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Arjun Singh to flag off `Azadi Express'
New
Delhi: Arjun Singh, the Union Human Resource Development
Minister, will flag off the Azadi Express, the mobile
train exhibition, on Friday. The mobile train exhibition
is part of the celebrations of the150th anniversary
of the 1857 uprising and 60 years of India's independence
from British colonial rule as well as the birth centenary
of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. The train will begin
its journey from New Delhi. A project of Directorate
of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP), the exhibition
will journey throughout the country for eight months
and would conclude on May 15, 2008. It would pass through
70 destinations across the country, staying at each
place for two to five days. The eleven coach exhibition
depicts the 150 years of Indian history by way of photographs,
diaroma, cutouts, scrollers and videos.
Each
of the first eight coaches carries a specific epoch
in the freedom movement and is titled as such. They
carry exhibits under various themes; Kompany Raj; The
Lightening - incidents and events related to Barrackpore
and Meerut when Indian soldiers revolted against the
British; Fire spreads - reflecting the spread of revolt
across northern and eastern India; British takeover
- showing the defeat of the revolutionary forces, revengeful
British campaign against the leaders and masses who
took part in the uprising; National Awakening section
depicts the formation of Indian National Congress, Partition
of Bengal and opposition thereto, Gandhiji's emergence
on the scene, the draconian Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala
Bagh incident; Gandhiji leads - depicts the launch of
Non-Cooperation Movement and Britishers ruthless repression,
Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March; Quit India
and Azadi sections show the climax of India's freedom
struggle and its culmination into Free India. Last three
coaches focus on the new dawn in our national history
and march forward to prosperity and the strengthening
of a vibrant democracy. It also includes various social
movements like the Indigo Farmers issue, Champaran incidents,
the rise of the nationalist press, patriotic literature,
Bhoodan Movement of Acharya Vinoba Bhave and participation
of the women in the freedom struggle. Books, cards and
mementos on 1857 and freedom struggle themes will be
available at special sale counters in Mobile Train Exhibition.
- September
27, 2007
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