New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other political leaders on Tuesday paid tributes to freedom fighters Chandra Shekhar Azad and Bal Gangadhar Tilak at their birth anniversary.
Modi said the country will remember the leaders for their courage and heroic legacy.
“I bow to Lokmanya Tilak on his birth anniversary. Full of patriotism, he was a freedom fighter who devoted his life to achieve freedom. The thankful nation will always remember his contribution,” Modi wrote on Twitter, along with attaching a video message with it.
लोकमान्य तिलक को उनकी जयंती पर कोटि-कोटि नमन। देशभक्ति की भावना से ओतप्रोत वे एक ऐसे स्वतंत्रता सेनानी थे, जिन्होंने पूर्ण स्वराज के लिए अपना जीवन समर्पित कर दिया। कृतज्ञ राष्ट्र उनके योगदान को सदैव स्मरण करता रहेगा। pic.twitter.com/1YJYz0tNbH
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 23, 2019
Prime Minister said that Tilak was intelligent and courageous to make realise British officers of their mistakes. British were so scared of them that they tried to impose anti-nation law three times in 20 years, he said.
Expressing his respect for Chandra Shekhar Azad, Prime Minister Modi said: “My humble tribute to the son of Bharat Mata, Chandrasekhar Azad, on his birth anniversary. He was a bold and determined revolutionary, who sacrificed his life for the country’s freedom. His heroic legacy is a source of inspiration for the countrymen.”
भारत माता के वीर सपूत चंद्रशेखर आजाद को उनकी जयंती पर मेरी विनम्र श्रद्धांजलि। वे एक निर्भीक और दृढ़ निश्चयी क्रांतिकारी थे, जिन्होंने देश की आजादी के लिए अपने जीवन की आहुति दे दी। उनकी वीरता की गाथा देशवासियों के लिए प्रेरणा का एक स्रोत है। pic.twitter.com/nuHIfqi62J
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 23, 2019
While Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born in Chikhali village in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, Azad took birth in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh in 1906. (ANI)
