Port Blair, Jan 19 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will just about inaugurate the mannequin of a proposed memorial devoted to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on January 23 to commemorate the liberty fighter’s 126th beginning anniversary, in response to an official assertion.
The proposed memorial will likely be arrange on Ross Island, which has been renamed after Netaji in 2018. It may have a museum, cable automotive ropeway, laser-and-sound present, guided heritage path by way of historic buildings and a theme-based youngsters’s amusement park, in addition to a restro lounge.
The digital inauguration of the mannequin will likely be adopted by the PM’s speech to the nation, after which he’ll announce the naming of 21 uninhabited islands within the archipelago after Param Veer Chakra awardees, the assertion issued by the Union territory administration stated.
The occasion will likely be live-screened throughout a operate on the auditorium of Dr B R Ambedkar Institute of Technology in Port Blair.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who will arrive in Port Blair on January 23, would be the chief visitor of the operate.
He will hoist the nationwide flag, which will likely be adopted by a public speech at Netaji Stadium in Port Blair, the identical spot the place the Indian National Army (INA) commander-in-chief had hoisted the tricolour on December 30, 1943. The stadium was then often known as Gymkhana Ground.
A collection of programmes will likely be held in Port Blair, together with the screening of a movie on the beginning anniversary celebrations of the legendary freedom fighter and a dance ballet on Netaji’s life choreographed by eminent dancer Tanusree Shankar.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been beneath the Japanese occupation and it was formally handed over to the Azad Hind authorities on December 29, 1943.
This will likely be Shah’s second go to to Port Blair since 2021, when he had arrived right here to rejoice ‘Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, a collection of occasions organised by the Centre to commemorate the seventy fifth anniversary of India’s Independence.
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