Jalandhar (Asian indepemndent) Ambedkar Bhawan Trust, Jalandhar celebrated Dr. Ambedkar’s arrival day (27 October 1951) as ‘Remembrence Day’ with great pomp and show at Ambedkar Bhawan, Dr. Ambedkar Marg, Jalandhar. 
Dr. G. C. Kaul, a senior leader dedicated to Ambedkarist ideology and Vice-Chairman of Ambedkar Bhawan Trust, said in his speech that 75 years ago, on 27 October, 1951, Babasaheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar had visited Jalandhar and addressed a 
gathering of lakhs of people at Ramdaspura in Butan Mandi. To perpetuate the legacy of Baba Saheb on this land touched by his feet, the eminent Ambedkarite and Editor-in-Chief of ‘Bheem Patrika’, Shri Lahori Ram Balley, purchased this land in 1963 with the support of Seth Karam Chand Bath and by collecting one rupee each from the people. In 1972, he formed a trust called ‘Ambedkar Bhawan Trust’ to take care of this property. Due to the struggle and dedication of all the trustees, a beautiful building has been constructed at this historical place — where Baba Saheb had delivered a speech on 27 October 1951. Dr. Kaul said that this is the Ambedkar Bhawan of North India, from where pure Ambedkarism is being propagated and propagated for the last more than 60 years. Senior Trustee and former Editor of “Kirti”, Shri Harmesh Jassal read out his pamphlet on the lives, achievements and contribution made in the construction and development of Ambedkar Bhawan by all the esteemed former trustees of Ambedkar Bhawan—Lahori Ram Balley (Founder Trustee), Seth Karam Chand Bath, R. C. Paul, Dr. Ram Lal Jassi, Barkha Ram, Dr. R. D. Nar ‘Mansur’, R. C. Sangar, K. C. Sulekh, Gian Singh Bal, Mahasha Krishna Kumar Bodhi, K. C. Shenmar, Chaudhary Naseeb Chand, Mohan Lal, Pritam Singh Bala, Advocate Bhagwan Dass, Ravi Dutt Shenmar and Chaudhary Dalip Chand. The families of all these esteemed former trustees were honoured by the Trust. The chief guest of the event, Mr. Devinder Chander, editor-in-chief of the newspaper ‘Samaj Weekly’ published from the UK, and missionary writer Mr. Sohan Sehjal were also honoured. The chairman of the trust, Dr. Rahul Jassi, while presenting his views on the historic speech of Dr. Ambedkar at Jalandhar, said that some concrete steps are necessary to give practical form to Baba Saheb’s thoughts and he thanked all the guests and attendees for coming. Dr. Mahendra Sandhu performed the stage duty well. On this occasion, among others, Charandas Sandhu, Prof. Balbir, former Chairman Sohan Lal, Advocate Yagyadeep, Baldev Raj Bhardwaj, former Ambassador Ramesh Chander, Paramjit Mahey, Advocate Sudhir Kumar, Kamal Kumar, Manjit Singh, Pishori Lal Sandhu, Mohan Lal, Nirmal Binji, Ram Saroop Bali, Hem Raj, Kamal Nain, Pardeep Kumar, Avinash Kumar, Lekh Raj Nayyar, Dr. Kulwant Singh Phull, Malkit Singh, Amarjit Sampla, Prof. Ashwini Walia, Suraj Virdi, Yash Pal, Prof. Arinder Singh, Tejinder Kumar Jassi, Harbhajan Lakha, Balbir Kajla, Amarjit Kajla, Subhash Ahir, Tirath Bhardwaj, Prof. Ashwini Jassal, Sukhdev Kler, Dr. Amritpal Kaur, Gurmeet Kaur, Asha Paul, Shanti Devi, Ratan Rajika, Pinki Devi Sangar, Dr. Veena Paul, Vijay Paul, Gurdev Kaur were present. This information was provided by Baldev Raj Bhardwaj, Finance Secretary of Ambedkar Bhawan Trust (Regd.) through a press statement.
Baldev Raj Bhardwaj, Finance Secretary, Ambedkar Bhawan Trust (Regd.)
