National Unity Day 2017
Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
National Unity day (also known as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) is celebrated every year on 31st
of October by the people all through India. It is celebrated to
commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who really
unified the country. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day was
introduced by the Government of India in 2014 with the aim of
celebrating this event every year on 31st October. The aim of
introducing this event is to pay tribute to the great man, Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel, on his birth anniversary by remembering his
extraordinary works for the country. He really worked hard in keeping
India united.
National Unity Day 2017
National Unity Day 2017 will be celebrated on 31st
of October, at Tuesday by the people all over India. It would be
celebrated as 142nd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Why National Unity Day is Celebrated
National
Unity Day (or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) is the birthday (birth anniversary)
of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a famous personality for uniting India.
This day was decided and introduced by the central government of India
in New Delhi in 2014 in order to observe the birth anniversary of Patel
every year as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. It aimed to pay tribute to him for
his great efforts made to unite India.
This day was inaugurated in
2014 by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, by paying floral tributes at
the statue of Sardar Patel and flagging off a program known as ‘Run For
Unity’ in New Delhi. This program was planned to highlight the efforts
made by Sardar Patel for uniting country. At this day, a nationwide
marathon is organized to increase awareness about Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
and remember the great person.
Celebration of this occasion
annually helps youth of the country to be aware of and provides an
opportunity to everyone to maintain the integral strength of the nation.
It makes Indian citizens to realize that how a national integrity helps
in defeating the actual and potential threats for unity, integrity and
security of the nation.
About Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel is also known as the Iron Man of India who worked
hard to make India an United India (Ek Bharat). He also requested the
people of India to live together by uniting in order to create Shresth
Bharat (Foremost India). Sardar Patel was born on 31st of October in 1875 at Karamsand, Gujarat. He was also called as Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel. He died on 15th
of December in 1950 at Bombay, Bombay State, India. He was a barrister,
statesman, a leader of Indian National Congress and one of the founding
fathers of the Republic of India. He worked hard a social leader for
the Independence of country and integration of people to make a united
and independent nation.
As being the first Home Minister and
Deputy Prime Minister of India he played a most important role in the
integration of many Indian princely states to make a an Indian
federation. He made huge efforts to restore the peace all across the
nation. He was also the first chairman and founder of the E.M.H.S
(Edward Memorial High School Borsad, currently named as Jhaverbhai
Dajibhai Patel High School).
His dedication for the national
integration was completely uncompromising in order to make a newly
liberated united country. His dedication towards the unity in country
made him able to integrate more than 500 independent princely states in
1947 to 1949 from the British rule through the Independence Act 1947. He
is affectionately remembered as the “Iron Man of India” and “Patron
saint of India’s civil servants” as he established the modern all-India
services system. In order to remember him annually, Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
is introduced by the Government of India in 2014.
How National Unity Day is Celebrated
National
Unity Day is an initiative celebrated every year to commemorate Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary. It is celebrated by the people of
India by organizing variety of events. A floral tribute is given to the
statue of Sardar Patel every year at the Patel Chowk, Parliament
Street, New Delhi in the morning. Various programmes are organized by
the government of India to mark the occasion such as run for unity,
pledge taking ceremony march past by the Indian police. Run for Unity
programme is held in the major cities, district towns and various places
in the rural areas. Youths from the schools, colleges, universities,
educational institutes, National Cadet Corps, National Service Scheme,
etc take part in the programme very actively. It is organized at huge
level in the National capital from Vijay Chowk to India Gate on the
Rajpath at 8.30 am in the morning.
The second programme, which is
organized most importantly in the government offices, public sectors,
public institutions, etc, is pledge taking ceremony. It is organized to
observe the occasion by truly taking the pledge in group. Third event
organized at this day is march past by the police (central armed police
forces including scouts, guides, NCC, NSS, home guards, etc) on the
streets of major cities and district towns. Somewhere, a pledge taking
ceremony is held after the march past of police.
Employees and
staffs from the municipal corporation of many cities also take part in
the National Unity pledge and later in the Run for Unity. Students from
various schools and colleges also perform variety of cultural activities
including banners and posters making in order to spread the message of
unity and security, essay writing, speech reciting, quiz competition,
paintings, rhyme recitation, art making competition, debate on the
related topic, etc. The main objective of organizing variety of
programmes at this day is to promote national integration among citizens
of the India as well as maintain the unity and integrity of the
country.
It has been requested by the Ministry of Human Resource Development
to administer pledge taking in the schools and colleges so that students
can be motivated and maintain the unity and integrity of the country in
future. Thus, a notice has been issued by the Central Board of
Secondary Education to administer the pledge in the schools.
Almost
250 centre coordinators has been appointed by the CBSE in schools all
across India in order to organize the event in which more than 400-500
students come from the neighborhood schools at each centre to
participate in the mass activities. Variety of activities play great
role in conveying the message about importance of unity in maintaining
peace, keeping public places clean, security, removing threats, etc in
the country.
Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Pledge
Following is the
pledge for Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day): “I solemnly pledge
that I dedicate myself to preserve the unity, integrity and security of
the nation and also strive hard to spread this message among my fellow
countrymen. I take this pledge in the spirit of unification of my
country which was made possible by the vision and actions of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel. I also solemnly resolve to make my own contribution
to ensure internal security of my country.”
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