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Dr. Mukherjee concluded his historic speech with a suggestion that "PM must fully assert that we don& #39;t want this kind of Kashmiri nationalism. We don& #39;t want this sovereign Kashmir idea. If u startdoing it in Kashmir, other& #39;s also will demand it". #EkVidhanEkNishan
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Dr. Mukherjee tried to persuade Prime Minister Nehru and Sheikh Abdullah to consider the demands of Praja Parishad, sympathetically. He exchanged a number of letters with both of them between 9 January and 23 February, 1953. #EkVidhanEkNishan
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Dr. Mukherjee& #39;s correspondence with Pt Nehru and Sheikh Abdullah, which was later published in a book form, is the most authentic record of his sustained efforts to find a realistic, nationalistic and lasting solution to the Kashmir problem.
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Dr. Mukherjee left Delhi for Jammu in mid-May. He was arrested by the police as he crossed half-way the Madhopur bridge on the Ravi, on the soil of Jammu, with a view to keep him out of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India. #EkVidhanEkNishan
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When all efforts to persuade Pandit Nehru to adopt a realistic policy failed, Dr. Mukherjee decided to visit Jammu to demonstrate his solidarity with the patriotic people who were undergoing great sufferings for the cause of national unity.
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Dr. Mukherjee, after his arrest, was then taken to Srinagar and kept in detention in a small cottage, ten miles away from there. Barrister U.M. Trivedi, his colleague in the Lok Sabha, moved a Habeas Corpus petition in the High Court at Srinagar.
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Dr. Mukherjee& #39;s Habeas Corpus petition was heard by the High Court on 23 June. Judgement was to be delivered the next day. Barrister Trivedi, Dr. Mukherjee& #39;s Counsel, was confident that the petition would be accepted and he would be released. #EkVidhanEkNishan
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Day before Dr. Mukherjee& #39;s petition was to be decided, he had been shifted to the State Hospital in Srinagar. Barrister Trivedi was with Dr. Mukherjee till 7 pm and he found him in good health n high spirits. At around 11 pm he mysteriously expired. #EkVidhanEkNishan
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Demand for a judicial enquiry into his mysterious death of Dr. Mukherjee was forcefully raised in Parliament by all political parties. But Nehru refused to accept the demand. As a result, the truth about his death never came out officially.
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Dr. Mukherjee was the first martyr in the cause of national unity after freedom of truncated India.
He died, so that J&K could be fully integrated with the rest of India.
We shall always remember his martyrdom.
#EkVidhanEkNishan
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He died, so that J&K could be fully integrated with the rest of India.
We shall always remember his martyrdom.
#EkVidhanEkNishan
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