Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the “injustice” perpetrated by the writers of Indian history “against those who made history” was being corrected in the “new India”. He made the comment at an online event in which he laid the foundation stones of a Maharaja Suheldev memorial and development work on Lake Chittaura in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh.
“The injustice committed against those who made history by those who twisted history in the name of writing it is being corrected by ‘New India.’ The country is getting rid of mistakes, ”he said.
Modi said that history is not just what was written by those who enslaved the country or those who wrote it with the “slavery mentality.” The story is in the folklore of India, he added.
Modi cited the attempts made by his government to ensure that due respect is given to the creators of Indian history, from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Sardar Patel to BR Ambedkar and Maharaja Suheldev.
The Prime Minister stated that neither Netaji nor his Azad Hind Fauj received the prominence that should have been given, and said that the Center was strengthening its identity from the Red Fort to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Sardar Patel and Ambedkar were similarly ignored in the past, Modi said.
Modi said that Maharaja Suheldev, an 11th century ruler who killed General Ghaznavid Salar Masud, was one of the icons that was not given due respect. He said Suheldev’s contributions might have been ignored by history textbooks, but they were kept alive in the folklore of the Awadh, Tarai and Purvanchal regions.
Providing examples of monuments related to the “history, faith and spirituality” that his government has developed in recent years, the Prime Minister said that the main objective of the construction of such monuments was to promote tourism.
In Uttar Pradesh, Modi said, Ramayana circuits, spiritual circuits and Buddhist circuits were being developed in places like Ayodhya, Chitrakoot, Mathura, Vrindavan, Govardhan, Kushinagar and Shravasti believed to be connected to Hindu deities such as Ram and Krishna. and the Buddha.
Speaking about the three farm laws opposed by various farmer groups, Modi claimed that misinformation about the legislation was spreading.
The Prime Minister, who stood up to the Opposition, said: “The whole country saw that those who enacted laws to bring foreign companies into the Indian agricultural market today are scaring farmers on behalf of local companies.” But their “lies and propaganda” were being exposed, he added.
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