Prem Nath Dogra

Prem Nath Dogra (24 October 1884 – 21 March 1972), also known as Pandit Prem Nath Dogra, was a leader from Jammu and Kashmir who worked for total integration of the state with India.^[1] He is commonly referred to as Sher e Duggar. He was instrumental in forming the Jammu Praja Parishad party in 1947 along with Balraj Madhok and opposed the policies of Sheikh Abdullah.^[2] He was later elected the president of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1955 for a brief period. He dedicated himself to the service of downtrodden poor and proletariat part of society.

Prem Nath Dogra was born on October 24, 1884, in Smailpur village, Jammu, as the only child of Pandit Anant Ram to a Dogra Brahmin family. He spent early life in Lahore for studies. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1908.^[3]

As president of the Jammu and Kashmir Praja Parishad in 1949, Dogra was arrested along with hundreds of members of the party for demanding only the Indian flag remain official. He was arrested again on November 26, 1952, during a demonstration against the hoisting of both the state and Indian flag in Jammu. The arrest and further developments led to the Praja Parishad agitation spreading to other parts of Jammu and Kashmir.^[4][5]

• Ikkjutt Jammu
• Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party
• Bharatiya Janata Party
• Syama Prasad Mukherjee
• Girdhari Lal Dogra

• Behera, Navnita Chadha (2007), Demystifying Kashmir, Pearson Education India, ISBN 978-8131708460
• Jaffrelot, Christophe (1996), The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, ISBN 978-1850653011