A legend of Uttarakhand Dr. Shamsher Singh Bisht is no more. Dies at 73.

The land of abode of Gods Uttarakhand has today lost a relentless fighter, journalist, author, an ideologue, a social reformer, a committed activist, prominent Uttrakhand separate state activist n leader and the former student and youth leader with progressive ideals and principles Dr. Shamsher Singh Bist who breathed his last after suffering from an ailment earlier addmitted in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi.

In his sad demise Uttarakhand has indeed lost a fighter for the cause of the poor, hapless, down troddens, youths, students and women who selflessly dedicated and devoted his entire life for the good of the society n the inhabitants of Uttrakhand. Seventy Three year old Dr. Shamsher Singh Bisht met his end last night after ailing for a long time.

The former duly elected president of the Almora University Students union in 1974 Dr. Shamsher Singh Bisht was greatly instrumental in founding the Kumaon University after organising a relentless struggle n movement against the then Uttar Pradesh government during the seventies.

He was an active participant and a youth pioneer in various movements such as Chipko, Nasha Nahi Rojgaar Do, movements for environmental protection and for the conservation of forests, water and land in Uttarakhand. Dr. Shamsher Singh Bisht regularly wrote on the soci economic, cultural, environmental and societal issues of Uttarakhand in the leading state dailies n other vernacular periodicals like Jan Satta, Amar Ujala, Dainik Jagran, Nav Bharat Times, etc.

An icon always on a confronting mode with the ruling party establishments right from undivided Uttar Pradesh to Uttarakhand energetic and enthusiastic Dr. Bisht was also jailed number of times who never aspired for power and positions.

According to the union state minister of Textiles Ajay Tamta has while expressing his richest tributes to Dr. Shamsher Singh Bisht said that the people of the Uttarakhand hills and the journalistic and social fraternity has lost the peoples’ true leader symbolic of transparency and out spokenness who struggled for the peoples’ cause through out his life.

The Uttarakhand Journalists Forum has also expressed its respectful tributes to this great man and appealed to the youths to follow his ideals and principles for a better and evil free society.

His death has left a huge void which is extremely difficult to fill added its President Sunil Negi. Hundreds of journalists, traders, local people, friends and accquaintances, writers, intellectuals and socio political activists and leaders today bid a last farewell to this popular dearted peoples’leader at Vishwanath Ghat in uttarakhand. May his soul rest in peace.