Hundreds of Dogra in Jammu led a procession to Maharaja Hari Singh Park at Tawi Bridge Jammu to stand in solidarity with the entire Dogra fraternity in demanding a holiday on 23 Sep-The Birthday of Maharaja Hari Singh. All sections of society from Jammu region have come on a common platform  to reiterate the demand of declaring a holiday on 23 Sep to the Govt of J&K.

In order to commemorate the sacrifices of Maharaja Hari Singh, Dogra youth sit on Dharna at Maharaja Hari Singh  Park at Tawi Bridge on 23rd of every month to demand a holiday on the birthday of Maharaja Hari Singh i.e 23 September. This time the Dogra Youth are sitting on indefinite strike till the demand is met by the Govt Of UT of J&K. The protesters were lathi charged on the night of 23rd August, jailed and Sec 144 was enforced and many were evicted and jailed. But the undaunted spirited Dogra youth are back today for PEACEFUL PROTEST for this legitimate demand, next to the statue of Maharaja Hari Singh at Tawi Bridge. Many senior citizens along with his hundreds of DOGRAs are at the venue standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with a great and viable Dogra Swabhiman CAUSE.

Maharaja Hari Singh was a great patriot who sacrificed all his worldly possessions including his CROWN for a just cause to ensure that Jammu & Kashmir State accedes to India in a smooth manner. It was his devotion and love for our motherland INDIA that we have J&K State- a geo strategically important state as an integral part of India. He was a just, secular and a man of pluralistic instincts who on his coronation declared that his religion is JUSTICE and all his subjects are equal irrespective of religion, caste, creed or gender.

Many members of civil society in Jammu  in interviews to reporters reiterated that this holiday will remind the Dogra Youth of all the sacrifices that the Dogra icons of yesteryears have made to ensure laurels to our great nation India in general and Dogra race in particular. They opined that this holiday will inspire all Dogra youth to relive the valour, justice and stellar qualities that Dogras displayed as true nationalists of India. They quoted many instances from Maharaja Hari Singh’s life which is a motivation to Dogra race that contributed whole heartedly towards nation building and bring laurels to Dogras and our motherland India. They felt that this holiday will also stir the nationalistic feelings even in the minds of majority of Maharaja Hari Singh’s erstwhile subjects in Kashmir, Ladakh and POJK.

So  DOGRAs, friends and countrymen and women, if you agree please sign this petition yourself and ensure all your friends, relations and acquaintances also sign this.

It's my appeal to my brethren and sisters in rest of India to support us because it was Maharaja Hari Singh supported by his Army Chief Brigadier Rainder Singh Jamwal, MVC (Posthumously) and gallant soldiers of Jammu and Kashmir Infantry, who made sure that today Jammu and Kashmir is the crown of India. I am sanguine that you all will also like to pay homage to Maharaja Hari Singh who ensured that a STRATEGICALLY LOCATED STATE i.e JAMMU & KASHMIR today DEFENDS our great nation INDIA and also affords options to our great PM Modi ji to be a major player in International political arena. 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE sign it and request max people to sign it and we will send this to OUR HONOURABLE PM Sh Narinder Damodardas Modi ji.