Referring to the Fitness Challenge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the role of physical and mental fitness in a person's all-round development.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his monthly radio programme Mann ki Baat on Sunday, paid homage to Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary and hailed the contribution of Veer Savarkar for disapproving suggestions that the 1857 revolt was merely a “sepoy mutiny”.
“…today is May 27, the death anniversary of the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ji. I render my pranam to Pandit ji,” he said.
Speaking of the revolt against the British in May 1857, he said, “It is indeed sad that we kept on calling the events of 1857 only as a rebellion or a soldiers' mutiny for a very long time. In fact, May 1857 was not only evaluated as a minor historical incident but was also an attempt to dent our self-respect…It was Veer Savarkar who boldly expostulated by writing that whatever happened in 1857 was not a revolt but was indeed the first war of Independence.”
Referring to the Fitness Challenge, Modi highlighted the role of physical and mental fitness in a person's all-round development. “For me, it's…
