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idea, he had created a vision for   their ideals and build the India
        the development of the country.    of  their  dreams… this is  our
        Deendayal Upadhyay ji used         tribute to them. The memorials
        to say that the measure of the     of martyrs, the names of places
        progress of the country is the     and institutions named after
        person at the lowest step. In the   them  inspire  us  with  a  sense  of
        Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the       duty. Just a few days ago, the
        more we know Deendayal ji, the     country has made a similar
        more we learn from him, the more   effort by setting up the statue
        we will get inspiration to take the   of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
        country forward.                   on Kartavya Path and now the
                                           name of Chandigarh Airport after
            My dear countrymen,            Shaheed Bhagat Singh is another
        three days later, that is, on the   step in that direction.  I wish, the
          th
        28  of September, is a special     way in which we are celebrating
        day  of  Amrit Mahotsav. On  this   special occasions related to
        day, we will celebrate the birth     freedom fighters during the
        anniversary of Bhagat Singh             Amrit Mahotsav, in the
        ji, the brave son of Mother               same way every youth
        India. Just before the                      must try something
        birth  anniversary                           new on the 28  of
                                                                    th
        of  Bhagat  Singh,                                September.
        an     important                                     By       the
        decision has been                                way, my dear
        taken  as  a  tribute                            countrymen, all of
        to him. It has been                             you have another
        decided that the                               reason to  celebrate
                                                           th
        Chandigarh airport                            the 28  of September.
        will now be named                             Do you know what it
        after      Shaheed                            is? I will say only two
        Bhagat    Singh.  It                          words and I  know
        had been in the                               your enthusiasm will
        waiting for a long                            increase fourfold.
        time. I congratulate                              These two words
        the    people    of                           are –
        Chandigarh, Punjab,                               Surgical Strike!
        and Haryana and                                   Hasn’t      the
        the entire country                             Josh   risen!!  Let
        for this decision.                             us celebrate the
            Friends,  let us                            campaign of the
        take   inspiration                              ongoing     Amrit
        from our freedom                                Mahotsav in our
        fighters, following                             country      with

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