The Department of Posts has brought out a ticket in name of Late Dev Dass Gulzar (DD Gulzar), for his contribution to the Indian freedom struggle.
Gulzar belonged to Nadaun town of the Hamirpur district and had retired as a teacher and was also the poet, writer, and a great thinker.
The Assistant Superintendent of the Department, District Hamirpur Sandeep Dharmani, and his team reached Gulzar’s house located in Ward 5 of Nadaun city and gave this honor to his family members.
During the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence, the department presented Gulzar’s photo with my stamp and a memento to Nibhaya Bharti, son of Gulzar. During this, Gulzar’s daughter-in-law Neelam, grandson Rudraksha Awasthi, and granddaughter Yashika Awasthi were also present.
Dharmani informed that this honor has been given to two freedom fighter families across the district, apart from Gulzar, a family from Lamblu village.
Dharmani said that this is being issued by the Indian Postal Department in the name of freedom fighters due to Amrit Mahotsav, which has this stamp containing the photo of the freedom fighter.
While highlighting the biography of Gulzar, his son Nishal Bharati said that his father was born on 30 April 1929 in Nadaun. His mother Mansha Devi died only one year after his birth. He was brought up by his Tai Kesari Devi and later he moved to Lahore with his father Dassondhi Ram and Taya Baili Ram.
While studying in the middle class in 1945, he became involved in revolutionary activities and was influenced by Jayaprakash Narayan. He met Asif Ali, Munshi Ahmaddin, Tilak Raj Chadha, etc. in the Bradley Hall of Lahore.
In 1946, while studying in class IX, he attacked the governor’s car, in which he was accompanied by the former education minister of the state, Pandit Shivkumar. After this, when he along with other comrades arrived to welcome Jayaprakash Narayan at Lahore station, 12 other revolutionaries along with him were taken into custody during the demonstration and sent to the Children’s Jail, where the jailer Kangra resident Beni Chand Katoch.
He was advised to study further and after studying further, he worked as a teacher in the Education Department after independence. He retired from Nadaun School in 1989.
Gulzar was a famous poet of Urdu and Punjabi, while he also wrote a lot in Pahari, English, and Persian.
During his teaching, he was also the national office bearer of the HP State Teachers federation. Coincidentally, Gulzar died on 26 January 2011 on Republic Day.