Several social organisations of Punjab and Chandigarh on Monday remembered Dr Gobind Ram Sharma on his 30th death anniversary.
The multi faceted, Dr Sharma, born on March 27, 1912 was a prominent freedom fighter, doctor, a journalist and poet of Punjab who settled in Fazilka after migrating from East Punjab (Pakistan). He struggled all his life for the settlement of the refugees and helping them out.
Dr Sharma contributed in setting up the memorial for the martyrs of the 1971 Indo-Pak war in Fazilka. His daughters Dr Uma Sharma, Chandrakanta and Saroj Sharma were present in the function to remember the freedom fighter.