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12/03/21 11:00 AM IST

Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav

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PM inaugurates activities related to Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav

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  • Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav is a series of events to be organised by the Government of India to commemorate  the 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence.
  • The Mahotsav will be celebrated as a Jan-Utsav in the spirit of Jan-Bhagidari.  
  • A National Implementation Committee headed by the Home Minister has been constituted to chalk out policies and planning of various events to be undertaken under the Commemoration. 
  • The event will witness the inauguration of the curtain raiser activities planned under the theme India@75 like a film, website, song, Aatmanirbhar Charkha and Aatmanirbhar Incubator.
  • The Padyatra to be flagged off by PM, will be undertaken by 81 marchers from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to Dandi in Navsari, a journey of 241 miles that will end on 5th April, lasting for 25 days.
  • The Padyatra will be joined by different groups of people on the way to Dandi. Union Minister Shri Prahalad Singh Patel, will lead the first lap of 75 kilometers of the padyatra.
Source: PIB

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