About 50 photographs were collected, some of which were in digital format.
About 50 photographs were collected, some of which were in digital format.
As part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations, the National Service Scheme (NSS) wing of the Government Degree College for Women at Madanapalle in Annamayya district has come up with an art gallery with rare photographs of freedom fighters and moments of freedom. War.
NSS coordinator and English lecturer Mohana Valli formed a team with students from the English department to collect rare photographs of freedom fighters including Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jhansi Lakshmi Bai, Alluri Sitaram Raju and others.
About 50 photographs were collected, some of which were in digital format. “Without damaging the publications, we employed the services of a photographer to take a picture of the rare images in high resolution. We got them printed, and some of them laminated and some of them framed. In black and white, they reiterate the glory of our freedom struggle,” said Ms. Mohana Valli.
An art gallery of these framed photographs is kept in a classroom of the English Department as a temporary sign. The NSS wing expects that a comfortable corner will be traced between the college buildings to set up a permanent corridor soon for the purpose.
“Our students could happily carry out the assignments. Such encouragement will inculcate a sense of patriotism in them and they can continue to engage with history.
Meanwhile, the NSS coordinator took pride in arranging a gallery at a place like Madanapalle, where the national anthem – Jana Gana Mana – was translated into English by Rabindranath Tagore himself as the Morning Song of India in 1919 on the premises of the historic BT College. did. ,
“We hope that our small gallery will also start attracting young minds. We want to continue adding photos to our gallery from time to time,” she said.