Speakathon Club's workshop on topic "AAZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV SERIES Mangal Pandey Part - 10

                                         Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar

Tenth Edition of Azadi Amrit Mahotsav Series conducted on

Mangal Pande

July 15. 2021

          The Speakathon Club under the mentorship of Training and Placement Cell, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar organised the tenth edition of ‘Azadi Amritmahotsav Series’ in form of “Online Elocution Event” to commemorate the 75 years of India’s independence. This week’s freedom fighter was ‘Mangal Pandey' as his birth anniversary falls on 19th July. Prof. Manoj Dayal, Director HRDC was guest of honour in the event. Pratap Singh, Director Placement presided over the function. Dr. Ranjeet, Club Coordinator presented the welcome speech. The students from various departments of the university and its affiliated colleges participated in the competition.

          The Students shared that Mangal Pandey was born on July 19, 1827 and he is known in Indian history as First Indian Freedom Fighter against British Rule, who sparked the Soldier Revolt in 1857, which went on to inspire the coming generations to make India free from British Claws. They told that, while in Barrackpore, Mangal Pandey showed the courage to resist the demeaning decision of British Army to use new Enfield Rifles which required soldiers to bite off the ends of the cartridge to load the gun. Mangal Pandey rebelled against English officers and killed many of them for their cruel behaviour towards Indians. He reminded fellow Indians of their self-respect. Finally, Mangal Pande was sentenced to death for his revolt. The students underlined that in the year of 1984, the Indian government issued a postage stamp to honour him. Several movies and stage plays have been based on his life, including the Hindi film 'Mangal Pandey : The Rising' and the stage play titled 'The Roti Rebellion' in 2005.

          While addressing the students, Prof Manoj Dayal mentioned that while participating in the Elocution contest, students should take care of factors like body language, confidence, eye contact, content and its effective delivery. He also appealed to the students to get inspiration from life of Mangal Pande.

          In his address, Pratap Singh Malik, Director Placement congratulated the students for participating in this series. He further appealed to all the students to read about the given personality which will help them in getting untouched incidents and facets of freedom fighters like Mangal Pande.

          Ms. Unnati, Co-Coordinator of Speakathon club expressed vote of thanks. Monika Sihag anchored the programme very nicely. Dr. Aditya Vir Singh, Assistant Director of Training and Placement Cell told that Bhupesh, Piyush and Akanksha got first, second and third position respectively.