National Identity - National Symbols of India
National River - Ganga River
Ganga River is the holy river of the Hindus and is worshiped as the Goddess Ganga in Hinduism. River Ganga is considered as the most sacred and prime river among other holy rivers of India. The river has immense religious significance and a regularly holy bath will take place because it's the belief that a person can become free from sins and diseases if he took a bath at river Ganga. Because of its religious significance and sacredness, River Ganga is declared as the National River of India. It flows east through the Gangetic plains of Northern India into the countries of Bangladesh, and many tributaries originate in Nepal, and some tributaries originate in Tibet. Previously these countries were the part of India called Akhand Bharat or Undivided India. And Tibet is an autonomous region with its great heritage and Indian culture.
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Maa Ganga |
River Ganga is highly respected by Hindus as the most sacred river on the earth. Key religious ceremonies like 'Kubhamela' and many more ceremonies are held on the banks of the river in cities such as Varanasi, Haridwar, and Prayagraj. Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism. It is celebrated in a cycle of approximately 12 years at the river-bank. Devotees visit Kubhamela to take a holy bath. At Varanasi, Kubhamela is not celebrated. The Ganga widens out into the Ganges Delta in the Sunderban’s wet area of Bangladesh, before it ends its journey by entering into the Bay of Bengal.
Historically also river Ganga is top in the list. River Ganges is a lifeline to millions of people who live along its course. The Ganga sustains one of the world's highest densities of population. River Ganga has been important historically because many former famous imperial capitals such as Prayagraj, Moradabad, Rampur, Kanpur, Rajshahi, Baharampur, Bikrampur, Kampilya, Kannauj, Kara, Kashi, Kolkata, Murshidabad, Munger, Patliputra (Patna), Sonargaon, and Dhaka, have been located on its banks. The Ganga or Ganges travel across the mountains, valleys, and plains along a distance of 1557 miles beginning from the point of origin till She ultimately merges into the ocean at the Bay of Bengal.
Above mentioned historical cities, Bikrampur, Dhaka, Rajshahi, and Sonargaon are in Bangladesh and the remaining are in present India.
Ganga originates in the Himalayas, as the Bhagirathi River, in the snowfields of the Gangotri Glacier. It is later joined by other famous tributaries such as the Alaknanda, Yamuna, Soan (Son), Gomati, Kosi, and Ghagra. The Ganga river is also famous for its fertile basin, it is one of the most fertile and densely populated areas of the world and covers an area of 1,000,000 sq km. There are two dams on the Ganga river, one at Haridwar and the other at Farakka. Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganga river located in the Murshidabad district. The Ganges River Dolphin is an endangered, almost extinct animal that specifically habitats in this river.
The National Pledge
The National Pledge is an oath of allegiance to the Republic of India. The Indian National Pledge has become so famous but the person who wrote this came to know when his granddaughter was reading the pledge from her textbook. Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao was composed the Indian National Pledge while serving as the District Treasury Officer of Visakhapatnam District in 1962. Mr. Subba Rao never thought, and he was unaware of its status as the National Pledge with a position on par with the National Anthem and the National Song of India. Mr. P.V. Subbarao was a noted author in Telugu and a bureaucrat. He was a great scholar and expert in Telugu, Sanskrit, Hindi, English, and Arabic languages. Subba Rao was born in Anneparti, Nalgonda District, Telangana. He worked as a Treasury official in the state of Hyderabad. After the formation of AP in 1956, he worked in Khammam, Nizamabad, Nellore, Visakhapatnam, and Nalgonda Districts. He presented the National Pledge to the senior Congress leader Tenneti Viswanadam who forwarded it to the then Education Minister P.V.G. Raju.
The National Pledge was first read out in a school in Visakhapatnam in 1963 and later in many other schools that year. P.V.G. Raju has introduced the pledge in many schools in 1963. Then the pledge is recited in many schools, during daily assemblies. It was subsequently translated into various regional languages. The Central Advisory Board on Education meeting in 1964 in Bangalore, under its chairman M. C. Chagla, directed that the pledge be read in schools and that this practice be introduced by 26 January 1965, coming Republic Day. Then, it is commonly recited by Indians in unison at public events, especially in schools, and during the Independence Day and Republic Day commemoration celebrations, and at other traditional or lawful ceremonies. It is commonly found printed in the opening pages of school textbooks and students' timetable calendars.
English translation of National Pledge
India is my country. All Indians are my brothers and sisters.
I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage.
I shall always strive to be worthy of it.
I shall give my parents, teachers, and all elders respect and treat everyone with courtesy.
To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion. In their well-being and prosperity alone, lies my happiness.
Indian National Pledge - Here we will mention the National Pledge that all the Indian children vow to follow every day in their school lives. We will also mention the National Integration Pledge that outlines the basic duties to maintain the peace, unity, and brotherhood in this vast country and the pledge mention in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution.
General Pledge
India is my country. All Indians are my brothers and sisters. I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage. I shall strive to be worthy of it. I shall respect my parents, teachers, and all elders and treat everyone with courtesy. To my country and all my people, I pledge my devotion. In their well-being and prosperity alone lies my happiness.
National Integration Pledge
I solemnly pledge to work with dedication to preserve and strengthen the freedom and integrity of the nation. I further affirm that I shall never resort to violence and that all differences and disputes relating to religion, language, region, or other political or economic grievances should be settled by peaceful and constitutional means. In their well-being and prosperity alone lies my happiness.
The preamble to the Indian Constitution
We, The People Of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens:
Justice, social, economic, and political;
Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith, and worship;
Equality of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all
Fraternity assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation
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