78TH INDEPENDECE DAY CELEBRATED WITH ZEAL

78^TH INDEPENDECE DAY CELEBRATED WITH ZEAL

15-AUG-ENG 1

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA----------------------------78^th Independence Day was celebrated with great pomp and enthusiasm in Bhojpur district but with rider. The tri-colour national flag was hoisted by almost all the educational institutions, government offices, Civil Court, Indian Red Cross Society, Youth Hostel Association of India, Ara chapter, Lawaris Sewa Kendra, IMA building, Bal Hindi Pustakalaya, Youth Hostel of India, Arya Samaj, Lok Jagriti Ara, NGOs and others. MLAs, MLC, District Board Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, Mayor, Ara Municipal Corporation (AMC), Deputy Mayor, AMC, District Judge, DDC, SP, Municipal Commissioner and other senior officials of the district were present on the occasion.

The main function was organized at historical Ramana Maidan where Bhojpur District Magistrate Raj Kumar hoisted the national flag. Students of Government Girl School sang national anthem. Hundreds of students of different schools at Ara took out “Prabhat Pheri” in the morning under the leadership of Bhojpur District Education Officer (DEO) Ahasan from the Ara Ramana Maindan that passed through the main thoroughfares of the town and culminated at the Ramana Maidan.

Speaking on the occasion, The DM paid homage to the freedom fighters and soldiers who sacrificed their worldly lives for the freedom, unity and integrity of their motherland. He also highlighted the achievements of the government and district administration and apprised the people of the government welfare schemes.   

The DM said that India emerged one of most important and powerful countries in the world and credit goes to the patriots and martyrs who sacrificed their worldly existence for their motherland.  He assured to realize dreams of our great leaders and appealed to contribute their mite jointly for the development of the country.

Headmasters and Principals of all schools and colleges, SHOs of all the police stations, Vice-Chairperson cum Deputy Development Commissioner, District President, Youth Hostel of India, Bhojpur SP Pramod Kumar Yadav at the SP Office, Bhojpur District Judge at Ara Civil Court, former MLC, Lal Das Rai at Lawaris Sewa Kendra, Mayor, AMC, Indu Devi at AMC, Anuradha, at Lok Jagriti Ara and others hoisted the tri-colour national flag in their respective places.

A colourfurl cultural programme was organized on the eve of the Independence day in the premises of Nagari Pracharini Sabhagar in the evening on August 14, 2024 and also a symposium was also organized on “Memorial Day of the Horror of Partition of the Country.” Deputy Chief Minister cum Minister-in-Charge, Bhojpur district participated in the symposium and he also paid homage to the martyrs at the Patriot Memorial.

Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Chief Minister, Vijay Kumar Sinha said that we celebrate Independence on August 15 every year but a day before Independence, the country was divided at midnight. The reason for that partition and its horrors were buried in the pages of history but the Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to celebrate the horrors of partition of the county in the memory of August 14, 1947. Ten times more Indians were martyred than the number of brave Indian who sacrificed their lives in the freedom struggle. The then ruling party leaders and historians talked about forgetting it while this was the world’s biggest gruesome horror. Women and Sanatanis were subjected to severe atrocities. Today’s generation is asking as to who were those people who divided the country for the benefit of power but today we are celebrating the Amrit Mahotasava of Independence and there is a nationalist government in the country under Narendra Modi.

A silent procession was also taken out in the late evening to mark the occasion on August 14, 2024 that passed through the main thoroughfares of the town.