PM Modi’s speech in Aligarh: Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh University, defence manufacturing and extra

Wishing the folks of Aligarh on the auspicious event of Radha Ashtami, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the inspiration stone of a college named after Jat king Mahendra Pratap Singh on Tuesday.

The ceremony was adopted by an inspection of exhibition fashions of the Aligarh node that is part of the state’s industrial defence hall.
“We must not forget our history”
Remembering the late BJP chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, PM Modi went on to elucidate the significance of understanding our historical past.
“We have had several freedom fighters who at different stages proved their might and gave sacrifices for the nation. But it is unfortunate that the youth of the nation were not introduced to such icons post gaining independence,” mentioned PM Modi expressing content material that these errors are being rectified.
उनकी गाथाओं को जानने से देश की कई पीढ़ियां वंचित रह गईं।20वीं सदी की उन गलतियों को आज 21वीं सदी का भारत सुधार रहा है: PM @narendramodi— PMO India (@PMOIndia) September 14, 2021
“As we celebrate Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav, honest efforts are being made to make the young generation aware of contributions of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh and others in our independence struggle,” he mentioned additional. 
Praising the Jat chief on whose identify the college is being constructed, PM Modi mentioned, “The life of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh gives us indomitable willpower, the vitality that we do to fulfil our dreams.”
UP is a ‘double-engine’ authorities
PM Modi additionally applauded UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for getting the state on the trail of growth and making it a go-to vacation spot for investments. 
“Uttar Pradesh is benefitting greatly from the double-engine government at the state and Centre. There was a time when UP was considered a limitation and hindrance to India’s growth, but today due to dozens of projects being done in the state, UP has totally changed its image and is today fuelling India’s growth,” remarked PM Modi.
आज उत्तर प्रदेश देश और दुनिया के हर छोटे-बड़े निवेशक के लिए बहुत आकर्षक स्थान बनता जा रहा है।ये तब होता है जब निवेश के लिए ज़रूरी माहौल बनता है, जरूरी सुविधाएं मिलती हैं।आज उत्तर प्रदेश डबल इंजन सरकार के डबल लाभ का एक बहुत बड़ा उदाहरण बन रहा है: PM @narendramodi— PMO India (@PMOIndia) September 14, 2021
Taking a jibe on the state opposition, he additional mentioned, “There was a time when UP was infamous for its gunda-raj, mafia-raj and free run of gangsters, but under the Yogi government, all this has come to a stop. Gangsters, mafias and gundas are kept where they belong – behind bars.”
“India is now a defence exporter”
Emphasizing on the defence hall PM Modi mentioned, “The world is seeing that from grenade to riffles to fighter jets to drones, everything is being manufactured in India. Even after decades of gaining independence, India was seen as a defence importer, however, breaking the shackles we are now seen as defence exporters.” 
आज देश ही नहीं दुनिया भी देख रही है कि आधुनिक ग्रेनेड और राइफल से लेकर लड़ाकू विमान, ड्रोन, युद्धपोत तक भारत में ही निर्मित किए जा रहे है।भारत दुनिया के एक बड़े defence importer की छवि से बाहर निकलकर दुनिया के एक अहम defence exporter की नई पहचान बनाने की तरफ बढ़ रहा है: PM— PMO India (@PMOIndia) September 14, 2021
Making an analogy between the well-known locks of Aligarh and the defence hall, PM Modi mentioned that the town will now contribute in direction of the safety of India’s borders as properly. He additional introduced a package deal of Rs 9000 crores for the event of BrahMos missile on the defence hall’s Lucknow node.
Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University
Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University is being established over 92 acres of land in reminiscence and honour of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh, who was a freedom fighter, educationist and social reformer. 
The college is about to come back up on the Lodha and Musepur Kareem Jarouli villages of Aligarh’s Kol tehsil. It can even present affiliation to 395 schools of the Aligarh division.
Who was Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh?
Born on 01 December 1886, Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh was born in a royal Jat household. He was the king of a small principality referred to as Mursan within the Hathras district in western Uttar Pradesh and inherited his property from his father Raja Ghanshyam Singh.
Raja Mahendra Pratap, nonetheless, was drawn to India’s freedom motion. Inspired by the speeches of nationalist Congress leaders reminiscent of Dadabhai Naoriji and Bal Gangadhar Tilak, he disregarded his household’s views and travelled to Kolkata (then Calcutta) to attend the Congress’s annual session in 1906. He later turned Swadeshi and vowed to combat the colonial rule.
In 1914, Raja Mahendra Pratap left India to hunt international help in opposition to the British rule. He travelled to Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Turkey. 
A 12 months later he reached Afghanistan and established the primary ‘Government of India’ in exile in Kabul. This step earned Raja Mahendra Pratap nice respect from a large spectrum of Indian society.
He returned to India three a long time later in 1946, met Mahatma Gandhi at Wardha Ashram and entered electoral politics a decade later. He breathed his final in 1979.