Prime Minister Narendra Modi will head a high-level committee of 259 eminent personalities from various fields, including Union Interior Minister Amit Shah, Speaker of Congress Sonia Gandhi and Chief Justice of India Sharad Bobde. , to commemorate the 75 years of the country’s independence, the government notified. on Friday.
Lok Sabha chairman Om Birla, former chairman Pratibha Patil, economist Amartya Sen, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, spiritual leader Baba Ramdev, chief ministers of states and senior political leaders are among those included in the panel.
“The Committee will provide political guidance and guidelines for the formulation of programs for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, nationally and internationally,” the Ministry of Culture said in a statement.
As HT reported on Thursday, the Center has decided to launch a great celebration to commemorate 75 years of Independence with events, exhibitions, rallies and tourist outreach programs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off the festivities in Gujarat on March 12, the 91st anniversary of the historic Dandi March, officials said Wednesday.
The program, Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav, will start 75 weeks before August 15, 2022 and end on August 15, 2023.
The Culture Ministry is the nodal point for all the events, which will include exhibits on the freedom fighters Mahatma Gandhi, Vallabhbhai Patel and Subhas Chandra Bose, the officials cited above said. All government departments and state governments will develop their own plans to celebrate the occasion.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will organize exhibitions on Gandhi, Patel and Bose in various venues; States will hold exhibits on other unsung heroes of the freedom struggle. The celebrations will last the 25 days of the Dandi March, launched by Gandhi and his followers in 1930 to protest a colonial salt tax, and will conclude on April 5.
The chief secretaries of all the states will choose two or three places of historical importance, with a total of 75 destinations selected across the country. Youth clubs, the National Service Plan, volunteers from the National Cadet Corps, in collaboration with the youth affairs department, will organize bike rallies.
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