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Cover Story : 77 th Independence Day Celebrations

Now the occasion of

the 75th anniversary

of the Republic

Resolved in the Amrit Mahotsav of
Independence, India is moving towards
the great goals of the golden year. It is
also a coincidence that the first year of
India moving towards the Amrit Kaal will
be the 75th anniversary of our Republic,
which will become an opportunity for
new inspiration and consciousness to stay
engaged in nation building.

I am talking about a
great revolutionary and pioneer of spiritual life. It is
thousand years ago because also the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Dayanand
once again an opportunity Saraswati ji. This year our nation is going to celebrate
with great fervor, the 500th birth anniversary of the
has come before the country.
iconic women warrior Rani Durgawati.
We are living in such a
n This year is also the auspicious festival of 525 years
period; this is the first year of Mirabai, the premier of ‘bhakti and yog’. This time
of Amritkaal. The golden when we will celebrate 26 January, it will be the
history of the country for the 75th anniversary of our Republic Day.
coming 1,000 years is going n Many opportunities in many ways, many possibilities,
every moment new inspiration, moment-by-
to sprout from it. The events
moment new consciousness, moment-by-moment
happening in this period are dreams, moment-by-moment resolution—there
going to have an impact for may be no greater opportunity to be engaged in
the next 1,000 years. nation building than this.
n The women's power of the country, the youth's
power, the farmers’ power, the people of the
n With the non-cooperation movement, the villages, the labourers—there was no Indian
Satyagraha movement under the leadership of who did not live with the dream of freedom. A
‘Pujya Bapu’, and the sacrifice of countless heroes formidable force was ready for sacrifices to attain
like Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru, there freedom.
would hardly be a person in that generation who n That widespread consciousness, the all-
did not contribute to the freedom of the country. encompassing form of sacrifice and penance,
n I respectfully bow down and commend all those instilled a new belief in the hearts of the masses,
who have contributed and made sacrifices in the and in 1947, the country finally achieved
freedom struggle of the country. 15th August, is also independence, fulfilling the dreams nurtured during
the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo, the a thousand years of subjugation.
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