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Thakur Baldev 96th birth anniversary celebrated

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/14/2021 12:52:57 PM

Y B News Jammu, Jan 13 A function was organized at Satrayan (RS Pura) to celebrate the 96th Birth Anniversary of Thakur Baldev Singh Chib and Lohri in which a large number of people participated to pay their tributes. Thakur Baldev Singh was born at Watala (Distt. Mirpur and now in PoK) and after partition, settled at RS Pura. He has played prominent role in 1947 during the migration of our Refugees from Distt. Mirpur, Poonch and Muzaffrabad. RS Chib, Former Minister while congratulating the people on happy occasion of Lohri and paying his tributes to Thakur Sahib said that he was a great social activist and a human being par excellence. He took the premature retirement from Post and Telegraph Department while serving as sub-postmaster and devoted his time in writing books, in URDU and Hindi. He authored many books which included Amar-Kahani, Athara- Din, Trishul, Jai-Jai Rajasthan, Meri-Pasand and Deva-Watala. He was elected, President of Amar-Khashatriya (Rajput) Sabha, J&K, four times and contributed a lot for the welfare of Khashatriya Samaj. TS Bajwa, Former M.P. (Rajya Sabha) described Thakur Baldev Singh a great public leader, who was socially upright and a secular person and was above caste and creed affiliations. He was totally involved in upliftment of poor and a guiding force for the needy. The others who paid their tributes described Thakur Baldev Singh a Saint, who was loved by all and who devoted his life for the service of the poor and down trodden.