Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 7: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Seva Dal today celebrated birth anniversary of Dr NS Hardikar, founder of Congress Seva Dal.
A function was organized at PCC headquarters under the chairmanship of Balwinder Singh Sambyal. Seva Dal activists paid homage to Dr Hardikar during the function. Mr Sambyal while paying homage to founder of Congress Seva Dal said that in 1923, following the Flag Satyagraha at Nagpur, many activists of the Congress were arrested and sentenced. Unable to tolerate the rigorous prison, most of them tendered written apologies to the colonial authorities.
However, members of the Hubli Seva Mandal, founded by NS Hardikar refused to yield. This uncompromising stance gained the attention of the Congress’ national leadership that had gathered in Nagpur to participate in the Satyagraha. It was here that the idea of establishing an organisation of volunteers to combat the `Raj’ was born. At the Kakinada session of the Congress in 1923, a board under Dr N S Hardikar was constituted for setting up the Dal.
The Seva Dal was established as the Hindustani Seva Mandal on January 1, 1924. According to the resolution at Kakinada, the Dal was to work under the supervision of the Congress party’s working committee. Jawaharlal Nehru was its first president.
On this occasion General Secretary Parshant Sharma , Uppal Shakti, Raju Awasti, Shashi Bhagat, Daljeet Singh Pardeep Singh, Abhi, Kamlesh Gupta, Sat Pal, Raj Kumar, Anubah Sharma and others were also present.
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