BP Sharma— J&K’s Walking Encyclopedia
( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive)
Meet Baldev Prasad Sharma of Jammu and Kashmir who was listed in the Limca Book of Records for becoming the oldest working journalist for having worked even at the age of 92. Born on January 1, 1909, Baldev Prasad Sharma, popularly known as `B P Sharma’, the Walking Encyclopaedia of J&K, died on January 23, 2005 at the age of 97. Blessed with the rare qualities of head and heart, B P Sharma had to his credit over 70 years of distinguished service as a mediaperson and a Research Scholar. A doyen of Dogra Culture, B P Sharma had begun his journalistic career as early as 1927 when he was still a student of Class 10 at Srinagar
Kashmir Rechords is reproducing here a portion of a write-up by noted Dogri, Hindi and Sanskrit scholar, Late Dr S P Shrivatsa on the life and works of Mr B.P Sharma, the Doyen of Dogra Culture.