Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

by Subhrangshu Muhury

 

The whole country is celebrating the 75th birth anniversary of independence. Programs with the name of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav are being organized to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive Independent India. India is celebrating the glorious history of it’s people, culture and achievements. It is an embodiment of all that is progressive about India’s socio-cultural, political and economic identity.
The official journey of “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” was started on 12th March 2021 from Sabarmati Ashram when Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off a 75-week long festival to commemorate 75 years of India’s Independence. This started a 75-week countdown to our 75th anniversary of Independence Day and this will end post a year on 15 August 2023. On 12th March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi Yatra from Sabarmati Ashram for the awakening of self-reliance and self-respect of the country, and on this day in 2021, the symbolic Dandi Yatra was started by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi which marks the revival of our journey of self-reliance and self-respect with the beginning of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is dedicated to the people of India who have not only been instrumental in bringing India far evolutionary journey but also hold within them the power and potential to enable the vision of Prime Minister Modi’s to activate India 2.0 which is fueled by the spirit of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

An intensive countrywide campaign on Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is being organized which is focusing on citizen participation to make it a 'Janandolan', where small changes, at the local level, will add up to significant national gains.

Various freedom programs with the name of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav are also being organized across the country by the Government of India to commemorate the freedom fighters. Contributions of unsung heroes of freedom struggle are being highlighted through Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav programmes. These programs include photo exhibitions, moving vans, various completions, etc which depict the contribution of freedom fighters. In some places 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Exhibitions' displayed in two parts - the freedom movement before the arrival of Mahatma Gandhi and the freedom struggle led by Gandhiji. The contribution of Lala Lajpat Rai, Lokmanya Tilak, and Bipin Chandra Pal, famously known as Lal-Bal-Pal before the arrival of Gandhiji, was depicted through historical photographs. Along with this, his role in the movement of other revolutionaries was shown. These include Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi, Mangal Pandey, Raja Rammohan Roy, Swami Dayanand, Swami Vivekananda, Khudiram Bose, Veer Savarkar, Kartar Singh Sarabha chief, Bhika Ji Cama, and Annie Besant.
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ festival celebrates the rapid strides that India has taken in the past 75 years. This festival encourages us to rediscover our hidden strengths and prompts us to take sincere, synergistic action to regain our rightful place in the comity of nations.