Jammu East MLA and party chief whip Rajesh Gupta was the chief guest at Hari Singh School on the occasion of the 123rd birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh Ji that is being observed .
In the function rich tributes were paid to the Late Maharaja Sahib and the students were made aware about the great deeds performed by Maharaja Hari Singh.
Rajesh Gupta while speaking on the occasion said that Maharaja Hari Singh Ji was one of the great rulers of his times that India has produced. Rajesh Gupta said that the Late Maharaja Sahib was a great nationalist and performed his role admirably in the Round Table Conference in London. The British were so rattled by the forthright and brave leadership of the Maharaja that they started to hatch conspiracies against him and the revolt of 1931 was a manifestation of that.Rajesh Gupta said that the Late Maharaja Sahib was a great educationist even in that era.He would never allow any children to remain out of school and at times children were put in schools by force.This is the reason for high literacy rate in Kashmir. The people of the state can never repay for the kindness and benevolence of the Maharaja Sahib.
Rajesh Gupta said that the institutions build by the Late Maharaja Sahib still stand tall and robust even after 100 years in exinstance like the state run hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir. Even the power stations established by the Maharaja Sahib are still functioning.He said that Maharaja Hari Singh Ji ruled in a just manner without any regard for race, religion or status of the person.
In the function Rajesh Gupta announced that he has adopted the Hari Singh High School and would contribute in its fuether growth and development.
The prominents who accompanied the MLA included Subhash Sanghra, Gokul Koul, Kuldeep, Ashwani, Hari Om, Darshan Singh, Rajeev Bhardwaj, Shashi Sapolia, Rajinder Sikka, Chaman Lal, Jia Lal,Rajinder Gupta, Rajesh Nischal, Kannav Abrol and Chandan Gupta.
