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National Resolution    Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav


                                                                  TORCHBEARERS OF


                                                                  INDIA’S





                                                                  REVOLUTIONARY



                                                                  MOVEMENT




                                                                    There are many such incidents in
                                                                    India’s freedom struggle, which
                                                                    provide us with inspiration and
                                                                    energy. The Amrit Mahotsav
                                                                    throws light upon such important
                                                                    events along with highlighting
                                                                    India’s cultural diversity
                                                                    commitment and cultural
                                                                    richness…

                                                                     L    ord Krishna has said in Shri


                                                                          Bhagvad
                                                                                             -  “समदुःखसुखम्,
                                                                                      Gita
                                                                                   सः,
                                                                          धीरम्,
                                                                                                         sah,
                                                                                            dheeram,
                                                                     (Samduhkhsukham,     अमृततववाय,   कल्पते’
                                                                     amrtatvaay, kalpate). Meaning- those
                                                                     who  remain  steady  even  in  happiness
                                                                     and  distress  become  eligible  for
                                                                     liberation  and  attain  immortality.  This
                                                                     is our inspiration of getting the nectar
                                                                     of  India’s  bright  future  from  Amrit
                When we imagine the period of servitude              Mahotsav. There are inspirations and
                 when millions of people waited for the              messages from different battles and
                dawn of independence for centuries, the              events  in  the  freedom  struggle  which
                realization grows as to how historic the             India can imbibe and move forward.
                 occasion of 75 years of freedom is and              The  freedom  struggle  of  1857,  the
                 how glorious it is. The festival also has           return of Mahatma Gandhi from abroad,
                 a tradition of eternal India, shadow of             reminding the nation of the power
                the freedom struggle, and the privileged             of Satyagraha, the call for complete
                     progress of independent India.                  independence  by  Lokmanya  Tilak,  the
                   -Prime Minister Narendra Modi                     Azad Hind Fauj’s Delhi March under the
                                                                     leadership of Netaji Subhas Chandra
                                                                     Bose  and  the  slogan  of  ‘Dilli  Chalo’
                                                                     which India cannot forget even today.

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