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TERMING THE Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav a “mass movement,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people on Sunday to use the Tricolour as their social media profile picture from August 2-15, this year’s Independence Day.
“Let us further this movement by hoisting the National Flag at our homes,” he said in his Mann Ki Baat radio programme.
The Prime Minister stated that a special campaign called “Har Ghar Tiranga” will be launched as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav between August 13 and 15. “By becoming a part of this movement…you must hoist or adorn your home with the Tricolour,” he said.
He urged people to use the Tricolour as their social media profile picture from August 2 to 15, noting that August 2 is the birth anniversary of the flag’s designer, Pingali Venkayya.
“When India completes 75 years of Independence, all of us are going to witness a splendid and historic moment,” he said, referring to August 15. “Had we been born in the era of slavery, then how would have we imagined this day.”
The Prime Minister stated that the most important message from all events in the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ is that Indians should follow their duty with full devotion and referred to the next 25 years of Amrit Kaal as “Kartavyakaal – an age of duty for every citizen.”
On the occasion of Udham Singh’s death anniversary on Sunday, the Prime Minister also paid tribute to him.
He paid special attention to the various railway stations in India that were linked to the freedom struggle. He stated that 75 such stations have been identified across 24 states and will host a variety of programs.
“These 75 stations are being decorated very ornately. Many types of programmes are also being organised in these stations. You should also take out time to visit one such historical station in your vicinity. You will get to know in detail about pages from the history of the freedom movement that you have not been aware of. I urge the students of schools, and the teachers to take the small children of their schools to the nearby station and narrate the whole chain of events to those children,” he said.
Source:IE
