PM Modi to launch opening ceremony of 'Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav' in Gujarat tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will tomorrow launch the opening ceremony of 75 weeks long Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat. This event will kick start a 25 day celebration marking the beginning of Amrut Mahatosav comemorating 75 years of India's Independence.

 

Bureau of Outreach Communication in partnership with State and UT governments will organize exhibitions across the country on the theme of 75 years of Independence. The main event will be inaugurated at Sabarmati Ashram in Gandhinagar by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Subsequently, a total of thirty seven State-level exhibitions will be inaugurated by eminent personalities after 12 noon tomorrow. 

The exhibitions will feature major landmarks of India’s struggle for independence including Non Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience, Quit India Movement among others with focus on Dandi March, Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel and other leaders of the movement who made sacrifices for



our country.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar will inaugurate exhibitions at six of these thirty seven places virtually on Saturday which includes exhibitions at  Samba District, in Jammu and Kashmir, Bangalore, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Moirang and Patna.

 

Mr. Javadekar will also inaugurate an exhibition at National Media Center in New Delhi this Saturday. Speaking on the events, the Minister said that all States have displayed much interest in the events. He added that the events starting 12th March on the anniversary of Dandi March and continuing for almost two and a half years, will create an atmosphere of celebration in the country.

Publications Division of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry will publish books on unsung heroes of freedom movement, women freedom fighters, battles and freedom fighters from north east India among various other topics. These publications will be brought out over a period of two years.