Tiranga Yatra to mark the launch of 70th Freedom Year Celebrations

The launch of 70th Freedom Year Celebrations

Question: Name the place of Madhya Pradesh state from where Prime Minister flags off Tiranga Yatra to mark the launch of 70th Freedom Year Celebrations?
(a) Bhabra
(b) Goraya
(c) Jobat
(d) Varkheda
Ans: (a)
Related facts:

  • On 9 August 2016 the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, paid homage to the great freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad at his birthplace at Bhabra in Alirajpur District of Madhya Pradesh and flags off Tiranga Yatra to mark the launch of 70th Freedom Year Celebrations.
  • The Prime Minister garlanded the statue of Shahid Chandrashekhar Azad and visited the memorial at his birthplace.
  • He also released a theme song ’70 Saal Azadi, Yaad Karo Kurbani’ for Tiranga Yatra which is being organised to mark the 70th anniversary of India’s Independence from the British rule.
  • He is the country’s first Prime Minister to visit the birthplace of Chandrashekhar Azad post-independence.

Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=148610
http://www.narendramodi.in/prime-minister-narendra-modi-at-a-public-meeting-to-mark-launch-of-70th-freedom-year-celebrations-in-bhabra-madhya-pradesh-511478
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Modi-launches-theme-song-70-Saal-Azadi-Yaad-Karo-Kurbani/2016/08/09/article3571185.ece

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