MoS in the PMO Jitendra Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and MoS for Communications Manoj Sinha release the postal stamp on ex-CJI Mehr Chand Mahajan in New Delhi on Sunday. Tribune photo
Tribune News Service
Mos for Communications Manoj Sinha released the stamp, which was
dedicated to the nation by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and MoS in the
PMO’s Jitendra Singh. Jaitley paid glowing tributes to Justice Mahajan
for his yeoman service to the nation.
Justice Mahajan’s son Prabodh Mahajan (vice-president of the DAV
College Management Committee), who was present at the release function,
lauded PM Narendra Modi for his initiative to commemorate his father.
“I am touched. It is a proud moment for us.
After 50 years, the
country has come to know of my father’s achievements,” Prabodh Mahajan
said. Justice Mahajan as the PM of J&K was instrumental in the
accession of the state with India. He worked closely with then Deputy PM
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and was sent to the state to nullify the
Pakistani propaganda.
Before taking charge as Prime Minister of the state, he was an
Indian National Congress nominee to the Radcliffe Mission.
He played a
pivotal role in saving a major part of Punjab for India.
Justice Mahajan was revered as a jurist. In 1943, he rose to the
permanent judge of the Punjab High Court in Lahore.
He had also made a
mark as an educationist. He led the DAV College Management Committee
from 1938-43 and from 1956-65. He was part of the governing body of the
Punjab University Senate.
On December 11, 1967, he suffered a cardiac arrest which proved fatal.
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