Bhopal, 1 November (HS): Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to celebrate the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda on November 15 as Tribal Pride Day. Madhya Pradesh government is going to implement PESA Act for the welfare of tribal people on this occasion. Many development activities and welfare schemes are being run for the tribal brothers and sisters to live with self-respect.
Chief Minister Chouhan was addressing the Gaurav Gatha program of Mangarh Dham organised on Mangarh Hill in Banswara, Rajasthan on Tuesday. Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and union ministers were present in this program organised in the chief hospitality of Prime Minister Modi. Addressing the program, Chief Minister Chouhan said that Prime Minister Modi has done effective work to honor and recognise the tribal heroes of Mangarh. The decision to build a memorial at the sacrifice site of the heroes is a real tribute to the martyrs. Chouhan said that the tradition of worshiping martyrs has been restarted by Prime Minister Modi. On the soil of Madhya Pradesh also, work has been done to build a memorial in the memory of tribal heroes like Bhima Nayak, Tantya Mama, Raghunath Shah-Shankar Shah.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that there were many martyrs of the freedom struggle, whose sacrifice could not come to the fore. In Mangarh, Govind Guru accepted the challenge of the British to protect his religion and culture and more than 1,500 heroes made sacrifices, he said, Prime Minister Modi's decision to build a memorial at the place of sacrifice is commendable. A large number of tribal brothers and sisters from Madhya Pradesh have also come to pay obeisance to Mangarh Dham, these people should do tilak on their spear from the soil of Mangarh Dham and take this sacrificial soil to their village also, he said. Mangarh Dham is the land of sacrifice, added Chouhan, those who laid down their lives for the country will always be remembered and worshipped.
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