66th REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION REPORT-2015
Date: 26-01-2015
Venue:
Vivekananda Kendra
Vidyalaya Matric.Hr.Sec.School
All
the people through out India celebrate the nation’s
Republic day on January 26th every
year. It is a day to remember when India’s constitution came into force on
January 26 ,1950, completing the country’s transition towards
becoming an independent republic. This date was chosen as it was the
anniversary of ‘Purna Swaraj’ day,
which was held on Jan 26, 1930. Dr. Rajendra
Prasad took oath as India’s first president, at the Durbar hall in
the government house followed by a residential drive along a route to the Irwin
stadium where he unfurled India’s national flag.
In
our school 66th Republic Day was celebrated in a grand manner.
The programme started at 8.30 A.M. on that happiest occasion we
initiated our programme by Vandhe Madharam sung by VIII standard
girls.
We
paid our salutation to our Mother Bharath by unfolding our tri colour flag. The
flag was hoisted by our honourable Special Guest
Mananeeya Nivedita Didi, Vice president of Vivekananda Kendra followed
by the National Anthem. The
pledge was taken by all the participants. The welcome address was presented by
our teacher kum. Menaga Devi.
The
students of VIII and IX standard expressed their patriotic feelings in
the form of a song in our National Language. M.S.Abinaya of XI standard
delivered the speech in English about the importance of the day.
Next
the boys of VII and VIII standard sang a Tamil song of Mahakavi
Bharathiyar. The students of V,VI,VII and VIII standard performed a
marvellous karathe and showed the value of united effort.
The
students of IX standard enacted Tamil drama and exhibited their
patriotic spirit.
We
had an eminent person Dr.Kumaraswami, Retd.H.M.,D.V.D.School, Kottar as
our Chief Guest who
addressed the gathering. He expressed his views about the importance of the
day. He mentioned some of the quotes from Tamil poet laureates. He talked about
our ancient Indian culture and pointed out a suitable example from the great epic
name ‘Ramayana’. He insisted his
ideas about the Former president Abraham
Lincoln’s quotes “by the people, for
the people and of the people”. He advised the students to protect this
country and to sacrifice their lives for the benefit of our country. He reminded
about Swamiji’s thought and said that good people always love the mother land
and he sang a beautiful song based on our mother land.
Our
Special Guest Mananeeya Nivedita Didi, Vice President of Vivekananda
Kendra addressed the gathering. She expressed her views about the importance of
the day. She said that she was proud to belong to the nation that had self
confidence and hard working. She talked about our nation’s culture and
tradition. She told about the announcement of the International Yoga Day. She
advised the students to read books and to acquire knowledge from the library.
Teacher
Smt. Nallamal read out the prize list and the prizes were given away by
our honourable Chief Guest and Special Guest. Our Special Guest presented a
memento to the honourable Chief Guest. Vote of thanks was proposed by our
teacher Smt. Vimala Devi. The programme was concluded by Kendra Prayer.