India got freedom on 15th August 1947 by dint of hard struggle. Till then India is prospering by leaps and bounds. On 15th August 2022 India is celebrating its 75th anniversary of its independence.
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsay is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive Independent India. Through Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav India is celebrating the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements. It is an embodiment of all that is progressive about India's socio-cultural, political and economic identity.
The official journey of "Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav" was started on 12th March 2021 from Sabarmati Ashram when Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off a 75-week long festival to commemorate 75 years of India's Independence. This started a 75-week countdown to our 75th anniversary of Independence Day and this will end post a year on 15th August 2023.
On 12th March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi Yatra from Sabarmati Ashram for the awakening of self-reliance and self-respect of the country, and on this day in 2021, the symbolic Dandi Yatra was started by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi which marks the revival of our journey of self-reliance and self-respect with the beginning of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is dedicated to the people of India who have not only been instrumental in bringing India for evolutionary journey but also hold within them the power and potential to enable the vision of Prime Minister Modi's to activate India 2.0 which is fueled by the spirit of Atmanirbhar Bharat.
An intensive countrywide campaign on Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is being organized which is focusing on citizen participation to make it a Janandolan', where small changes, at the local level, will add up to significant national gains. Various freedom programmes with the name of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav are also being organized across the country by the Government of India to commemorate the freedom fighters. These programmes include photo exhibitions, moving vans, various completions, etc. which depict the contribution of freedom fighters.
It is the good fortune of all of us that we are witnessing this historic period of independent India in which India is touching new heights of progress. Today's India has got its name written in the front line in the world. On this virtuous occasion, we pay our homage at the feet of Bapu and bow down to the feet of all the great personalities who led the country, who sacrificed themselves in the freedom struggle of the country.
