Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 August 2016 launched 70 Saal Azaadi, Yaad Karo Kurbani celebrations in Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh. Alirajpur is the birthplace of freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad.
The Yaad Karo Kurbani is a 15-day programme. It is aimed at celebrating 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement and 70 years of Independence.
•    The 70 Saal Azaadi, Yaad karo Qurbani campaign is aimed at developing a feeling in every person that nation is first and individual is secondary.
•    It seeks to provide an opportunity for the people to recall the supreme sacrifices made by freedom fighters during freedom struggle.
•    The goal of the campaign is to inform the youngsters about the unsung heroes and the history of the freedom struggle.
•    The Quit India Movement is also known as the India August Movement (August Kranti).
•    It was a civil disobedience movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee.
•    It was launched by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II.
•    The movement’s demand was an end to British Rule of India.
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