Suket Satyagraha

• 18 February 1948
• Satyagrahi under the leadership of Pandit Padam Dev
  • Participants - Pandit Padam Dev, Shivanand Ramaula, Dr. Devender Singh, Swami Purnanand, Sadaram Chandel, Rattan Singh
  • entered the estate of Suket
    • through the passage of Tattapani.
    • took possession of Tehsil Head Quarter.
  • Group reached to Sundernagar - capital of Suket
    • on 25 February 1948
    • Estate Military troops laid down the arms
    • King Laxman Sen went to Delhi directly

Result

* Satyagraha captured the estate   
* Next day group sent by central govt.   
    * Chief commissioner of Jalandhar, Lt. General Nagesh Dutt and Deputy Commissioner of Kangra Kanhaiya Lala   
    * reached Sundemagar with Red Army Troop.   
    * Chief Commissioner Nagesh Dutt declared the authority of Govt. to Indian on Suket estate.