On the above-noted date a program to pay tribute to Late Sh. Shambhu Dutt Sharma Ji on his 6th death anniversary organized by Sardar Patel Subharti Institute of Law in LT No. 2, one of the lesser-known freedom fighters of India. Detailed knowledge about Sh. Shambhu Dutt Sharma Ji was given by Prof. (Dr.) Reena Bishnoi.
She told that Shambu Dutt Sharma was an Indian Gandhian freedom fighter and anti-corruption activist who was born in Punjab Province, British India in Hoshiarpur District near Mukerian on 9 September 1918. He joined Mahatma Gandhi‘s Quit India movement in 1942 at the age of 24 after resigning as a civilian gazetted officer from the British Indian Army. Shambhu Dutt was a law graduate. He was imprisoned.
In 1975 he was again imprisoned protesting during the Emergency in India imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. In 2007, when honorary general secretary of the Gandhian Satyagraha Brigade, Sharma said “corruption has become rampant. It should be wiped out. On this issue we will start the Satyagraha”. He favored the adoption of the Corrupt Public Servants (Forfeiture of Property) bill prepared by the Law Commission of India in 1999, which proposed to bar criminals from contesting elections.
At the age of 92 on 30 January 2011, he ended his fast unto death demanding the end of corruption in India, persuaded by several prominent people including Kiran Bedi, Swami Agnivesh, and also by Prashant Bhushan, and Arvind Kejriwal. However, he felt betrayed because Anna Hazare was getting media attention. He was also the founder of Transparency International India. Sharma’s team was known as the Gandhian Seva Brigade.
Dr. Sarika Tyagi,Dr. Ashutosh Garg, Dr. Prem Chandra, Ms. Afreen Almas, Sh. Vikas Tyagi, Ms. Ana Sisodia, Ms. Shalini Goel and Ms. Anjum Jahan was present.
