The Union Home Ministry is organising week-long events on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s life and his contribution to the freedom struggle in five States and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the concluding function at Port Blair on January 23.
The ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Iconic Events Week’ will be held from January 17 to 23 to celebrate 75 years of India’s Independence, the government said in a statement.
The Central paramilitary forces, Central Police Organisations, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration, and the state governments of Manipur, Nagaland, Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal are jointly organizing the events.
The events are being organized at locations which are related to Netaji’s life and work.
In Manipur, the events will be held at Mantripukhri, Keithalmanbi, Kangvai, Moirang and Nambol on January 17.
In Nagaland, it will be organized at Ruzazho and Chesezu villages, Kohima on January 18.
The programmes in Gujarat are lined up at Haripura, Bardoli and Surat on January 29 and Cuttack in Odisha on January 20. In West Bengal, the event will be held in Kolkata on January 21.
The occasion will be marked by a range of activities celebrating Netaji’s immense contribution to India’s freedom struggle which have been planned to be held throughout the week at these locations, the statement said.
The programmes have been designed to promote large-scale public involvement in all the events, so that the citizens can take inspiration from the country’s national heroes and carry forward the great ideals that they stood for.
The weeklong event will culminate at Port Blair where Netaji hoisted the tricolour on December 31, 1943 for the first time on Indian soil, much before India’s Independence in August 1947.