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freedom  struggle  and  our  rich   of laying the foundation stone of
                                                                                       tribal heritage. There was a terrible   the ropeway for Hemkund Sahib.
                                                                                       massacre here in November 1913, in   We  have to  continuously learn
                                                                                       which the British brutally murdered   from the teachings of our Gurus
                                                                                       the local tribals. It is said that more   and remain devoted to them. This
                                                                                       than a thousand tribals lost their   day is also Kartik Purnima. On this
                                                                                       lives in this massacre. This tribal   day, at places of pilgrimages, we
                                                                                       movement was led by Govind         bathe and perform service and
                                                                                       Guru ji, whose life is an inspiration   charity.  I extend  warm greetings
                                                                                       to everyone.  Today, I bow to all   to all of you on these festivals. In
                                                                                       those tribal martyrs and the       the coming days, many states will
                                                                                       indomitable courage and valor of   also celebrate their Statehood day.
                                                                                       Govind Guru ji. The more faithfully   Andhra Pradesh will celebrate its
                                                                                       we follow the ideals of Bhagwan    foundation day; Kerala Piravi will be
                                                                                       Birsa Munda, Govind Guru and       celebrated. Karnataka Rajyotsava
                                                                                       other  freedom  fighters  during   will  be  celebrated.  Similarly,
                                                                                       Amrit Kaal, the more our country   Madhya Pradesh,  Chhattisgarh
                                                                                       will touch newer heights.          and Haryana will  also  celebrate
                                                                                                                          their Statehood day.  I convey my
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                                                                                           My dear countrymen, the 8  of   best wishes to the people of all
        so how will people be able to enjoy   people against the British rule in his   November is Gurupurab. As much     these states. In all our states,
        these games? Such elaborate        short lifetime. He had sacrificed his       as the Prakash Parv of Guru Nanak ji   the stronger the spirit to learn
        arrangement and on the other       life to protect India’s independence        is important for our faith, we equally   from each other, to cooperate,
        hand, arrangements for Navratri    and tribal culture. There is so much        get to learn from it. Throughout   and to work together, the more
        Garba, etc!. How will Gujarat do   that we can learn from Dharti               his life, Guru Nanak Dev Ji spread   the country will go forward. I am
        all this work at the same time? But   Aaba Birsa Munda. Friends, when it       light  for  the sake  of  humanity.  In   sure we will move forward with
        the people of Gujarat made all the   comes to Dharti Aaba Birsa Munda,         the last few years, the country has   the same spirit. You all take care
        guests happy with their hospitality.   let’s look at his short life span; even   made many efforts to spread the   of yourself, stay healthy. I take
        The way art, sports and culture    today we can learn a lot from him           light of Gurus to the masses. We   leave of you till the next episode of
        came together during the National   and Dharti Aaba had said- ‘This            had the privilege of celebrating   ‘Mann ki Baat’.
        Games  in  Ahmedabad,  it  filled   earth is ours, we are its protectors.’     the 550  Prakash Parv of Guru          Namaskar, thanks.
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        all with joy. While the players also   There is also a sense of duty for the   Nanak Dev Ji on a large scale in the
        used to participate in the games   motherland  in this  sentence  and          country and abroad. It is equally
        during the day; in the evening they   there is also a feeling of our duty for   pleasant to see the development
        used to get immersed in the colors   the environment.  He had always           of the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor     Scan the QR code to
        of Garba and Dandiya. They also    emphasized  that  we should  not            after decades of waiting. A few     listen to 'Mann Ki Baat'.
        shared a lot of pictures of Gujarati   forget our tribal culture, we should    days  ago  I also  got  the privilege
        food and Navratri on social media.   not go far from it at all. Even today,
        It was a pleasure for all of us to see   we  can learn  a  lot about nature
        that. After all, through games like   and environment from the tribal
        these, one comes to know about     societies of the country.
        the diverse cultures of India. They   Friends,  Last year on the
        equally strengthen the spirit of ‘Ek   occasion of the birth anniversary
        Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat’.          of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, I had
                                           the privilege of inaugurating the
            My dear countrymen, on the     Bhagwan Birsa Munda Museum
        15  of November, our country will   in Ranchi. I would like to urge the
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        celebrate the Janjatiya Gaurav     youth that whenever they get
        Diwas. You will remember, the      time, they must visit it. I also want
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        country started this last year to   to tell you that on 1  November,
        celebrate the tribal heritage and   i.e. the day after tomorrow, I will
        pride on the birth anniversary of   be at Mangarh, on the border of
        Bhagwan Birsa Munda. Bhagwan       Gujarat-Rajasthan. Mangarh has
        Birsa Munda had united millions of   had a very special place in India’s
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