Republic Day Celebration, Moreh BHQ, Manipur
Moreh, Jan 26: Moreh Block: 109 Kms east of Imphal, on the fringe of Myanmarese border, there lies an unique town that transacts a daily business more voluminous than that meets the eye. Census of India, 2011, engaged 63 Enumerators and 14 Supervisors in the later part of 2010. 59 MGNREGS and 40 odd hamlet villages constitute Moreh Block. The only eastern corridor of India to ASEAN is yet to gain a Sub-divisional or a Sub-district status. Moreh is the Block head quarter and the centre of official and non-official activities.
Republic Day, 2011: As usual, like diesel engine in winter, the residents of the border town began to warm up and saunter towards the ADC/Moreh's office premises at 08:15 a.m. School and service parade parties formed up at the same time. The Asst. Commandant of 7 Manipur Rifles, Moreh had been taking pains to spruce up the saluting base and conduct March Past rehearsals in a couple of the preceding days. The base of the flag post in front of the present office of ADC, Moreh had been shifted at a better vantage point.
The Parade: The Chief Guest, this Author, was called to unfurl the National Flag at 8:50 a.m. Along with the SDPO/Moreh, he inspected the Guard of honour that had the AC/7 MR as its commander. Service contingents of MR, Manipur Police and students of Moreh Higher Sec, Eastern Shine H/School, NM School, St George H/School, Moreh College and an ASHA group saluted the CG as they paraded past the saluting base. They were cheered as they turned right in unison towards the podium.
The R-day Speech. In the fitness of things, in my speech, I made the implication of the Preamble of Indian Constitution easy. Thanks to the sagacious and succinct but potent wording of the preamble, successive leaders of democratic India had adhered to the targetted ideologies. Any attempt to challenge the sovereignty of our country had been firmly dealt with. no external force or nation has the right to dictate terms to our rulers. The succesive nuclear tests were audible signals to the world that India is on its own. We are not known as the largest democracy for nothing.