'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign kicks off across the nation

 

 

The 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign to encourage people to bring the Tiranga home and hoist it to mark the 75th year of India's Independence kicked off today. The campaign initiated as part of 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav,' to commemorate India's 75th anniversary of independence will run till August the 15th.  In his Mann ki Baat programme last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed to people to strengthen the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' movement by hoisting or displaying the national flag in their homes from August the 13th to the 15th.

In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha started the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign by distributing National Flags among the Raj Bhawan staff in Srinagar today.

On the occasion, the Lt Governor paid tributes to the martyrs and freedom fighters and said that the national flag has been the symbol of hopes and dreams of Indian citizens for the last 75 years and continues to guide and lead us to a glorious future. Manoj Sinha appealed to all citizens to hoist the tricolour at their homes and celebrate the spirit of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav with full fervor and patriotism.

"Har Ghar Tiranga" campaign kicked off in Uttarakhand with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami hoisting the flag in Champawat. He also took part in Prabhat Pheri. On the occasion of 75 years of independence, there is a lot of enthusiasm in the villages, towns and cities of Uttarakhand regarding the 'Har Ghar Tirang' campaign. Under the campaign, the tricolor is being hoisted in 20 lakh houses of the state till the 15th of August. Chief Minister Dhami is encouraging people by participating in the Tiranga Yatra organized in several districts of the state.

Meanwhile, Army, ITBP, SSB and police personnel are taking out Tiranga Yatra and Prabhat Pheri in the state along with school students to make people aware of the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign. On the other hand, ITBP jawans and pilgrims along with local people took out the tricolor yatra in Badrinath Dham. Along with this, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel also hoisted the tricolor at an altitude of 14,000 feet in Uttarakhand.

In Ladakh, the Har Ghar Tiranga programme was whole-heartedly celebrated in Kargil by all sections of society. People in villages and Kargil town were seen hoisting the national flag at their residential houses from 7 O'clock in the morning.

CEC LAHDC Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan hoisted the national flag at the council secretariat Kargil along with Executive Councilor Mohsin Ali, Aga Syed Mehdi Fazili, and Mubarak shah along with all staff. CEC urged the people to celebrate the Har Ghar Tiranga programme by hosting the national flag in their houses.

Meanwhile, the Mechanical division Kargil celebrated the Har Ghar Tiranga programme in a unique way. SE Mechanical flagged off a Tiranga convoy of all the machinery of the Mechanical Division from mechanical office to the council secretariat.

Taking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ongoing 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign to a new level to mark the 75th Independence Day of India, over 7500 participants today made the Guinness World Record by creating ‘World's Largest Human Image of a Waving National Flag in the cricket stadium of sector 16 at Chandigarh.

Punjab Governor and Administrator of UT Chandigarh  Banwarilal Purohit was present as a Chief Guest and Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi was Guest of Honour on this memorable occasion.

The volunteers of NID Foundation of Union Territory 5885 students of Chandigarh University and other schools and colleges formed the human image of the National Flag while more than 25000 citizens gathered to witness the rare moment with a sense of patriotism including Adviser to the Administrator Dharam Pal,  Deputy commissioner Chandigarh Vinay Pratap Singh, Mayor Sarabjit Kaur, DGP Chandigarh Praveer Ranjan, NID Chief Patron and Chandigarh University Chancellor S. Satnam Singh Sandhu, and other top officials of the UT administration were present. 

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