Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 7: J&K Freedom Fighter Association (JKFFA) in a function today paid rich floral tributes to Comrade Dhanwantri on his birth anniversary.
The function was organized by Chairman JKFFA, Ved Gandotra and Vice Chairman, Rajiv Mahajan in presence of JKFFA President R.C Puri.
Paying tributes, Gandotra said Comrade Dhanwantri gave exemplary sacrifices fighting along with Shaheed-e-Aazm Bhagat Singh, Chander Shekhar Azad, Sukhdev, Rajguru, Shiv Verma and others for the freedom of India.
“Dhanwantri was the ideologue and activist of the Revolutionary Group led by Bhagat Singh and Chander Shekhar Azad who had the vision and programme to liberate India from British slavery,” he said.
Gandotra further said that Dhanwantri accompanied Bhagat Singh, when Sounders- the British police officer responsible for killing Lala Lajpat Rai, was killed at Lahore in 1928.
A handout of JKFFA stated that a committed communist, Com Dhanwantri was jailed for ten years in Kala Pani (Port Blair).
“After his return in early forties, Dhanwantri came to Jammu and founded and guided movements of farmers, youth, students and writers,” the handout maintained.
JKFFA demanded naming a prominent crossing in Jammu City as Com Dhanwantri Chowk apart from installing his statute there and opening a library on his name.
Others were present on the occasion S. Sukhminder Singh Maini, S. Rajinder Singh, Pritam Sharma, Ravinder Mittal, Surrinder Choudhary, Gaurav and others.
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