REKINDLE THE SWA SPIRIT

AMRIT MAHOTSAV IS AN OCCASION NOT ONLY TO REVISIT OUR JOURNEY SO FAR AND REDEDICATE OURSELVES TO THE CAUSE OF THE NATION BUT REMEMBER THOUSANDS OF UNNAMED HEROES AND BALIDANIS WHOSE SACRIFICES GOT US FREEDOM

- DATTATREYA HOSABALE

The national movement against this colonial slavery in Bharat was inspired by the spirit of "self" whose manifestation was churning the whole country in the form of a trilogy of swadharma, swaraj, and Swadeshi. As a result of the presence of saints and sages in the movement, spiritual consciousness was constantly flowing in the form of an undercurrent. The spirit of "self", which has been in the soul of Bharat for ages, manifested itself with all its might and these foreign powers had to face resistance at every step. These forces destroyed Bharat's economic, social, cultural, and educational system; and destroyed village self-reliance.

RESISTANCE AGAINST FOREIGN POWERS

It was a totalitarian invasion by foreign powers, which Bharat retaliated in all spheres of life. The Bharatiya resistance against European powers is a unique example in world history. It was a multifaceted effort in which, on the one hand, armed resistance was being undertaken against the foreign invasion, and on the other hand, the work of social reconstruction was happening by removing the distortions in the society to make it strong. While the kings of the Princely States were resisting the British with all their might, the janjati society rose from place to place against the interference of the British in their simple life and the attack on their values of life. These people who woke up to protect their values were brutally massacred by the British, but they did not back down from the struggle. The nationwide war of Independence of 1857, in which lakhs of people sacrificed their lives, was Bharatiya a result of this.