Good Morning to all, first of all, let me express my
heartfelt greetings and salutations to all of you on the special occasion of
Independence Day. Today, we pay homage to each and every one of those heroes
who sacrificed their lives. On the eve of 14th august 1947, INDIA’s
first Prime Minister in his speech said, “Long years ago, we made a tryst with
destiny, and now, the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or
in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour,
when the whole world sleeps, INDIA will awake to life and freedom”.
India’s dark era started when East Indian Company came to Kolkata
in 1760s for trade. They made advantage of the dispute between provinces of
Indian subcontinent. Later, they started engulfing our nation. It was later in
1915, after arrival of Gandhi ji. Indian Independence movements stormed like
tornado. After lots and lots of agitations, British were forced to leave the
country. Today is the day, when we should pay homage to legends like
Chandrasekhar Asad, bhagat Singh, Rajguru, netaji and so on, who gave their
life for the well being of mother INDIA. Hundreds of common people were massacred
by British soldiers, thousands were send to cellular jails of Nicobar islands,
but, the quest for freedom never settled nor faded. Finally, after 200 years of
colonial rule, INDIA was liberated from ‘COMMONWEALTH COMPARTMENT’.
Now, looking to the post-independence period, we have achieved
many things which others envy us for, which include, maintaining unity and
integrity, a vibrant democracy, INDIA’s space programme and more importantly
our aggressive economy. Today, INDIA is the second fastest growing economy in
the world. Our arsenal is filled with emerging SMEs, billion dollar enterprises
and larger talent pool. INDIA is accelerated to that destiny, which our
founding fathers had set before ages.
Dr. B.R Ambedkar gave the longest written constitution to
us. Nehru worked for an Industrialised INDIA. Netaji inducted courage in us.
Swami Vivekananda gave us spiritual power. Yes!! With these contributions, INDIA
will be the super power in the coming years. Our president Dr. A P J Abdul
Kalam called the children of INDIA to dream to build a strong INDIA with aim
and innovation. Indeed, this is not the word of a single man, but the word of a
billion glittering souls. As he said in his book ‘the ignited minds’, “let me
go to dust as a proud citizen of INDIA, to rise again and to rejoice in its
glory...
-------------------------------- THANK YOU............... JAI HIND.........
Good. Cellular jail is in Andamans. To be precise, in Port Blair (just for info)
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