Bhim Singh
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Bhim Singh is an Indian politician and author, born August, 17 1941. He is the Chairman of the Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party, a political organisation based in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 in state of Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...

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World Tour

He left for a world tour from 1967 to 1972 mostly conducted on motorbike and visited 120 countries including Europe
Europe
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, America
Americas
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, Africa
Africa
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, Asia
Asia
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, Middle east
Middle East
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 and Russia
Russia
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. During his adventures he became the first person to cross the Western Sahara Desert on motorcycle from Morocco to Senegal. He is also the first Indian to visit as many foreign countries on motor cycle. He has written a book to document his voyage: "Peace Mission, Around the World on Motorcycle." On his travels he attended the London University earning a LL.M and later in 1972 he was called to the Bar at law in UK.Specialised on Palestine and Middle East affairs.

VISHWA RATAN
(AFTER VOLCKER REPORT)
“Rightly to be called, ‘Vishwa Ratna’, the only person in the world who could refuse the 7.3 million barrels oil vouchers by the UN Committee dealing with ‘Oil-for-food’ programme in sanctions struck Iraq. Saying no to 7.3 million dollars worth oil vouchers which could have earned nearly Rs 45 crores instant commission. Glorifying India’s name in the world. Mr. Paul Volcker, Head of the UN Committee reported this fact that Bhim Singh did not accept the oil offer”. (Reference to Table 3 of Vol.II of the Volcker Report).
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Career

He became twice MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly
Member of Legislative Assembly
A Member of Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature of a State in the Indian system of government...

) in the state of Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...

. He spear headed many agitations and was jailed many times while leading movements for students and youth demands for opening a university in Jammu .
bhim singh is a member of NIC. He was awarded compensation of Rs 50,000/ fifty thousands by the Supreme court of India for his illegal detention in 1985 by the J&K Govt.
Human rights lawyer
He is the first and foremost human rights activist and lawyers in the supreme court of india. His PIL have got relief to thousands of helpless prisoners , farmers, employees, and youth all over the country..hundreds of Pakistani and POk prisners got freedom from jails on his petitions in the supreme court..He is Chairman of the exceutive Committee of Legal aid with Chief Justice Bhagwati as its chairman cum advisor who described Bhim Singh," as crusader for truth and justice"
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