Jalandhar, January 23: An indebted nation today fondly remembered founder of Indian National Army and leading freedom fighter Netaji Subash Chander Bose on his 121st birth anniversary.
A function to mark the event was held at local Red Cross Bhawan in which General Officer Commanding 11 Corps Lieutenant General Dushyant Singh, Inspector General of Police Arpit Shukla and Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Varinder Kumar Sharma paid floral tribute to the iconic hero of the national freedom struggle. Addressing the gathering during the function, they said that said the life and sacrifice of this great national hero would ever act as a beacon for inspiring the youth to do selfless service for the country.
They further said that today it was all the more important to make the younger generations aware about the hardships faced by our great freedom fighters for the sake of emancipating the country from yoke of foreign imperialism so that they could be inspired for serving the country. They also exhorted the youth to come forward for selfless service of the nation, so as to cherish the aspirations of our great freedom fighters.
The speakers unequivocally said that Netaji was a courageous, dynamic and visionary leader who led the countrymen from the front to emancipate the country from yoke of foreign imperialism. They said that life of this illuminating figure of national freedom struggle would ever inspire us to serve the country with utmost zeal dedication. They said that this function, organized by National Martyrs Committee, was a humble and befitting tribute to the legendary icon of the Indian Freedom struggle, who sacrificed his at altar of motherland.