Modi@72: How prime minister has embarked on a mission to restore India's legacy through self-reliance

Be it reclaiming the rich legacy of our forgotten freedom fighters like Netaji Bose or restoring the proud legacy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the Modi government has truly decolonised our mindset too Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 September, 2022 celebrated the renaming of Rajpath as “Kartavya Path”, along with the installation of the 28 feet high statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate, thereby erasing the last vestiges of colonial domination and reinforcing the emergence of New India. A series of decisions taken by the Modi government — renaming of Andaman Islands after Netaji, rechristening Race Course Road where the prime minister’s official residence is located as Lok Kalyan Marg, opening a museum of Netaji and his Indian National Army at the Red Fort in 2019, and introduction of Indian musical instruments for ceremonies of Independence Day, are just some of the few instances, to expunge colonial signatures. The national flag was hoisted atop the historic clock tower or “Ghanta Ghar” in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk for the first time in 30 years,this year, on Republic Day, in yet another glowing example of how Prime Minister Modi has motivated Indians as a citizenry, to reclaim their lost heritage. In January 2022, the “Amar Jawan Jyoti” at India Gate was merged with the eternal flame at the National War Memorial.