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Students participating in Post Card writing competition as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

with all other ministries and Recently, the Mahotsav
with the contributions from the concluded the first year of the
States and Union Territories has two-and-a-half-year long
transformed this Mahotsav into a commemoration of our 75th
movement. The incredible efforts anniversary. During this year, we
and participation of the people, have honoured heroes- both
Government, Ministries, NGOs, known and lesser known, reached
corporates, spiritual organisations, out to their families to record
and the youth are responsible for their stories and understood
the tremendous traction and the how best to pay our homage
outreach that has been achieved to them. From our districts, we
so far. This Jan Bhagidari Mahotsav collected stories of their heritage
has not only inculcated a sense and learned more about their
of responsibility, patriotism, and respective connections to the
dedication amongst the people country’s freedom struggle. We
of our country but has also made have unearthed literature by
them more aware about the Indian poets and writers that
contributions and sacrifices made were banned by the British as
by the children of Maa Bharti over these writings were considered
generations. Despite the COVID-19 'dangerous' to the 'security' of
pandemic, this campaign has their rule in India. To ignite a sense
leveraged technology and social of pride in singing our National
media extensively to increase Anthem, we involved the ‘aam
outreach and ensure maximum janta’ of the country by inviting
people participation. them to sing the Rashtra Gaan in

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