Ideas, Achievements Among 5 Pillars
Modi listed five pillars that will inspire the dreams and duties of Independent India. “The five pillars – freedom struggle, ideas at 75, achievements at 75, actions and resolve at 75 – will inspire the country to move forward,” he said.
Modi highlighted the importance of Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent salt march, noting that salt was a “symbol of India’s self-reliance. Along with the values of India, the British also hurt this self-reliance”.
“The people of India had to depend on salt coming from England. Gandhi ji understood the pain and started the movement. Soon, it became the movement of every Indian,” Modi said.
Modi said that India can never forget Lokmanya Tilak’s demand for ‘Purna Swaraj’, Azaad Hind Fauj’s ‘Dilli Chalo’ call, and the Quit India movement.
He named revolutionary leaders, like Mangal Pandey, Tatya Tope, Rani Lakshmibai, Chandrashekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Pandit Nehru, Sardar Patel, Ambedkar, Subhash…