Official celebrations by District Administration on Oct. 28
Mysore :
Freedom fighters in the city, on Friday, celebrated the 67th anniversary of ‘Mysore Chalo,’ the Independence Day of erstwhile princely Mysore State.
The freedom fighters, under the auspices of Mysore City and District Freedom Fighters Association, decided to go ahead with the celebration yesterday even as the District Administration that had, for the first time decided to celebrate the occasion, decided to organise the ceremony on Oct. 28, on account of Deepavali festival.
The freedom fighters, who assembled at Subbarayanakere Ground, the nerve centre of Independence movement in those days, reminisced the freedom of the State by garlanding the bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the ground along the Chamaraja Double Road, which is also called the Freedom Fighters Memorial Park. They also hoisted the Tri-colour.
Addressing the freedom fighters, the Association Secretary M.R. Ramasesh recalled the moments associated with ‘Mysore Chalo’ movement that eventually bore fruits with the independence of the princely State.
Pointing out that the princely State, which earlier comprised nine districts — Mysore, Mandya, Bangalore, Kolar, Tumkur, Chitradurga, Shimoga, Chikkamagalur and Hassan — has now risen to 13 with the formation of Chamarajanagar, Chikkaballapur, Davanagere and Ramanagar districts. Ramasesh said, the government has decided on official celebration of ‘Mysore Chalo’ from this year.
Accordingly, the District Administration has organised the celebration on Oct. 28, with many programmes scheduled to take place at Subbarayanakere Ground. Mayor R. Lingappa will flag off a procession at Subbarayanakere at 10 am, which will pass through Chamaraja Double Road, Ramaswamy Circle, Sanskrit College, Sayyaji Rao Road, K.R. Circle, D. Devararaj Urs Road and Narayana Shastri Road, before returning to the Subbarayanakere.
District Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad will inaugurate the stage programme at 11.30 am, MLA Vasu will preside. Later, cultural programmes will take place at Kalamandira at 2.30 pm, during which freedom fighters will be honoured, he said.
The government has sanctioned Rs. 10 lakh for ‘Mysore Chalo’ celebration, out of which Rs. 1 lakh has been given to the Kannada and Culture Department for bringing out a book on the Movement, he added.
Association President D.S. Jagadish, Vice-President M.N. Jayasimha and others were present on the occasion.
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