Dogri

The goodwill he earned of the writers of other languages made no mean contribution in getting recognition of Dogri by the Sahitya Academy and government of India.

Padam Shri Awardee Ram Nath Shastri���Icon of Dogras and Dogri litterateur passes away in Jammu(J&K) 2009

They said that the deceased would be remembered for his contribution in including Dogri in the Eight Scheduled of the Constitution of India.

Padam Shri Awardee Ram Nath Shastri���Icon of Dogras and Dogri litterateur passes away in Jammu(J&K) 2009

Though he had become immobile for the last few years, he remained mentally agile and a source of inspiration for all those who worked for enrichment and popularization of Dogri.

Padam Shri Awardee Ram Nath Shastri���Icon of Dogras and Dogri litterateur passes away in Jammu(J&K) 2009

He was rightly called father of the movement of Dogri renaissance who imitated it in mid forties of the last century and remained its undisputed leader till his end.

Padam Shri Awardee Ram Nath Shastri���Icon of Dogras and Dogri litterateur passes away in Jammu(J&K) 2009

President, Dogri Sanstha, Prof Lalit Magotra has deeply condoled the demise of Prof Shastri who worked tirelessly for over five decades for enrichment and promotion of Dogri language.

Padam Shri Awardee Ram Nath Shastri���Icon of Dogras and Dogri litterateur passes away in Jammu(J&K) 2009

He said mother tongue is the best medium for imparting education to a child, adding that alongwith Kashmiri and Dogri, Bhoti should also be taught in Government educational institutions of the region.

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The Dogri dances Chhajha, Chattani were also attracted crowds.

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They includedDogri harran, Lambari folk dance of Andhra Pradesh, Assami dance, Rajastani folk dance, Dogri folk dance and Himachali folk dance.

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Giving details of flagship programmes of the Jammu University, the Vice Chancellor said that the Department of Physics is participating in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Geneva in ALICE experiment, the Dogri Department has collaborated with CDAC, Pune to produce a Dogri-English online dictionary and nine software tools, while as the University is producing the Human Development Report for Jammu and

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His unique contribution to the Dogri movement lay in providing it with a vision and intellectual perspective.

Padam Shri Awardee Ram Nath Shastri���Icon of Dogras and Dogri litterateur passes away in Jammu(J&K) 2009