{"id":89033,"date":"2022-11-26T07:27:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T01:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/?p=89033"},"modified":"2022-11-26T07:27:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T01:57:36","slug":"lachit-barphukans-400th-birth-anniversary-india-correcting-past-mistakes-by-recognising-unsung-heroes-says-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/lachit-barphukans-400th-birth-anniversary-india-correcting-past-mistakes-by-recognising-unsung-heroes-says-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"Lachit Barphukan\u2019s 400th birth anniversary: India correcting past mistakes by recognising unsung heroes, says Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India was correcting its past mistakes by celebrating its heritage and remembering its unsung heroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor centuries, we have been told that the history of India is of slavery, and stories of resistance were deliberately suppressed but that mistake is now being corrected,\u201d Modi said while speaking at the closing ceremony of the Assam government\u2019s three-day-long celebrations of legendary Ahom general Lachit Barphukan\u2019s 400th birth anniversary in Delhi. He also released a book \u2018Lachit Barphukan \u2013 Assam\u2019s Hero who Halted the Mughals\u2019 at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We bow to the valorous Lachit Borphukan on his 400th birth anniversary. He played pivotal role in preserving the culture of Assam. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w8eG6BAGby\">https:\/\/t.co\/w8eG6BAGby<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi\/status\/1596031194508177408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lachit had led the Ahom soldiers to defeat Mughals at the Battle of Saraighat on the outskirts of\u00a0Guwahati\u00a0in 1671. Through this mega event that was attended by senior Union ministers, the\u00a0BJP\u00a0governments, in Assam and at the Centre, have been pushing for Lachit\u2019s recognition as a national hero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For centuries, we were told that we were looted, beaten and defeated. But India\u2019s history is not just a history of slavery. India\u2019s history is a history of showing extraordinary valour and heroism against tyrants. India\u2019s history is of victory, of sacrifice, of bravery\u2026 of great traditions. But it\u2019s unfortunate that even after Independence, we continued to be taught the history that was written as a conspiracy during the age of slavery,\u201d said Modi at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter Independence, it was necessary to change the agenda of the foreigners who enslaved us, but that was not done. The stories of fierce resistance by Ma Bharti\u2019s sons and daughters in all corners of the country have been deliberately suppressed. Does Lachit Barphukan\u2019s valour not have any value? There are countless stories of victory over tyranny during the long period of repression. The mistake of not giving those events a place in the mainstream is being corrected now. This event being held in\u00a0Delhi\u00a0is a reflection of that change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modi referred to the defeat of the Mughals at the Battle of Saraighat as an example of resistance and protection of traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAssam\u2019s history is itself a valuable heritage of India\u2019s journey and culture. We bring together different thoughts, ideologies, societies, cultures, traditions and faiths\u2026 But if someone tries to suppress under the force of the sword, tries to change our eternal identity, we also know how to respond to that. After gathering all their strength, the Mughals had laid siege to Guwahati. But warriors like Lachit Barphukan freed Guwahati from the oppressive Mughals. Aurangzeb tried to reverse the defeat by all means but he failed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India was correcting its past mistakes by celebrating its heritage and remembering its unsung heroes. \u201cFor centuries, we have been told that the history of India is of slavery, and stories of resistance were deliberately suppressed but that mistake is now being corrected,\u201d Modi said while speaking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89035,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89033\/revisions\/89035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}