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About The Book

Excited in spirit by the acts of Panjab Kesari Lala Lajpat Rai and Shaheed-ei-Azam Bhagat Singh, the awakening spearheaded by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, the reality impact of INA, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s visionary project and the daring of freedom-dream of a million Indians, India’s independence was a foregone conclusion on the amplified text of time. of late, names like Gandhi, Ambedkar and Patel continue to resonate in the political spectrum of India. here’s the story of a patriot, one among millions.

Pandit Durga Dass of Hoshiarpur remained active for more than sixty years in social and pre-independence political life of Doaba region, much before he came to join Bari Doab Bank in the city as a manager, and who worked closely for India’s freedom with great stalwarts in-cluding Lala Lajpat Rai.

About The Author

Dr. Lalit Mohan Sharma, a Bilingual Poet, Translator & Academic, born In 1952, has published a dozen books of English Poetry which include ‘Man With A Horn’, ‘Eyes of Silence’, ‘Thete’s No Death ‘ & ‘Icicles of Time’. ‘A Three-Step Journey’ is an Englis Transla-tion of Zahid’s Urdu Poems. ‘Inclusive Voids’ came out In 2025. Sharma was Conferred With ‘International Academy Award For Literature’ at World Poetry Conference In 2024 At Pune. A Former Member Of Naac’s Peer Teams & Principal Government Colleges in Hamirpur and Dharmshala,, he has been anthologised In several books of Poetry, Stories and Academic Interst As 21st Century Critical Thought; A Dialogue With Post Modern voices Vol 1 (2020) and A Handbook of Contemporary Ethics (2024).