There has been a tendency to limit India’s Independence to just a few incidents: Modi
The Hindu
PM says indifference towards unsung heroes of freedom struggle has continued for a long time
Pune
The indifference towards unsung heroes of India’s freedom struggle has continued for a long time, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, remarking that knowingly or unknowingly, there was a tendency to limit India’s Independence to just a few incidents.
Mr. Modi, who was speaking during the inauguration of the ‘Gallery of Revolutionaries’ at the Raj Bhawan in Mumbai, said that regardless of social, familial or ideological roles, the goal of all revolutionaries within the country or abroad was the same — India’s complete independence.
In a veiled dig at the Congress party and its version of India’s freedom struggle, the Prime Minister said: “knowingly or unknowingly, there has been a tendency to limit India’s Independence to just a few incidents. Whereas, India’s independence involved the tapasya of countless people and the collective impact of many incidents at the local level was national. The means were different but the resolution was the same.”
Recalling the contributions of revolutionaries like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the Chapekar brothers, Vasudeo Balwant Phadke and Madam Bhikaiji Cama, Mr. Modi observed that India’s freedom struggle was local as well as global, citing the Gadar Party, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army and the India House established by Shyamji Krishna Varma.
The Prime Minister especially rued that indifference towards unsung heroes continued for a very long time, observing how Shyamji Krishna Varma’s remains had to wait 73 years since his death in 1930 to reach India.
“When Shyamji died in 1930, his only wish was that his ashes be brought back to an Independent India. This act should have been performed as soon as India secured her freedom in August 1947. Why did it take so long? It was unfortunate that it took 73 years to honour Shyamji’s last wish and that I finally was able to bring back his ashes from Geneva in 2003,” said Mr. Modi.
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