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509 Schools of the State will be known as Martyrs

  • 22 Aug 2023
  • 3 min read

Why in News?

On August 20, 2023, District Education Officer of Sonipat district of Haryana, Naveen Gulia said that students studying in government schools in Sonipat district will now be able to know about freedom fighters and brave martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country. For this, the state government is going to name 509 schools of the state after the martyrs, taking a big step to pay homage to the martyrs. This includes eight schools of Sonipat.

Key Points:

  • All the records and website of the education department are being updated to change the name of these government schools to the names of the martyrs. With this step of the government, the families of the martyrs are feeling proud.
  • These include 358 high, senior, secondary schools and 151 secondary and primary schools in the state. These schools are being named after the freedom fighters of that village and the brave martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country.
  • With this, where the young generation will get an opportunity to know about the martyrdom of the martyrs, the feeling of patriotism will also be awakened in their hearts.
  • Two schools each from Sonipat, Gohana, Kathura and Kharkhoda blocks have been included in the schools which will be renamed after the freedom fighters or brave martyrs of that region. In these schools, the names of some schools have also been changed and written on the main gate.
  • These schools will be known as Martyrs in Sonipat:
Blocks Martyr School
Sonipat Freedom Fighter Mahavir Prasad Jain Government Senior Secondary School, Shahzadpur
Sonipat Freedom Fighter Chaudhary Chandan Singh Government Senior Secondary School, Bainyapur Lahrada
Gohana Shaheed Sukhbir Singh Government Senior Secondary School, Rukhi
Gohana Freedom Fighter Babu Moolchand Jain Government High School, Sikandarpur Majra
Kathura Martyr Sepoy Captain Singh Government Senior Secondary School, Dhanana
Kathura Shaheed Mahavir Singh Government High School, Bhanderi
Kharkhoda Shaheed Ravindra Singh Dahiya Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Rohna
Kharkhoda Shaheed Rai Singh Government Primary School, Jharonthi

Where will the names of how many schools be changed?

Rewari - 94, Bhiwani - 85, Jind - 61, Palwal - 38, Rohtak - 36, Charkhi Dadri - 28, Jhajjar - 28, Gurugram - 25, Kaithal - 21, Mahendragarh - 16, Hisar - 13, Fatehabad - 10, Ambala - 8, Faridabad - 8, Kurukshetra - 8, Sonipat - 8, Yamunanagar - 5, Panchkula - 5, Panipat - 5, Sirsa - 4, Karnal - 2, Nuh -1.

Total - 509

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