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INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS AT ST. XAVIER’S HIGH SCHOOL – 72nd GLORIOUS YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE PAYING HOMAGE TO THE MARTYRS WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR INDIA

THE INDEPENDENCE DAY PROGRAM BEGAN AT 8:00AM IN THE SCHOOL PREMISES, TO MARK THE 72ND GLORIOUS YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE. THE ESTEEMED GUESTS MR. PREMKUMAR SHARMA(RETIRED COLONEL INDIAN ARMY), MR. JITENDRA KUMAR(INDIAN NAVY (RETIRED)), MRS. AJIT GANDHI(WORKING IN AXIS BANK,ALUMNI ), MR. HARDIK GORADIA(RELATIONSHIP MANAGER , HDFC BANK , ALUMNI), MRS. GARGI SINGH(MEDIA - WRITER AT STAR TV ), MRS BEENA SINGH THAKUR(SUB-EDITOR OF MUMBAI, AMAR DEEP TIMES & SOCIAL WORKER)  AND MR. DURGESH KUMAR RAMPRAKASH  SHARMA (MINISTRY OF DEFENCE,SCIENTIFIC OFFICIER GRADE - A ) WERE PRESENT FOR THE CELEBRATION.

IT STARTED WITH GUARD OF HONOUR FOLLOWED BY THE WORD OF GOD, PRAYER. THE GUEST MR. PREMKUMAR SHARMA UNFURLED THE INDIAN TRICOLOR FLAG WITH FULL RESPECT. THE TRICOLOR FLAG WAS GIVEN HONOUR BY SALUTING IT AND SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOLLOWED BY NATIONAL PLEDGE.

THE DISPLAY OF THE MARCH PAST BY VARIOUS SQUADS WAS SPECTACULAR. THERE WAS A WONDERFUL DISPLAY BY THE SCHOOL BAND. PASTOR C.V.JOHN SAID THE SPECIAL PRAYER AND BLESSED THE OCCASION. THE PRAYER SONG, WELCOME SPEECHES IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES WELCOME SONG WAS PRAISE WORTHY, BUT THE PATRIOTIC SONG, PATRIOTIC DANCE AND THE PATRIOTIC SKIT ADDED THE COLOURS OF UNITY AND TOGETHERNESS.

THE PATRIOTIC DANCE PRESENTED BY THE PRE-PRIMARY SECTION ENTHRALLED THE AUDIENCE TO THE TUNE OF THE PULSATING MUSIC. THE CELEBRATIONS CONTINUED WITH PRIZE DISTRIBUTION, WHERE YOUNG ACHIEVERS WERE FELICITATED FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF LEARNING. THEY WERE ENCOURAGED TO BE THE MODEL CITIZENS OF TOMORROW.

THE PROGRAM CAME TO AN END BY THE SPEECHES GIVEN BY THE GUESTS PRAISING OUR YOUNG LEARNERS FOR THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TOWARDS THEIR MOTHER COUNTRY. THE FUNCTION ENDED WITH A VOTE OF THANKS, CLOSING CHORUS AND SCHOOL ANTHEM.

HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO OUR RESPECTED CHAIRMAN SIR DR. A. F. PINTO, MANAGING DIRECTOR MADAM GRACE PINTO FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY IN A GREAT WAY.

WISHING A HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL.