Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan 2022 Live: Keeping the spirit of ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign alive, Indore has created a new record for making a geographical map of India by forming a human chain. According to news agency ANI, the event got registered in the World Book of Records. On the other hand, a 6,600 feet long tricolour yatra was taken out in Jhajjar, Haryana. In fact, a number of monumnets 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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday highlighted the significance of the national flag and said that the tricolour had become a protective shield not only for Indians but also for people for other nationals who had come out from the battlefield of Ukraine to India. The Prime Minister was addressing all the winners of Commonwealth 2022 games at his official residence. It is needless to say that the entire nation has come together to make Har Ghar Tiranga a success.
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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. Swapnil Dangarikar, GWR Official Adjudicator told ANI that one such record was set years ago in the UAE, and today, that record has been broken. The record was achieved by Chandigarh University and NID Foundation reportedly with the participation of 5,885 people. Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi was also present on the occasion, reported ANI.
BJP leaders including Union ministers participated in ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign on Saturday across the country as the three-day exercise began to mark India’s 75th year of independence. Home Minister Amit Shah hoisted the national flag at his residence. BJP national president JP Nadda also hoisted the national flag at his home in Delhi today. Nadda urged the people to make the campaign a success. Party leaders were seen attending different programmes, including ‘Prabhat Pheri’ and Tiranga rally in various cities.
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‘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.
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'Tiranga' rallies were held in several parts of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday on the eve of Independence Day. While Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and state Home Minister Narottam Mishra flagged off a rally of police personnel, including women, state Medical Education Minister Vishvas Sarang held a rally in Bhopal's Upper Lake with 75 boats adorned with the Tricolour. PTI
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said with the initiative of installing 500 high-mast national flags across the national capital, Delhi has become the “City of Tricolours”. He was addressing thousands of students at an event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India's independence at Thyagaraj Stadium. – PTI
Hundreds of students in Bihar's Buxar district on Sunday formed a human chain shaped like India's map with 75 metres in length, a feat that earned them a place in record books. The event took place at M P High School in Buxar, with Union Minister Ashwini Choubey and mountaineer Santosh Yadav, the first woman to scale Mt Everest twice, in attendance. – PTI
People are celebrating the 75th year of Independence… We've installed national flags at 500 places in the national capital and due to this Delhi has become the city of tricolours. Today we distributed tricolours to 25 lakh children: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (ANI)
Three union ministers and Delhi Lieutenant Governor on Sunday participated in an early morning walk with 10,000 NDMC school students to celebrate the ongoing 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign, an official statement said. The 'Prabhat Pheri' began from Janpath Radial and culminated at the National War Memorial at India Gate to celebrate the campaign under 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' to mark 75 years of India's independence. Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Smriti Irani and Meenakshi Lekhi attended the event. Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman New Delhi Municipal Corporation Ashwani Kumar, members of NDMC Kuljeet Singh Chahal and Vishakha Sailani also participated in the march. (PTI)
ITC has also contributed to the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign through a corporate film, which salutes and celebrates the glorious contributions of India’s freedom fighters. The Film features children who have portrayed famous freedom fighters such as Bhagat Singh, Rani Lakshmi Bai, Lala Lajpat Rai, Ashfaqulla Khan, Chandra Shekhar Azad, and Subhas Chandra Bose, exhibiting the joy and pride of hoisting the national flag. The film also reminds every Indian to bring home the beloved Tiranga and remember the countless heroes who fought for India’s Independence.
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Students, teachers and officials of Jamia Millia Islamia here took out a Tiranga rally to commemorate 75th Independence Day. The rally was flagged off by Vice Chancellor Prof. Najma Akhtar at the VC Office lawns as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. – PTI
Buildings lit in hues of the national flag, people hoisting ‘tiranga' atop their homes and vehicles, children carrying tiranga-inspired merchandise—the national capital has turned into a sea of tricolour ahead of the 75th Independence Day celebrations. – PTI
Mumbai's Dabbawala took out a bicycle Tiranga rally outside Andheri railway station
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Hiraba, who entered the 100th year of her life in June this year, on Saturday distributed national flags to children at her residence on the outskirts of Gandhinagar city in Gujarat. – PTI
Women hold tiranga rally on the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir organized by the district administration
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A man was arrested here for allegedly hoisting Pakistan's national flag at his house, police said on Saturday. Additional Superintendent of Police Ritesh Kumar Singh, “The flag was hoisted at a house in Vedupar Mustaquil village under the Tariya Sujan police station area of the district on Friday around 11 am.” He added that the flag was removed as soon as police got information about it. “The arrested accused is Salman (21). A case has been registered against Salman and his aunt Shahnaz (22), who made the flag. Apart from this, Imran's cousin Imran will be booked under the Juvenile Justice Act for helping Salman in hoisting the flag,” he added. (PTI)
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Saturday hoisted the national flag at its 23 stations as part of the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign, officials told PTI. DMRC chief Vikas Kumar hoisted the tricolour at the site of INA metro station in presence of the general public, passengers and other senior officials and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), they said. Flags were also hoisted at 22 other metro stations in the presence of the public, staff from DMRC and CISF across the metro network after the formal ceremony at INA Metro station.
The BJP on Saturday made light of the Congress' criticism of the government for not holding any function in Parliament to mark the 75th year of Independence, and asked it to share pictures of its leaders hoisting 'tiranga' as part of an ongoing official campaign. Jairam Ramesh finds fault in everything, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said after the Congress general secretary raised the issue and alleged that the milestone occasion has been reduced to “glorifying the sarvagyaani”, an apparent swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Patra said the government's 'Har Ghar Tiranga' initiative to mark the 75th anniversary was not a matter of politics and noted that BJP leaders have hoisted the national flag at their home as part of the exercise. He said wryly that Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would have hoisted the flag as well and the Congress should share their pictures as the BJP members have done. (PTI)
Amid patriotic fervour, Saturday marked the beginning of the three-day grand celebrations of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav', the platinum jubilee of Indian independence, in the city and other parts of Karnataka, reported PTI. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman besides many ministers in Karnataka government and ruling party MLAs took part in the celebration that will go on till August 15th.
J&K | Family of two fugitive terrorists hoist Tricolour at their residence in Doda, under Har Ghar Tiranga campaign. “We always hoist the Tiranga on Independence day. My brother is a terrorist in Pakistan. He was underage when he went. We want him to come back,” says a local. (ANI)
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the tricolour is not just a flag, but a symbol of self-awareness, reported PTI. Fadnavis was speaking at a gathering during the 'Tiranga Padyatra' (foot march) organised here by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), where Union minister Nitin Gadkari, the party's newly-appointed state unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule. As per the PTI report, some other party leaders and workers took part in the padyatra that was taken out from Trisharan square to Shatabdi square in the morning. The event was organised as part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' to commemorate 75 years of Independence. “The tricolour is not just a flag, but a symbol of our 'atmabhan' (self-awareness). Our soldiers get inspiration from the tricolour while fighting for the country,” Fadnavis said.
In an absolutely new and one of its kind intitative, Mappls.com has introduced the Mappls Har Ghar Tiranga campaign on mappls.com/tiranga and Mappls app on Android/iOS, to celebrate 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' on the occasion of India’s 75th Independence Day. Users can now see as well as hoist India’s National Flag virtually at their homes in 2D/3D format through Mappls.com/tiranga on the web and Mappls App on Android/iOS. They can also add missing houses to the map by clicking on the option 'Add a Place', and then hoist flags on the map of their house. Keeping the privacy factor in mind, one can also hide their names while posting flags.
BJP leader Amit Shah urged the countrymen to hoist 'Tiranga' at their homes and be a part of the government's campaign.
BJP leaders including Union ministers joined the “Har Ghar Tiranga” campaign across the country on Saturday as the three-day exercise began to mark the 75th anniversary of India's independence. Home Minister Amit Shah hoisted the national flag at his residence and posted on Twitter a picture of him and his wife with the tricolour. Union minister Bhupender Yadav visited Ballia in Uttar Pradesh to pay tributes to freedom fighter Chittu Pandey. Party leaders were also scheduled to attend different programmes, including 'Prabhat pheri' and tiranga rally, at various places. (PTI)
Delhi | PM Modi has given a new direction to country. Crores will hoist tricolour flag on independence day. This will give a message to the world about India's growing strength, unity & its dedication to becoming a developed country in the next 25 years: Union Min Piyush Goyal (ANI)
BJP national president JP Nadda and his wife Mallika Nadda hoisted the national flag at their residence in Delhi today. “The country is celebrating 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav'. Under PM Modi, whole country has taken an oath to hoist tricolour under 'Har Ghar Tiranga' program. I request everyone to make 'Har Ghar Tiranga' successful,” Nadda told ANI
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was seen taking part in 'Prabhat Pheri' under the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign at Harohalli in Ramanagara, Karnataka.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Friday changed the profile pictures of its social media accounts to the national flag from its traditional saffron flag. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged the people of the country to put the tricolour as their profile picture of their social media accounts between August 2 and 15. The campaign Har Ghar Tiranga is part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations to mark 75 years of India's independence.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath joins the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign with school children, at CM residence in Lucknow.
Actor Mohanlal hoists the Tricolour at his residence in Kochi, reported ANI. “I joined citizens to hoist national flag, honouring PM's call of Har Ghar Tiranga. May this Mahotsav bring courage & inspire us to move forward with a lot of patriotism,” he said.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police jawans along with pilgrims and local population were seen participating in the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign at Badrinath, Uttarakhand.
SBI Chairman Dinesh Khara flags off a cycle rally in Mumbai to raise awareness about Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, reports ANI. Over 200 people were seen participating. “We're celebrating the 75th year of independence. We're hoping to get our message across to everybody through this,” Khara said.
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Friday said there was a time in Kashmir when national flags were burnt, but after the abrogation of Article 370, anyone can proudly hoist the national flag in any corner of Jammu & Kashmir, anytime. Thakur was speaking at the Talkatora Stadium during the grand finale of the youth-centric activation programme 'Badhe Chalo' conceived by the Ministry of Culture as part of 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' to “instill a deeper sense of love for the country”.
As part of the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has distributed 41 lakh tricolours in the city so far. The BMC in a release stated, Of the distributed tricolours, the civic body itself had purchased 40 lakh and the Tata group had donated another one lakh.