महान शिक्षाविद, ज्ञान का प्रकाश फैलाने वाले युग पुरूष पंडित अमरनाथ शर्मा को श्रद्धासुमन अर्पित

महान शिक्षाविद पंडित अमरनाथ शर्मा को श्रद्धासुमन अर्पित

 

गोस्वामी गणेशदत्त सनातन धर्म महाविद्यालय राजपुर में गत दिवस सनातन धर्म शिक्षा बोर्ड, जीजीडी एसडी शिक्षा बोर्ड बैजनाथ व जीजीडी एसडी कालेज राजपुर के संस्थापक अध्यक्ष स्वर्गीय पंडित अमर नाथ शर्मा को उनकी 33वीं पुण्यतिथि पर भावभीनी श्रद्धांजलि दी गई।

इस दौरान हवन यज्ञ का आयोजन किया गया। इसके बाद जीजीडी एसडी एजुकेशन सोसायटी के अध्यक्ष डा. देशबंधु,कार्यकारी अध्यक्ष यूआर चीमा, वित्त सचिव केके शर्मा, निदेशक स्कूल पीएन शर्मा, कार्यकारी अध्यक्ष डा. विवेक शर्मा सहित पंडित अमर नाथ एसडी पब्लिक स्कूल, नंद कुमार एसडी चांद पब्लिक स्कूल घुग्गर के प्रिंसीपल विनीत शर्मा और नगरी के प्रधानाचार्य तथा जीजीडी एसडी कालेज राजपुर के कर्मचारियों और विद्यार्थियों ने संस्थापक अध्यक्ष स्व. पंडित अमरनाथ शर्मा को श्रद्धासुमन अर्पित किए।

Pt. AMARNATH SHARMA

THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST AND TORCH BEARER OF SANATAN DHARMA, PANDIT AMARNATH SHARMA IS A LEGEND IN HIS OWN RIGHT. HE WAS BORN ON 2ND FEBRUARY, 1898 TO PANDIT MAHADEV SHARMA, AND SRIMATI SARASWATI DEVI, A VERY DEVOTED AND PIOUS LADY. IT WAS HIS FATHER’S WISH TO GIVE HIM A PROPER EDUCATION SO THAT HE COULD GET A DECENT JOB IN THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR. BUT IT WAS THE STATE OF THE NATION THAT ALWAYS DREW HIS ATTENTION. THEREFORE, WHEN HE HEARD THE CALL OF MAHATMA GANDHI TO JOIN THE FORCE THAT WOULD SOMEDAY FREE THE NATION FROM THE CHAINS OF SLAVERY, HE READILY GAVE UP HIS MEDICAL COLLEGE EDUCATION TO JOIN THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT SOON, HE STARTED A PROPA GANDA TO SPREAD AWARENESS OF SANATAN DHARMA IN THE COUNTRY.

DURING THOSE DAYS, IN THE WESTERN PART OF INDIA, GOSWAMI GANESH DUTT, WITH THE INSPIRA TION OF PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA, WAS RENDERING HIS SERVICE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF SANATAN DHARMA BY OPENING MANY SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, TEMPLES AND COWSHEDS. BEING A GREAT HUMANITARIAN THAT HE WAS, PANDIT AMARNATH SHARMA CAME IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH GOSWAMI GANESH DUTT TO SERVE SOCIETY BETTER. HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF PGSD YOUTH ASSOCIA TION DURING HIS SCHOOL DAYS. IT WAS IN 1923 WHEN PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA INTRODUCED HIM TO GOSWAMI GANESH DUTT BY SAYING THAT HE WAS GIVING HIM A TRUE DIAMOND THROUGH WHOM ALL DIRECTIONS, GRADUALLY THIS SIMPLE YOUTH BECAUSE OF HIS EXTRAORDINARY WILL TO SERVE THE SOCIETY, WITH TIME, HE WAS REGARDED AS THE GODFATHER TO THE STUDENTS OF SANATAN DHARMA INSTITUTIONS AND GOSWAMI GANESH DUTT SELECTED PANDIT AMARNATH SHARMA TO SPREAD AWARENESS AND EDUCATION IN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION OF THE SHIVALIK HILLS. THE REGION AT

REDMINIONS, AS VERY BACKWARD AND MASSIVE RATE OF ITERACY AND UNEDUCA- MI DUAL CAMERAAS THE HEADQUARTER OF ACTIVITIES

PANDIT AMARNATH SHARMA FOUNDER OF COLLEGE THE BAYS OF SANATAN DHARMA WOULD SPREAD IN WITHIN A SHORT SPAN OF TIME HE WAS ABLE TO OPEN MANY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES AND HOSPI TALS FROM THE REGION OF NURPUR TO LAHUL SPITI. SOON TWENTY FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, POLYTECHNIC COLLEGES, ONE B.ED COLLEGE AND TWO J.B.T. SCHOOLS STARTED OPERATING IN THESE REGIONS. HE ALSO ESTABLISHED MANY TEMPLES WHEREVER HE WENT TO SPREAD HIS WORK. APART FROM THESE, HE ALSO OPENED MANY AYURVEDIC MEDICAL CENTRES ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF UNITS OF SANATAN DHARMA PRATINDHI SABHA AND MAHAVIRA DAL

THESE EFFORTS OF HIS HAD BORNE WONDERFUL RESULTS. THE REGIONS BECAME SUBSTANTIALLY DEVELOPED IN TERMS OF HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION. ALSO, THE MASSIVE RATE OF CONVER SION OF FAITH THAT WAS HAPPENING THEN STOPPED AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE GOT DRAWN TO THEIR OWN ANCESTRAL RELIGION LE. HINDUISM OR SANTANTAN DHARMA.

BESIDES HIS WORK OF SPREADING RELIGIOUS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION, PANDIT AMARNATH SHARMA ALSO TOOK PART IN THE LONG BATTLE OF FREEDOM THE NATION FROM THE CLUTCHES OF THE BRITISH POWER. HE WAS EVEN SENT TO JAIL FOUR TIMES FOR HIS PROTESTS AND AGENDA AGAINST THE IMPERIAL RULE PREVALENT AT THAT TIME. IN 1947 HE GAVE SHELTER TO NUMEROUS REFUGEES IN THE DISTRICT OF KANGRA AND OTHER PARTS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, WHO BECAME HOMELESS AND LOST EVERYTHING DURING THE PAINFUL PARTITION OF THE COUNTRY.

PANDIT AMARNATH SHARMA, WITH THE INSISTENCE AND INSPIRATION OF GOSWAMI GANESH DUTT, ENTERED INTO POLITICS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB AND HIMACHAL PRADESH FROM 1957 TO 1967. IN BETWEEN THIS TENURE, HE WAS ALSO THE VICE CHAIRMAN AS WELL AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HINDI REGIONAL COMMITTEE.

IN THE YEAR 1971, HE LEFT POLITICS AND DEVOTED HIMSELF WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN SOCIAL SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO SANATAN DHARMA. SINCE THEN UNTIL HIS LAST BREATH, HE HAD BEEN THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF SANATAN DHARMA PRATINIDHI SABHA AND WAS THE CHIEF OF MAHAVIRA DAL. DURING THIS TENURE. HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN SPREADING THE LIGHT OF EDUCA READING TION IN VARIOUS STATES, NAMELY – PUNJAB. HARYAYNA. RAJASTHAN DELHI, HIMACHAL PRADESH AND UTTRANCHAL. THE GOSWAMI GANESH DUTT SANATAN DHARMA COLLEGE BAIJNATH, AND DUTE SAN RAJPUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH WERE ALSO ESTAB LISED BY PT. AMARNATH SHARMA.

HE HAS BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE A TRUE INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF US WHO HAVE A BURNING DESIRE LIKE HIM, TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE SOCIETY AND MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE FOR THE GREATER good of the Mankind.