Question 9:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled a hologram of (I) at India Gate, where he said a grand statue of the freedom fighter would be placed soon.
Marking freedom fighter’s (II) birth anniversary, the hologram was installed under the canopy where a statue of King George V had stood till its removal in 1968. The Amar Jawan Jyoti, or eternal flame in the memory of those killed in the line of duty in the 1971 war, had flickered in front of the empty canopy till last week. While government officials claimed the flame had been merged with the one at the (III) nearby and not extinguished, the Amar Jawan Jyoti was removed from the site on January 21.
After switching on the hologram by pressing a button, Mr. Modi said the freedom struggle had involved the sacrifice of lakhs of people, but after Independence there was an attempt to erase their contribution.
Today, he said, the country was taking steps to correct those mistakes. He cited his government’s decisions, including observing Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas in honour of (IV), constructing the Statue of Unity in honour of Sardar Patel and naming an island in the Andamans after Netaji, as steps in that direction.
Mr. Modi said “Today we have a goal to fulfil the dreams of Independent India. We have the goal of building a new India before the 100th year of Independence,” he said.
PM Narendra Modi recently unveiled the statue of which of the following freedom fighter at India Gate?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled a hologram of (I) at India Gate, where he said a grand statue of the freedom fighter would be placed soon.
Marking freedom fighter’s (II) birth anniversary, the hologram was installed under the canopy where a statue of King George V had stood till its removal in 1968. The Amar Jawan Jyoti, or eternal flame in the memory of those killed in the line of duty in the 1971 war, had flickered in front of the empty canopy till last week. While government officials claimed the flame had been merged with the one at the (III) nearby and not extinguished, the Amar Jawan Jyoti was removed from the site on January 21.
After switching on the hologram by pressing a button, Mr. Modi said the freedom struggle had involved the sacrifice of lakhs of people, but after Independence there was an attempt to erase their contribution.
Today, he said, the country was taking steps to correct those mistakes. He cited his government’s decisions, including observing Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas in honour of (IV), constructing the Statue of Unity in honour of Sardar Patel and naming an island in the Andamans after Netaji, as steps in that direction.
Mr. Modi said “Today we have a goal to fulfil the dreams of Independent India. We have the goal of building a new India before the 100th year of Independence,” he said.
PM Narendra Modi recently unveiled the statue of which of the following freedom fighter at India Gate?
