Observance of silence on 30th January (Martyrs’ Day) in the memory of those who sacrificed their lives during struggle for India’s freedom – Certain instructions

The attention of the Regional Joint Directors of  School  Education  and District Educational Officers in the State is invited to the reference cited and  informed that,  on  30th  January,  every  year, two  minutes’  silence  is  observed at

11.00  AM., throughout  the  State,  in the memory  of those who sacrificed their

lives during the struggle for India’s freedom. Further, the following standing instructions have been laid down for observance of this day as follows

• Silence should be observed and work and movement stopped for two minutes throughout the State at 30 A.M. on 30th January.
• Wherever feasible, the commencement  and  termination  of  the  two minutes’ silence period should be indicated by  sound  of  siren  or  Army Sirens should be sounded from  10.59  hours  till  11.00  hours  and after two minutes, all clear sirens should again be  sounded  from.  11.02 hours till 11.03 hours. This procedure may  be adopted  where  sirens exist.

• On hearing the signal (wherever available), all persons would stand up and observe the

• At places where no signal systems is available, suitable instructions can be issued to  all  concerned  for  observing  the  silence for  two minutes at 11.00 A.M.

Further, in the past, it  has been observed that while two  minutes’ silence is observed in some offices, the general public goes about its occupation in the ordinary course, unmindful of the solemnity of the occasion and requested the Governments  to  ensure that the Martyrs’ Day is observed  with due  solemnity.

Therefore, the under mentioned officers are requested to issue instructions field  level  functionaries  and  to  all  educational  institutions  under their control for observance   of   the   Martyrs’   Day·,    accordingly.   Talks,   speeches   on freedom struggle, national integration may be organized in hybrid mode duly following the guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) issued from time to time regarding COVID-19 are strictly  adhered  to  while observing Martyrs’ Day.

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