Srinagar: The Government of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has declared 23 September as a public holiday to mark the birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh. The government says that now this holiday will be every year. An official notice in this regard will be issued soon. Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha has announced this after meeting representatives and leaders of many organizations including Yuva Rajput Sabha, Transport Union. Manoj Sinha said that the government has decided to declare the birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh as a public holiday. Maharaja Hari Singh was a great educationist, progressive thinker, social reformer and a man of high ideals. Declaring his birth anniversary as a public holiday would be a true tribute to the legacy of the Maharaja.
With this decision, a long cycle of politics in Jammu and Kashmir has been completed and history seems to be repeating itself. In 2019, after the reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir and abrogation of Article 370, the government revoked the public holidays declared on the birth anniversary and death anniversary of Sheikh Abdullah. During the independence of the country, there were many differences between Maharaja Hari Singh and Sheikh Abdullah. Even for the merger of Jammu and Kashmir, the first PM of the country, Jawaharlal Nehru, had put a condition in front of Maharaja Hari Singh that you will have to transfer the government to Sheikh Abdullah. During that time Sheikh Abdullah started a violent movement against the Maharaja.
It is noteworthy that the people of Jammu and Ladakh respect Hari Singh, the last Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, while Kashmir has been a supporter of Sheikh Abdullah due to its Muslim majority. In such a situation, the issue of respect for both celebrities has also been a part of the politics between Jammu and Kashmir. That's why this decision of the government is very important. It is believed that the nationalist people of Jammu and Kashmir will be happy with the decision to cancel the holidays on Sheikh Abdullah and declare a government holiday in the name of Maharaja Singh.
Meanwhile, Maharaja Hari Singh's son and former Union Minister Karan Singh has also praised this decision of the Modi government. Along with this, Karan Singh has also indicated to leave the Congress. On Friday, he said, 'I had joined Congress in 1967. But, for 8 to 10 years I am not a member of Parliament. I was also thrown out of the working committee. Yes, I am in Congress, but I have no contact. Nobody talks to me about anything. I do my work. My relationship with the party has come to a nill.
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