New Delhi, Oct 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 115 episode of 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday recalled the valiant heroes Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with freedom fighter Birsa Munda and offered heartfelt tribute to them.
During the AIR talkshow Modi announced to celebrate 150th birth anniversary of country’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and freedom fighter Birsa Munda, and urged the countrymen to become a part of the campaign.
PM Modi, while speaking during 115th episode of his monthly radio program Mann Ki Baat, said, both Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Birsa Munda were great men who had different challenges but their vision was one and unique.
The country has decided to celebrate their 150th birth anniversary. Sardar Patel’s 150th birth anniversary year will begin on October 31. After this, Bhagwan Birsa Munda’s 150th birth anniversary year will begin on November 15. Both these great men had different challenges but their vision was the same, ‘Unity of the country’,” PM Modi said.
He further recalled his visit to Ulihatu village in Jharkhand, the birthplace of Birsa Munda, on his birth anniversary last year.
“If you ask me what the most memorable moments of my life have been, I remember many incidents, but there is one moment that is very special. That moment was when, on the 15th of November last year, I had gone to Ulihatu village in Jharkhand, the birthplace of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, on his birth anniversary,” he added.
In the 115th episode of 'Mann Ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said "Just 10 years ago, when if someone would have said that any complex technology was to be developed in India, many people would not believe it and many would ridicule it - but today those same people are astonished to see the success of the country.
Once an importer of mobile phones, India has now become the second biggest manufacturer of mobile phones in the world. Once, the biggest buyer of defence equipment, India today exports it to 85 countries.
In space technology, India has become the first country to land near the Moon's South Pole, Modi added underlining the trajectory of success achieved by Indians in complex technologies, at par with global development.
