Harding Park to be rechristened as Veer Kunwar Singh Azadi Park

Patna, Apr 22 (PTI) The Bihar government has decided to rechristen the Harding Park here as Veer Kunwar Singh Azadi Park in a token of tribute to Veer Kunwar Singh, one of the iconic leaders of the country’s first war of Independence from British Colonial rulers in 1857, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today. The Harding park will be known as the Veer Kunwar Singh Azadi park and will be developed in such a manner to showcase the contributions of the freedom fighters who laid down their lives for the Independence of the country from 1857 to 1947, he said at a function organized by the JD(U) to pay tribute to Veer Kunwar Singh. There will be lots of materials available at the park to educate the younger generations about the sacrifices made by our freedom fighters to win independence from the yoke of British colonialism, Kumar said. The youths will get to know about the history of the freedom struggle without reading books by merely paying visit to the park, the Chief Minister said. He also announced construction of a guest house at the freedom fighter’s ancestor home in Jagdishpur village for stay of the visiting pilgrims and said that the guest house will be ready by next year. Kumar lauded his party – the JD(U) – for proposing to organize blood donation camp in the districts from next year on the occasion of Veer Kunwar Singh Vijayotsava.