Prakash Javedekar, the Union Minister of Information and Broadcast has inaugurated photo-exhibition at the National Media Centre in New Delhi.
The minister said it will educate the population on the ethics of freedom struggle which will decide the path of the nation for the next 25 years.
Bureau Outreach of Communication (BOC) has organised the entire exhibition and BOC is also the part of the massive awareness campaign set up by the Information and Broadcast ministry to celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Addressing media on the occasion, Javedekar said that this was an important moment for the country and it will reflect how far we came since independence and what envision we want to achieve in the next twenty-five years.
“This is the core belief that informs these exhibitions. Freedom for the country came at a great cost, and this exhibition seeks to narrate the story behind those sacrifices,” said Javadekar and congratulated the BOC for setting up the exhibitions.
“Effective exhibitions set up by BOC across the country will educate the populace on the ethos of freedom struggle and envision our path for the next 25 years. Inaugurated 7 such exhibitions today. I invite people to visit these venues and leave with a piece of history with them,” he also tweeted.
The IB minister also virtually inaugurated photo-exhibition at six other districts namely,
Samba District in Jammu and Kashmir; Bengaluru in Karnataka; Pune in Maharashtra; Bhubaneswar in Odisha; Moirang District, Bishnupur in Manipur and Patna in Bihar.
“These exhibitions will showcase the sacrifices and struggles of various freedom icons like Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,Smt. Sarojini Naidu, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai and revolutionaries like Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil and many more,” he added.