Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 25: Mirpuries residing in Jammu city and its peripheral colonies today paid glowing floral tribute to more than 16,000 martyrs of Mirpur who were brutally killed by Pakistani raiders on 25th, 26th and 27th November 1947. The only fault of the citizens of Mirpur (now in PoK) was that they had unitedly vowed to protect their birth land from the raiders till they had the last bullet to fight with.
In this connection, a large ‘Prabhat Pheri’ consisting of men, women and school children of the Mirpur community residing in Gurha and Bakshi Nagar (Jammu) started from Mirpur Chowk (in front of Spring Blossoms School) and reached Mirpur Shaheedi Smarak, Maheshpura Chowk, in front of the main gate of Government Medical College Jammu, at 9 A M, where similar ‘Prabhat Pheries’ from Rehari, Sarwal and Gandhi Nagar also joined to pay floral tributes to the Martyrs.
Arvind Gupta, MLA Jammu West, inaugurated the ‘Jyoti Prajwalan’ at the Smarak. Soon thereafter, in his address, he highlighted the pious role and dedicated spirit of the Mirpuries in keeping the memory of the Martyrs alive, even after 78 years. Gupta promised that within one year, the Mirpur community will have this ‘Smarak’ upgraded with a much better outlook.
The whole programme of the ‘Prabhat Pheri’ was compered by Ravi Kant Gupta. Emotional poems on the occasion, read by Ved Prakash Gupta and C P Gupta, brought tears to the eyes of the listeners. The speeches were also made by Santosh Gupta, Madhu Gupta and Dheeraj Singh.
Raghav Gupta, general secretary, Rajni Gupta, Sakshi Gupta and Jyoti Lachotra were also present on the occasion. The participation of the Principal and staff of the Spring Blossom School added feather in the celebration of this function.
The programme ended with ‘Shanti Paath’ under the tune of the School band.
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