India indebted to Pandit Nehru ji for integrating country into a united nation: PM Modi during I-Day speech
During his nearly one and a half-hour speech, the Prime Minister said that today, on the pious festival of the Amrit Mahotsav of freedom, the country is bowing to all its freedom fighters and brave heroes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (August 15, 2021) addressed the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of 75th Independence Day.
PM Modi at Red Fort on the occasion of 75th Independence Day
PM Narendra Modi after his Independence Day speech
PM Narendra Modi addressing the nation on Independence Day
"The country is remembering every personality, including the revered Bapu, who made freedom a mass movement, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, who sacrificed everything for the freedom, or great revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad, Bismil and Ashfaqulla Khan; Rani of Jhansi Lakshmibai, Queen Chennamma of Kittur or Rani Gaidinliu or the valour of Matangini Hazra; the country's first Prime Minister Pandit Nehru Ji, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who integrated the country into a united nation, and Baba Saheb Ambedkar, who determined and paved the way for the future direction of India. The country is indebted to all these great personalities," PM Modi said.
PM Modi at Red Fort on the occasion of 75th Independence Day
PM Modi greets people at the Red Fort
PM Modi while giving his Independence Day speech
PM Modi also said, "Just yesterday India has taken an emotional decision, we will henceforth commemorate August 14 as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' in the memory of the victims of partition. Those who were subjected to inhuman circumstances, suffered torturous treatment, they could not even receive a dignified cremation. They must all remain alive and never get erased from our memories. The decision of celebrating 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' on the 75th Independence Day is a befitting tribute from every Indian to them."