima, U. K. Jalali, Dr. Sudarshan Kumar, Th. Gulchain Singh Charak, Gen Goverdhan Singh Jamwal, Brig M. M. Choudhary, Brig. Anil Gupta, Col. Shiv Choudhary, Prof. Lalit Magotra, Ved Parkash Sharma, Ramesh Mahajan, Jugal Mahajan; S. S. Wazir, J.K. Vaid, Dr. H. L. Goswami, P. P. Sharma, S D Swatantra, C. M. Seth, B. D. Sharma, Surinder Mahajan, Dr. B. B. Gupta, Dr. S. K. Gupta, Dr. Yudhvir Gupta, Dr. Rajinder Singh, Dr. Rakesh Khajuria, Dr. Yogeshwar Gupta, Dr. Mohinder Gupta, Dr. D.V. Gupta, C. L. Banal, Prem Gupta, Ashok Gupta, Yoginder Koul, Ravinder Kotwal, M A Anjum, A.S. Bali, Er. I.C. Jandial, Er. Lalit Mengi, Er. S.K. Gupta, Er. JPS Johar, Er. M. M. Gupta, Er. Vinod Sharma, Er. Kiran Wattal, Er. C. L Bhushan, Er. J.S. Sudan, Vinod Malhotra, C. L Koul, O. P. Dogra, Pawan Jain, Y.V Sharma, Prem Dewan, Mohinder Gupta, Deepak Gupta, Anil Modi, Ashok Puri, Shiv Pratap Gupta, Yug Raj Gupta, Subash Rekhi and Inderjeet Khajuria.
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