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7 YEARS

Building a New India
UNSUNG HEROES

Honouring the legacy of

Great Indian Leaders

The Government is undertaking several initiatives with an aim to educate the
people about various inspiring leaders and unsung heroes of the country. The
intention of the Government is to highlight the achievements and sacrifices of
these true patriots who worked selflessly for the society.

t was truly a momentous occasion when Prime
Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the statue Govt to spend Rs 226 Crore on the state-of-
Iof very revered Saint Basaveshwara during the-art museum on Prime Ministers
his visit to Britain in 2015. Prime Minister Modi In the parliamentary democracy, the
extolled Bhagwan Basaveshwar from Karnatka Prime Minister plays a dominant role
who is considered one of the icons of India's rich in shaping the country's policies and
culture for his efforts to enlighten society and
raise the issue of women empowerment in the executing various schemes for the
12th century. welfare of the people. The Government
The inauguration of the Bhagwan Basaveshwar has allocated Rs 226 Crore to develop a
statue in a foreign land is just one instance of the state of the art museum that would be
Government's effort to highlight the rich cultural based on the lives of the Prime Ministers
heritage associated with figures who are in the of India. This museum will highlight the
real sense the ambassadors of Indian values. role of the various Prime Ministers in
Significantly, like Bhagwan Basaveshwar the nation-building
efforts are in full swing to get the rightful place for
our real-life heroes in Indian history. The guiding durable practices.
philosophy of 'India First' is an encompassing EFFORTS TO CONNECT WITH IDEOLOGIES OF
philosophy which discourages any partisan and BR AMBEDKAR
parochial concerns including party, ideology Dr BR Ambedkar was one of the chief architects of
or familial. The Government has also taken the Indian constitution whose painstaking efforts
institutional transformation to imbibe good and in ensuring equality for every citizen were given due

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