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| Azadi Express arrives | | CM witnesses exhibition, terms as historical moment | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 28
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today visited Azadi Express flagged off as part of celebration of 150 years of Revolt of 1857 and 60 years of independence and witnessed the exhibition depicting the transformation of the country from the era when it was one of the richest nations of the world, to the time it was under the shackles of Britishers to regaining its past glory.
Terming the arrival of Azadi Express at Jammu Railway station as historical moment Azad said that the photo exhibition provides a rare opportunity to learn from the history of our country’s freedom struggle.
The Chief Minister was accompanied by Minister of State for Industries and Commerce Dr. Romesh Sharma, MP Madan Lal, MLA Ch. Gharu Ram, Divisional Commissioner Sudhanshu Pandey, Deputy Director DAVP S. K. Rao, Director Information Zaffar Ahmed and Joint Director S. K. Sharma.
The Exhibition train ‘Azadi Express’ which was flagged off from Delhi by Central Minister for HRD Arjun Singh and Minister for Information and Broadcasting P. R. Das Munshi reached here early this morning. The train is placed near the parcel section of Railway station Jammu and will remain open for common people and school students from 10 am to 5 pm daily for 3 days after which it is scheduled to leave for Chandigarh. Jammu is the 9th stop of the train. The train is scheduled to cover 68 stations throughout the country.
The exhibition prepared by DAVP( Ministry of I&B) is mounted in the 12 coaches of the train. The story of the freedom struggle strating with Revolt of 1857 and its different phases are depicted with the help of photographs, murals and audio-video mediums. The exhibition is very informative for the students and the common masses.
Later, interacting with media persons the Chief Minister recalled that the defiance displayed by Mangal Pandey at Barrackpore flared the first war of independence in 1857 which was fought under the banner of last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar. Due to their uprising, the people of the country came out of their deep slumber and started raising their voice against the Britist rule thereby winning the independence.
Azad said that the sacrifices and vision of our great freedom fighters to secure a free and self reliant India have borne fruit and the exhibition reminds us to emulate their examples and values in our lives for evolving into better and zealous citizens of tomorrow.
The Chief Minister said that during the last 60 years the country have witnessed tremendous transformation from an underdeveloped to a developed nation with remarkable strides in the field of Information Technology, Science and Technology, Agriculture and industrialization which have been suitably displayed in the exhibition. He maintained that in the present era of globalization and liberalization when India is making its presence felt in all the field and is poised to becoming a global super power, one must not forget that problems like poverty, illiteracy, backwardness still need to be tackled.
Azad called upon the people especially the youth to witness the exhibition which will infuse in them a renewed inspiration to work for eliminating the social evils like our freedom fighters so that the country marches to a new horizon of economic and social equality and prosperity. He hoped that time is not far when India once called the Golden bird due to its rich culture and thriving economy regains its pristine glory and fame. |
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