Diglipur, Dec 30: To commemorate the historical day of 30th December 1943, various programmes were conducted at Diglipur too, along with the rest of nation. School students of Diglipur Senior Secondary School took out ‘Prabhat pheri’ from the school in the morning, which went through the different routes of Subhash Gram Bazar and culminated at Vivekanand Stadium. The Assistant commissioner of the region, Shri Anuj Kumar Bharti hoisted the National Flag at the stadium. The students presented patriotic songs of ‘Azad Hind Fauj’, beautiful dances depicting the message of unity in diversity and a skit. The students of Sitanagar Middle School also presented patriotic songs.
Addressing the gathering, the Assistant Commissioner, Shri Anuj Kumar Bharti said that this day is written in golden letter in the history of our freedom struggle as this was the day in 1943, when our great freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had hoisted the National flag at Port Blair for the first time in the country. He said that it’s very inspiring to see students’ turnout for the program in such a large number. Netaji was a passionate freedom fighter for whom the freedom of the country was the aim of his life. He had promised to himself while forming the Indian National Army in abroad that he would hoist the National Flag by the end of the year 1943 and he had succeeded in accomplishing that, when he had hoisted the flag in Gymkhana Ground Port Blair, liberating Andaman & Nicobar from the British Rule. He had appointed the INA General A.D. Loganathan the first Governor of these Islands, explained the Assistant Commissioner.
“Nation First” should be the motto of every individual, Shri Bharti said. He called upon the students to study more about the life of the great Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and adopt his philosophy in their lives.
The Deputy Education Officer, Shri R.P. Pandey in his address said that on the call of Netaji -”Give me blood, I shall give you freedom”, thousands of freedom fighters joined the newly formed Indian National Army and made sacrifices for the freedom of the country.
The Pradhan of the Subhash Gram Panchayat, Shri P. R. Singaram urged the students to always remember the contribution of the great freedom fighter Netaji and work for the solidarity of the society and country.
The Principal of the Subhashgram School, Shri M. Nehru and Shri Pradeep Das, Zila Parishad Member also spoke on the occasion.