The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will host a reception for freedom fighters on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the Quit India Movement on August 9, 2013 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Freedom fighters from across the country will be invited to attend a reception (At Home) at the Rashtrapati Bhavan where they would be honoured and felicitated by the President in the presence of various dignitaries of the country.
Freedom fighters from following States/Union Territories across the country have been invited for the reception i.e. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Daman & Diu, and NCT of Delhi.
Since 2003, the President of India has been hosting an ‘At Home’ function in the Rashtrapati Bhavan to mark the anniversary of the Quit India Movement on 9th August of every year in honour of freedom fighters.
The Quit India Movement was launched on 9th August 1942. On 8th August 1942, the All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.) formally adopted in Bombay a resolution calling on the British to 'Quit India'. The next day national leaders including Gandhiji were arrested by the British. From that very day i.e. 9th August, a spontaneous civil disobedience movement in response to Gandhiji's call for immediate independence spread all over the country.
This release issued at 1200 hrsP.S. Attached is the list of freedom fighters who will be honoured at the ‘At Home’. Media persons interested in speaking to any of them may please contact Shri Shiv Lal in Press Secretary’s Office at Tel 23016535 or email [email protected] for their contact details.