150TH anniversary of first war of independence

150TH anniversary of first war of independence Wednesday, September 05, 2007 The Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan organized various programmes at school level, village level, village cluster level, district level and also at the State level in all States, including Rajasthan. The programmes inter alia included seminars, debates, essay writing, prabhat pheris, cycle rallies etc. All these programs had “1857” as their theme. At the national level, the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan participated in the inaugural function of the national celebration to commemorate the 150th year of the First War of Independence by organizing a National Youth Rally from Meerut to Delhi from 7-10 May 2007, which culminated in a major function at the Red Fort, Delhi, attended by the President, Vice President, Prime Minister, Chairperson UPA and other high dignitaries on 11 May 2007. Details of material published language wise are as follows:

Sl. No.	Published & distributed Material	Languages
1.	Brochure : Sanjhi Sahadat Sanjhi Virasat	English
2.	Booklet – 1 : Jung-e-Azadi 1857	Hindi & English
3.	Booklet – 2 : Bharat Ke Pratham Swatantra Sangram Main Aam Logon ki Hissedari	Hindi & English
4.	Handbill about Jun-e-Azadi 1857	Hindi
5.	Souvenir : 1857	Hindi
6.	Book : Sanjhi Sahadat Ke Kuch Phool	Hindi, Urdu & English
7.	Posters about National Youth Rally	Hindi, English, Marathi, Gujarati, Oriya, Bangla, Assamese, Telgu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Kashmiri, Urdu, Punjabi, Manipuri

Expenditure involved An expenditure of Rs.13.50 Crore (un-audited) has been incurred till date for organizing inaugural program of the 150th Anniversary of 1st War of Independence, 1857, which include Rs. 34, 45,299/- towards programmes in Rajasthan. This information was given by Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, Minister of Panchayati Raj, Youth Affairs & Sports and DoNER in the Lok Sabha today in a written reply to a question by Shri Raghuveer Singh Koshal.