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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched 'Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav' in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad to mark the celebrations ahead of India’s 75 years of Independence. He flagged off the event by paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and all the freedom fighters who lost their lives fighting for the country’s independence. “I pay my respects at the feet of Bapu on this auspicious occasion. I bow to the feet of all the great personalities who sacrificed their lives during the freedom struggle of the country and lead the country. I salute them,” the Prime Minister said
The Prime Minister flagged off a padyatra or foot march from Sabarmati Ashram to re-enact Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March. The 25-day padyatra will be undertaken by 81 people and cover a journey of 241 miles from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi in Navsari. Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel will lead the first lap of 75 kilometres.
The Prime Minister said ‘Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav means elixir of the energy of freedom, it means the nectar of inspiration from freedom fighters, the nectar of new ideas, the nectar of new resolutions. and the nectar of self-reliance’. This nectar of inspiration from the past will serve to further inspire the coming generations of this country, he added.
PM Modi invoked the Hindi idiom ‘desh ka namak’ and during the freedom, struggle salt became India’s symbol of self-reliance. “We still say we have eaten ‘desh ka namak’. This is not because salt is a very valuable thing. Salt has never been valued by its cost in our country. The salt here means honesty. Salt means faith. Salt means loyalty,” he said
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav', the government's initiative to mark 75 years of India's Independence in Gujarat. The celebrations will continue till August 15, 2023.
After landing at Ahmedabad airport on Friday, Modi paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram. He also visited Hriday Kunj, the house in the Ashram where Mahatma Gandhi stayed with his wife Kasturba from 1918 to 1930.
PM Modi wrote in the visitors' book that the Mahotsav is a tribute to our freedom fighters and freedom struggle.
"By coming to the Sabarmati Ashram and with the inspiration of Bapu, my determination for nation building is strengthened," the prime minister wrote.
"Mahatma Gandhi gave the message of atma-nirbharta (self-reliance) and atma-vishwas (self-confidence) from here, Modi wrote.
Azadi Ka Amrit Mohatsav is a tribute by our people to our freedom fighters and freedom movement. During the celebrations the country will not only remember all the important milestones, important times during the freedom movement but also gain new energy for development of our future, Modi wrote.
"I am confident that with the blessings of Bapu, we Indians will follow our duties and achieve the goals set during this Amrit Mohatsave," he added.
Modi addressed the gathering at the venue of the cultural programme adjacent to the Ashram to mark the start of activities related to the 75-week
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