Har Ghar Tiranga: “Public response to campaign indicates revival of collective conscience,” says PM Modi in I-Day speech

Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan 2022 Highlights: The government of India’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign has lit up the streets of India with the theme of tricolour on the occasion of the country completing 75 years of independence. To mark the occasion, soldiers at Siachen hoisted the National Flag at the highest battlefield in the world, ANI reported. The national flag was also seen unfurling at the top of clock tower at Srinagar, Kashmir.

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For the past 2-3 days, social media influencers have been spreading the word about the do’s and dont’s on hoisting the national flag. A number of monuments including Sher Shah Suri’s Tomb in Bihar to Qutub Minar in Delhi, a large number of ASI monuments across India have been lit up in tri-colour theme as part of the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ movement. Delhi’s India Gate, Mumbai’s chhatarapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Bogibeel bridge in Dibrugarh and Vijaywada railway station in Andhra Pradesh were also seen displaying the tricolour on Sunday night.

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On the eve of India’s Independence Day, President Droupadi Murmu addressed the nation and said, “We Indians proved skeptics wrong. Democracy not only grew roots in this soil, it was enriched too.” She also said that India helped the world discover true potential of democracy. She also said that in celebrating Independence Day, we celebrate our ‘Bharatiyata’.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi too extended his greetings to the countrymen via twitter on Monday morning.

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Many dignitaries and students created a Guinness World Record on Saturday by forming the world’s largest human formation of a waving national flag in Chandigarh. The record was achieved by Chandigarh University and NID Foundation reportedly with the participation of 5,885 people.

BJP leaders including Union ministers participated in ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign across the country as the three-day exercise began on Saturday to mark India’s 75th year of independence. ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ is being run ahead of August 15th when the nation will celebrate its 75th Independence Day. It follows an emotional appeal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 22 last month. The idea behind the campaign is to connect with the masses and infuse a sense of nationalism and patriotism. In a series of tweets last month, PM Modi had urged everyone to hoist the national flag from their homes.