Dr. Mukherjee concluded his historic speech with a suggestion that "PM must fully assert that we don't want this kind of Kashmiri nationalism. We don't want this sovereign Kashmir idea. If u startdoing it in Kashmir, other'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'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'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's Counsel, was confident that the petition would be accepted and he would be released. #EkVidhanEkNishan
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Day before Dr. Mukherjee'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.
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