The
expansion and awakening of patriotism in India during British regime can
classified as yesterday's history. This glorious period of national chauvinism
gave India a humungous number of punctilious martyrs and freedom fighters. The
patriotic scene of the country has been on a high since martyrdom of Adivasi
patriot Tilka Manjhi in Bihar in 1747 to the episode in Karnataka where Rani
Chenamma of Kittur and her five associates Rayanna, Jagvir, Nagarkatti,
Chennavasappa and Balanna sacrificed their lives for the initiative of
attaining freedom for the country in 1824.
The
influx of this incomparable feats of patriotism was then transferred to
Maharashtra and then gradually moving towards to the North when in 1857 the
whole country staged an uprising following the patriotic lead of Mangal Pandey,
Nana Sahab, Tatya Tope and Jhansi's Rani Laxmibai. These freedom fighters were
involved in a pattern of aggressive yet fruitful pattern of initiating the
freedom struggle. One man followed a contrasting method to attain the same
motive. Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent movement too gave a huge number of
patriots from 1921 to 1940 that gave up their lives and proceeded to the
gallows with a smile on their faces.
The
year 1942 again saw an augmentation of violent patriots. Whatever is the
pattern of approach, violent or non-violent expression the motive of the
freedom fighters against Britishers that started in the South from Kittur in
the trend of a people's uprising ended too in the South in 1947, against the
high-handedness of the Nizam, who were nothing but a puppet of the Britishers.
Patriotism does not limit to just being patriotic towards your country but it
also means honoring our opponents’ patriotic feelings. This sentiment can be
classified as a facet of the diamond which we call patriotism. Patriots don’t
believe nor do they speak about taking life. There are more inclined towards
sacrificing their life for freedom of the country.
Patriotism
and national pride is not all about attack, it is about defending the country's
honor and fighting for your country. The National symbols, National Flag and
National anthem play a pivotal role depicting the patriotic feelings of an
individual. At last I feel, what cannot describe patriotism better than the
National anthem. It can be defined as a basket of words that defines India as a
whole. Sahara’s initiative of uniting the country along with the national
anthem is a step forward in the direction of instilling a sense of patriotism
in each and every one of us.
The
Bharat Bhawna Diwas will see over 1, 00,000 Sahara Pariwar workers standing up
together to sing the national anthem at the same time. They will be joined by
common men, children in schools, colleges and other citizens of the country who
will not only sing with full gusto but also record various video clips to
upload for the country and the world to see. Promoting this nationwide event
will also ensure that we break the current world record for most people singing
the national anthem which is currently held by Pakistan.
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