Exhibitions on moving trains, a motorcycle ride till Kargil, a cricket match between teams from India and rest of the world, and the launch of a campaign for all households to hoist the Tricolour will be rolled out in the month leading up to Independence Day, according to the Culture Ministry’s programme.
Under ‘Azaadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ (AKAM), the commemoration of 75 years of Independence, the government will be holding exhibitions on trains along with the Indian Railways titled “Azaadi Ki Rail Gadi Aur Stations” and Kargil Vijay Divas in July, when a motorcycle ride organised by the Defence Ministry will reach Tiger Hill. In August, birth anniversary of Pingalli Venkayya, who designed the national flag, will be observed, and a “world cricket match” will be played, according to the programme.
As a part of the commemoration, a collection of revolutionary poetry that was banned by the British and a repository of unsung heroes has been compiled on the AKAM website. A Culture Ministry official said the plans for observing August 14 as the ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’, as announced by Prime Minster Narendra Modi on August 14, 2021, were yet to be finalised, but added that the day would be observed as such this year.
