The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Centenary celebrations of Jhalda Satyabhama Vidyapith today (January 18, 2017) at Jhalda, Purulia, West Bengal. 
●    Speaking on the occasion, the President called upon the students to uphold the values of our civilization through the attainment of education. 
●    He appreciated the effort by Jhalda Satyabhama Vidyapith to mark its Centenary by setting up a museum on the freedom struggle on the occasion of its centenary. 
●    He paid homage to five young men of this area who, inspired by revolutionary patriot, Satya Kinkar Dutta, laid down their lives in the freedom struggle. 
●    The President said these martyrs who made the supreme sacrifice for our independence must be saluted. 
●    People should be educated about their sacrifice and also, about the Chuar uprising, a glorious chapter in our struggle for freedom whose epicentre was Jhalda. 
●    The President quoted Swami Vivekananda, and said the aim of education is to become a real man. 
●    He urged students to have a common goal of attaining education and to uphold the qualities of tolerance, determination and honesty. 
●    He said they would hold thereby the flag of our great civilisation high.
 

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