Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and other leaders pose for a photograph after unveiling a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Veer Soudha Memorial, site of the 1924 Belgaum Congress session, in Belagavi on December 26, 2024. Photo credit: Budigar PK
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on December 26 unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Veer Soudha Memorial, site of the 1924 Belgaum Congress session in Belagavi.
He inspected the renovated park, memorial hall and library. He spun the hay in the front yard.
Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar inaugurated the renovated photo gallery which displays photographs of Gandhiji and other leaders present at the 1924 session. They went to the gallery and saw photographs of Gandhiji’s speeches, processions and the baton handover session from leader Muhammad Ali.
Photographs of the historic 1924 Congress Plenary Session at Belagavi
Mahatma Gandhi arriving at the historic 39th Congress Plenary Session held at Belagavi in ​​1924.
Mahatma Gandhi on his way to the stage of the 1924 Plenary Session of the Congress at Belagavi.
Mahatma Gandhi being paraded in a procession.
Mahatma Gandhi addressed the delegates after hoisting the flag.
Mahatma Gandhi addressing the delegates after assuming office as President of the 1924 Plenary Session of the Congress.
Mahatma Gandhi arrived in Belagavi on the evening of December 20, 1924, for a plenary meeting of the Congress. He left for Mumbai on 29 December.
Under the leadership of Gangadhar Rao Deshpande, the organizers dug a big well to provide water to the delegates and named it ‘Pampa Sarovara’. This water source, which is now known as the Congress well, still gives sweet water till today.
Mahatma Gandhi interacting with National Service Dal volunteers.
Mahatma Gandhi delivering the Presidential Address to the Plenary Assembly.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at a photo exhibition of the historic 39th Congress Plenary Session in Belagavi in ​​1924.
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Ministers HK Patil, MB Patil, HC Mahadevappa, Lakshmi Hebbalkar, Sharanbasappa Darshanpura, KH Muniyappa, MLA Asif (Raju) Seth, Council Member Channaraj Hattiholi, Chief Hathi Majippa Moily, Former Minister RV Deshpande, Information Department Secretary Kaveri Nimbalkar, Commissioner Hebbal Nimbal . , District Collector Mohammad Roshan, GoM CEO Rahul Shinde, Joint Director News Department, Deputy Director Director News Department Gurunath Kadbar and others were present.
Inspection of Sainik War Memorial by Chief Minister
Earlier, he paid tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives in the accident. He placed wreaths on the caskets of Subedar Dayanand Tirkannavar and Mahesh Marigonda at the Army War Memorial. He announced that the Karnataka government would provide all assistance to the families of the martyred soldiers.
He told reporters that their martyrdom in an accident in Jammu and Kashmir is very painful. He said that he shared the pain of all the families of the deceased. He said that four soldiers from Karnataka had recently died in an accident. Among them were Dayanand Tirkannanwar of Belagavi, Dhanraj Subhash of Chikkodi, Mahesh Nagappa of Bagalkot and Anup Pujari of Kundapur.
published – Dec 26, 2024 at 02:44 pm IST