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PM Modi pays tribute to Bhil freedom fighter Govind Guru | Pics
Published on Nov 01, 2022 01:41 pm IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Rajasthan to attend 'Mangarh Dham ki Gaurav Gatha' on Tuesday and is expected to declare the 'Mangarh Dham' historical site a national monument. Paying tribute to the victims of the Mangarh massacre, the PM said "Unfortunately, the struggle of the Tribal community was not recognised post-independence." More than 1500 people of the Bhil community were killed by Britishers on November 17 in 1913. PM Modi also paid tribute to social reformer Govind Guru, the leader of the marginalised community and visited his memorial on the Rajasthan-Gujarat border. He is later scheduled to visit Morbi in Gujarat, where over 130 people including at least 40 children died in a cable bridge collapse.
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The Prime Minister also said that "Mangarh Dham is symbol of tenacity, sacrifice of tribals, we are indebted to sacrifices made by them."(Youtube/Narendra Modi)
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PM Modi at the memorial of Bhil freedom fighter Govind Guru. Recalling the century old massacre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was joined by Congress' Ashok Gehlot in a rare political event.(Youtube/Narendra Modi)
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Addressing the event Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel said that Mangarh massacre was far more gruesome than Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Punjab.(Youtube/Narendra Modi)
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The Bhil adivasis and members of other tribes led by social reformer Govind Guru in 1913 in Mangarh were gunned down in a massacre for revolting against the oppressive policies of the British Raj.(Youtube/Narendra Modi)
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