The expansion and awakening of patriotism in India during British regime can classified as yesterday's history. This glorious period of national chauvinism gave India a humungous number of punctilious martyrs and freedom fighters. The patriotic scene of the country has been on a high since martyrdom of Adivasi patriot Tilka Manjhi in Bihar in 1747 to the episode in Karnataka where Rani Chenamma of Kittur and her five associates Rayanna, Jagvir, Nagarkatti, Chennavasappa and Balanna sacrificed their lives for the initiative of attaining freedom for the country in 1824. The influx of this incomparable feats of patriotism was then transferred to Maharashtra and then gradually moving towards to the North when in 1857 the whole country staged an uprising following the patriotic lead of Mangal Pandey, Nana Sahab, Tatya Tope and Jhansi's Rani Laxmibai. These freedom fighters were involved in a pattern of aggressive yet fruitful pattern of initiating the freedom struggle. One man followed a contrasting method to attain the same motive. Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent movement too gave a huge number of patriots from 1921 to 1940 that gave up their lives and proceeded to the gallows with a smile on their faces. The year 1942 again saw an augmentation of violent patriots. Whatever is the pattern of approach, violent or non-violent expression the motive of the freedom fighters against Britishers that started in the South from Kittur in the trend of a people's uprising ended too in the South in 1947, against the high-handedness of the Nizam, who were nothing but a puppet of the Britishers. Patriotism does not limit to just being patriotic towards your country but it also means honoring our opponents’ patriotic feelings. This sentiment can be classified as a facet of the diamond which we call patriotism. Patriots don’t believe nor do they speak about taking life. There are more inclined towards sacrificing their life for freedom of the country. Patriotism and national pride is not all about attack, it is about defending the country's honor and fighting for your country. The National symbols, National Flag and National anthem play a pivotal role depicting the patriotic feelings of an individual. At last I feel, what cannot describe patriotism better than the National anthem. It can be defined as a basket of words that defines India as a whole. Sahara’s initiative of uniting the country along with the national anthem is a step forward in the direction of instilling a sense of patriotism in each and every one of us. The Bharat Bhawna Diwas will see over 1, 00,000 Sahara Pariwar workers standing up together to sing the national anthem at the same time. They will be joined by common men, children in schools, colleges and other citizens of the country who will not only sing with full gusto but also record various video clips to upload for the country and the world to see. Promoting this nationwide event will also ensure that we break the current world record for most people singing the national anthem which is currently held by Pakistan. Visit us at http://anindianvoice.in/
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