On the occasion of Amrit Mahotsav of Independence, Union Home and Cooperative Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reached Malgodam Chowk on Saturday and paid floral tributes at the statues of tribal hero Amar Shaheed Raja Shankar Shah and his son Kunwar Raghunath Shah on their 164th Sacrifice Day, who sacrificed their lives to protect the country and religion.
Chouhan and Union Minister of State for Steel and Rural Development Faggan Singh Kulaste presented to Union Home Minister Shah pictures of the holy birth place of independence movement hero Raja Shankar Shah and Kunwar Raghunath Shah in Mandla district and the Rajstambh of Gondwana kingdom established in Ramnagar Mandla.
Under the 75th Amrit Mahotsav of Independence, Union Home Minister Shah and Chouhan remembered the sacrifices of Raja Shankar Shah and Kunwar Raghunath Shah of Gondwana kingdom. The royal family of the Gondwana kingdom has the distinction of being the first among the princely states of India in the first freedom struggle, who were tied with the mouth of cannon and executed.
Union Minister of State for Steel and Rural Development Faggan Singh Kulaste, Union Minister of State for Food Processing and Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Labor and Employment Rameshwar Teli, MP VD Sharma, Rakesh Singh, Home, Jail, Legislative Affairs, Law and Legislative Minister Narottam Mishra, Jabalpur district in-charge and Public Works, Cottage and Village Industries Minister Gopal Bhargava, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister Bisahulal Singh, Urban Development and Housing Minister Bhupendra Singh, Tribal Affairs, Scheduled Caste Welfare Minister Meena Singh, Cooperative and Public Service Management Minister Arvind Bhadauria, Rajya Sabha MPSampatia Uike and MLA Nandani Maravi were present.