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Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Bhim Singh (born August 17, 1937) (Dogri: भीम सिंह) is an Indian politician, activist, lawyer and author. He is the leader of the Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP), a political organisation based in India and the state of Jammu and Kashmir. He founded the party in 1982 and was it's chairman for 30 years until 2012 when he nominated his nephew in place. He has held several key posts in the Indian Youth Congress, such as Vice-president (1977–78), General Secretary (1974–76) and President of Jammu & Kashmir State Youth Congress (1973–74) appointed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Before breaking away from the Congress Party to found the JKNPP in 1982, he served as a General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee, the central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress Party.He has been an elected member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (1977–87) from Chenani-Ghordi (Udhampur). In 1988, future prime minister Vajpayee joined him on hunger strike in front of the Election Commission offices as they had rigged an election against Bhim Singh preventing him from joining the Indian Parliament. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court ruled in favour of Bhim Singh, ruling that he had won the Lok Saba by-election from Udhampur, a seat once held by his fellow Dogra clansman Dr. Karan Singh, the former Crown prince of Jammu and Kashmir and it's first President.Bhim Singh from the village of Bhugterian near Ramnagar is a descendant of the Wazir and General Zorawar Singh of the Royal Dogra Clan, referred to by historians as "Conqueror of Ladakh" and the "Napoleon of India" for his 19th century conquests of the Himalayan Kingdoms of Ladakh, Tibet and Baltistan. While the Dogra Rajput dynasty is believed to be descended from the mythical Ikshvaku (Solar) dynasty that in Eastern religious scriptures has produced personalities such as Lord Rama, Gautama Buddha, and twenty-two out of the twenty-four Jain Tirthankaras.Despite his Hindu royal and religious histories, Prof. Bhim Singh has politically and through the judiciary fought for democracy and secularism for over 55 years in Muslim majority Jammu & Kashmir, described by President Bill Clinton as the "most dangerous place in the world." In doing so Singh has spent 8 years in jail and endured militancy, Islamic extremism, terrorism and false arrests as consequence of the Jammu & Kashmir insurgencies and the ongoing Jammu & Kashmir armed conflict between India, Pakistan & China.He was allegedly poisoned in the Srinagar Central Jail in 1978 after speaking out against Sheikh Abdullah the first Prime Minister of Jammu & Kashmir.In 1985, in a landmark hearing he was awarded fifty thousand rupees by the Supreme Court of India for his false imprisonment after being suspended as a Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The order of compensation from his case would change the tort law in India."@en }

• Bhim_Singh_(politician) abstract "Bhim Singh (born August 17, 1937) (Dogri: भीम सिंह) is an Indian politician, activist, lawyer and author. He is the leader of the Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP), a political organisation based in India and the state of Jammu and Kashmir. He founded the party in 1982 and was it's chairman for 30 years until 2012 when he nominated his nephew in place. He has held several key posts in the Indian Youth Congress, such as Vice-president (1977–78), General Secretary (1974–76) and President of Jammu & Kashmir State Youth Congress (1973–74) appointed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Before breaking away from the Congress Party to found the JKNPP in 1982, he served as a General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee, the central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress Party.He has been an elected member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (1977–87) from Chenani-Ghordi (Udhampur). In 1988, future prime minister Vajpayee joined him on hunger strike in front of the Election Commission offices as they had rigged an election against Bhim Singh preventing him from joining the Indian Parliament. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court ruled in favour of Bhim Singh, ruling that he had won the Lok Saba by-election from Udhampur, a seat once held by his fellow Dogra clansman Dr. Karan Singh, the former Crown prince of Jammu and Kashmir and it's first President.Bhim Singh from the village of Bhugterian near Ramnagar is a descendant of the Wazir and General Zorawar Singh of the Royal Dogra Clan, referred to by historians as "Conqueror of Ladakh" and the "Napoleon of India" for his 19th century conquests of the Himalayan Kingdoms of Ladakh, Tibet and Baltistan. While the Dogra Rajput dynasty is believed to be descended from the mythical Ikshvaku (Solar) dynasty that in Eastern religious scriptures has produced personalities such as Lord Rama, Gautama Buddha, and twenty-two out of the twenty-four Jain Tirthankaras.Despite his Hindu royal and religious histories, Prof. Bhim Singh has politically and through the judiciary fought for democracy and secularism for over 55 years in Muslim majority Jammu & Kashmir, described by President Bill Clinton as the "most dangerous place in the world." In doing so Singh has spent 8 years in jail and endured militancy, Islamic extremism, terrorism and false arrests as consequence of the Jammu & Kashmir insurgencies and the ongoing Jammu & Kashmir armed conflict between India, Pakistan & China.He was allegedly poisoned in the Srinagar Central Jail in 1978 after speaking out against Sheikh Abdullah the first Prime Minister of Jammu & Kashmir.In 1985, in a landmark hearing he was awarded fifty thousand rupees by the Supreme Court of India for his false imprisonment after being suspended as a Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The order of compensation from his case would change the tort law in India.".