15 August is the most memorable day for every Indian and it has been celebrated all over India as a national festival since 1947 with great zeal. Our mother India was freed from the iron clutches of the British slavery on 15th August 1947 after a long struggle of 200 years by millions of Indian patriots. It is our prime duty to salute those freedom fighters with gratitude and serve mother India with patriotism, commitment and honesty to add glory to her. 

Our school celebrated the 73nd Independence Day in our school premises on Thursday, 15 August 2019 with great love and respect to the country. We invited Shri N. Basavaraj as the chief guest to grace the occasion. The VAG Army secretary Jhansi warmly welcomed the chief guest Sri. N. Basavaraj for the celebration.  

The programme was begun with the speech given by Meghana Vastrad about the importance of Independence Day in brief. Later, our Chief Guest Shri. N. Basavaraj unfurled the National flag which flew humbly in the sky. The gathering saluted the National flag by singing the National Anthem with great adoration. This was followed by a march-past by students to the beats of drum in contingents of Puma, Cheetah, Jaguar and Panther houses. 

lamp Further, The VAG Army secretary Jhansi, addressed the gathering with a speech on the importance of National Pledge. It was followed by taking an oath of the National Pledge led by Megha and repeated by teachers and the students to inculcate patriotism, unity, responsibility and to realize the vision of New India.   

Then, a group dance was performed on Vandemataram song by class 6, Bamboo Drill with tricolour Indian flag costumes by Class 7, Aerobics Dance by Class 6 and Hoops Drill by Class 8 which attracted and entertained the audience. 

Later on, three students of class 8 and 9 delivered their motivational and emotional speeches on this occasion. Meghana Kuruvalli from class 8 gave a speech in English about the freedom fighter Shri Khudhiram Bose. The speech in Kannada was given by Jhanavi about Shri Bunkim Chandra Chatterji, the great patriot, was very heart touching. Vedika Kulkarni presented a speech in Hindi about the freedom fighter Shri Bipin Chandrapal to the gathering. All the speeches filled the entire arena with the spirit of nationalism.
Then, our chief guest Shri N. Basavaraj inspired the students of the school with his remarkable words. In the end of the programme, boiled channa and milk was given to everyone who attended the celebration. Thus, the celebration was rejoiced and manifested the significance of Independent India.