On Vijayadashami 2021 (15 October 2021), Mohan Bhagwat gave the annual address at the gathering in Reshimbagh, Nagpur. This page summarises what was reported about it.
The day
- Date: 15 October 2021
- Place: Reshimbagh, Nagpur
- Address by: Mohan Bhagwat
What the address covered
Held under COVID-19 rules, with no chief guest invited; the main programme at Smriti Mandir, Reshimbagh, was streamed live and smaller programmes were held at about forty places in Nagpur. Bhagwat described the Partition of India as a painful chapter of history that the new generation should know about, and spoke of infiltration and what he called population imbalance in connection with the National Register of Citizens.
How sure is this?
This account rests mainly on one source, listed below; details may be incomplete.
In the archive
Sources & copyright status
- Deccan Herald, 2021 address on Partition
- The Hitavada, 2021 programme under COVID-19 rules
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