President urges students to attain education alongwith tolerance, determination and honesty

Addressing the gathering after inaugurating the Exhibition Hall and 100th Year celebration of Jhalda Satyabhama Vidyapith at Jhalda in Purulia district of West Bengal, the President appreciated the effort by the school to set-up a museum on the freedom struggle on the occasion of its centenary and said people of the country protested against the British rule as and when they found an opportunity.

in this context the President paid homage to the five young men of this area who being inspired by a revolutionary, Satya Kinkar Dutta, led down their lives in the freedom struggle and said let us salute these martyrs who made supreme sacrifices for our independence,  but only a few people outside this area know of them.

Mukherjee also mentioned the Chuar Uprising which was a glorious chapter of early struggles in the freedom movement and reminded all that this area was the epi-centre of the Chuar Uprising.

Coming back to the importance of education, the President said acquiring information is not all, the objective should be of becoming a real man. Quoting Swami Vivekananda, he said, the aim of education is to become a real man and we should always strive for it.

Referring to the British period he mentioned that the for the British rulers, the aim of educating the Indians were limited but many a scholar, scientist, administrators and patriot etc. came out  those days of Presidency College and Hindu School, the two glorious institutions completing their bi-centenaries.

He urged the students of remote area to have a common goal of attaining education and also tolerance, determination, character and honesty to keep the flag of our great civilisation aloft.

The Governor of West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi, the Headmaster of the school and also MLA of Baghmundi, Nepal Mahato were present on this occasion.