To pay homage to martyrs and freedom fighters, Haryana Archives Department has prepared a documentary film on the role of Haryana in freedom struggle from 1857 to 1947 based on archival records.
The documentary film will be released by Principal Secretary, Archives, M Kithan at Directorate of Archives Department at Panchkula on January 30, the martyrdom day of Mahatma Gandhi. Archives Department Deputy Director Rajwanti Mann said that the documentary produced by the Department is a token of gratitude to our martyrs and freedom fighters, who worked for breaking the shackles of slavery and to create awareness among the people of Haryana about their participation in freedom movement.
She said that the department will also organise an exhibition of rare documents on this occasion. This exhibition will be open to all, she added. She said that the exhibition portrays the contribution made by great personalities like father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The main aim to display the records is to acquaint the students in particular and public in general about the struggle of our leaders to liberate the country from foreign rule and to make them aware about the heritage of the State preserved in this department.
The attraction of the exhibition include an ordinance to ban on Mahatma Gandhi’s entry in Punjab, his arrest at Palwal, a note on Sir Chhotu Ram, breaking of Salt law at Bhiwani, Mahatma Gandhi ki Jai, Boycott of Foreign Clothes in 1930 at Hisar, lahore Conspiracy Case, message of Mahatma Gandhi to youths on lahore executions, declaration of all the Congress Institutions illegal and Proclamation of Azad Hind Government by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, she added.