New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday mentioned that the nation wants to interrupt free from the “slim interpretation” of the previous as a way to transfer ahead.
The Prime Minister was talking at a programme “Veer Bal Diwas” on the Main Dhyan Chand Nationwide Stadium within the nationwide capital to mark the martyrdom of the sons of Guru Gobind Singh — Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh.
On the event of Guru Gobind Singh’s beginning anniversary this yr on January 9, the PM had introduced December 26 will probably be noticed as “Veer Bal Diwas”.
The PM mentioned the day will remind us that age doesn’t matter relating to excessive valour and sacrifice. “Veer Bal Diwas will inform us what’s India and what’s its id and yearly, Veer Bal Diwas will encourage us to recognise our previous and make our future. This can even remind everybody concerning the energy of our younger technology.”
The Prime Minister identified that the thousand-year-old historical past of the world was stuffed with chapters of grotesque cruelty and talked about that wherever we come throughout the violent faces of cruelty, it’s the character of our heroes that outshines them all through the pages of historical past.
The PM mentioned that what occurred within the wars of Chamkaur and Sirhind can by no means be forgotten, and mentioned these incidents occurred solely three centuries in the past on the soil of this land.
“On one hand there was the mighty Mughal Sultanate blinded by non secular fanaticism, whereas then again there have been our gurus gleaming within the data and residing by the traditional rules of India,” he mentioned.
“On one hand there have been heights of terror and non secular fanaticism, whereas then again, there was the head of spirituality and kindness to see God in each human being. The Mughals possessed a military of tens of millions, whereas the Veer Sahebzades of the Guru had their braveness. They didn’t bow right down to the Mughals despite the fact that they have been alone. That is when the Mughals walled them in alive. It’s their bravery that has been a supply of inspiration for hundreds of years,” the PM added.
Guru Gobind Singh had 4 sons — Chaar Sahibzades — who sacrificed their lives for his or her religion. Two of his elder sons died within the battle of Chamkaur Sahib.
The Prime Minister mentioned any nation with such a wonderful historical past should be stuffed with self-confidence and self-respect, however “concocted narratives” have been taught and had created a way of inferiority within the nation.
Noting that regardless of this, native traditions and society saved these tales of glory alive, the PM mentioned there was a have to get free from the slim interpretation of the previous as a way to transfer ahead.
”That’s the reason, the nation has taken the pledge of eradicating all traces of slave mentality within the Azadi ka Amrit Kaal. “Veer Bal Diwas is sort of a life pressure for the ‘Panch Prans’,” the Prime Minister mentioned.
The PM additionally highlighted the significance of dedication and bravado of Veer Sahibzade as they confirmed the tyranny of Aurangzeb and his those that the younger technology was not able to buckle beneath cruelty and stood agency to guard the morale of the nation.
”On the one hand there was terrorism and on the opposite spiritualism. On one hand there was communal violence and on the opposite there was liberalism. On one hand there have been forces of lakhs whereas on the opposite there have been simply ‘Veer Sahibzaade’ who didn’t budge in any respect,” he mentioned referring to the 2 martyred youngsters of the Guru.
On the occasion, the PM attended a “Shabad Kirtan” carried out by about 300 “Baal Kirtanis”. The PM additionally flagged off a march previous by 3,000 youngsters in Delhi on this event. The chief ministers of Punjab and Maharashtra, Bhagwant Mann and Eknath Shinde, and Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Meenakshi Lekhi have been additionally current on the event.
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