MOT lines up 5 webinars to commemorate Independence Day

As the nation equips to commend its 74^th Independence Day on the 15^th of August 2020, Ministry of Tourism as part of its  ‘Dekho Apna Desh’ webinar series has lined up five webinars to commemorate and honour nation’s most significant day. These webinars will collectively touch upon themes encompassing the freedom movement, places significant to it and pioneers who had a notable participation in helping India secure its independence.

The webinar details are as follows:

• On 8^thof August 2020 (Saturday) is the ‘Memoirs of 1857: A Prelude to Independence’ by Ms. Nidhi Bansal, CEO, India City Walks & India With Locals and Dr. Soumi Roy, Head of Operations, IWL & IHW
• On 10^thof August 2020 (Monday) is the ‘Cellular Jail: Letters, Memoirs and Memories’ by Ms. Nidhi Bansal, CEO, India City Walks & India With Locals, Dr. Soumi Roy, Head of Operations, IWL & IHW

and Ms.Somrita Sengupta, City Explorer, India City Walks.

• On 12^thof August 2020 (Wednesday) is the ‘ Lesser known stories of India’s struggle for Independence’ by Mrs. Akila Raman and Ms. Nayantara Nayar from Storytrails
• On 14^thof August 2020 (Friday) is the ‘Jallianwala Bagh: A turning point in the Freedom struggle’  by Ms. Kishwar Desai, Chairperson, The Partition Museum, Amritsar.
• On 15^thof August 2020 (Saturday) is the ‘Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel- Architect of United India’ by Mr. Sanjay Joshi, Addl. Collector & Chief Manager, Statue of Unity, Government of Gujarat.
• All sessions will commence from 11:00 AM till 12:00 PM.