Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that Gorakhpur is an important center in every respect with a population of more than three crore in eastern Uttar Pradesh, bordering Bihar and Nepal. Today, Gorakhpur is moving forward rapidly in the development journey of New India with the inspiration and guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gorakhpur has become a dream destination for education, health, and investment in the North-East region.
CM Yogi was welcoming Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar at the inauguration ceremony of Sainik School Gorakhpur on Saturday. Congratulating the Vice President and his wife Dr. Sudesh Dhankhar on behalf of the state and the people of Gorakhpur, the Chief Minister said that it is a matter of good fortune that the Vice President has come to Gorakhpur for the first time. He said that today the sacred objective of building generations is being fulfilled through Sainik School.
This is an important day for Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Gorakhpur has been an important place since the mythological and historical period: The Chief Minister said that Gorakhpur has been an important place since the mythological and historical periods. This is the place of meditation of Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath ji and also the center of publication of Sanatan literature in the whole world through Geeta Press. During the first freedom struggle of 1857, under the leadership of Shaheed Bandhu Singh, the foundations of British rule were shaken in the Gorakhpur region. The historic incident of Chauri Chaura in 1922 gave new impetus to the freedom struggle.
CM said that Gorakhpur is full of natural resources. If we keep Gorakhpur in the center, then at a distance of 50 km from here is Kushinagar, the place of Maha parinirvana of Mahatma Buddha. At a distance of 90 km is Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha and at a distance of 25 km is Maghar, the place of death of Sant Kabir. At a distance of 175 km is Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Shri Ram, while at a distance of 225 km is Kashi, the city of Baba Vishwanath.
The unique identity of Gorakhpur and UP was created by new dimensions of development: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the fertilizer factory complex in which Sainik School is built was once closed. With its resumption today, it has emerged as a center for increasing agricultural productivity, reducing agricultural costs and providing new means of livelihood. The health campaign is gaining momentum from AIIMS and BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur: BRD Medical College and AIIMS are setting new records every day in the field of medicine. Sugarcane farmers are getting unexpected benefits from sugar mills.
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With the construction of state-of-the-art infrastructure, expressways, sixlanes, fourlanes and new dimensions of development, a unique identity is being created for Gorakhpur and UP.
Sainik School was completed in three years CM Yogi said that the Sainik School of Gorakhpur, which was completed in a short period of three years, will play an important role in shaping the future of future generations.
This is the first Sainik School of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, being built at a cost of Rs 176 crore, in which the facility of residential education will be provided to the students from class 6 to 12. This Sainik School will shape the future generations and will prove helpful in making them aware of the duties of life. The students coming out of Sainik Sansthan will pave the way for nation building and developed India in future.
Inauguration of Sainik School at the hands of an old student is a matter of good fortune: Chief Minister said that the first Sainik School in the country was established by the then Chief Minister Sampurnanand ji in Lucknow in 1960. Subsequently, in 1961, the then Defense Minister of the country also started 5 new Sainik Schools. Welcoming the Vice President, he said that it is our good fortune that this Sainik School is being inaugurated by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, an alumnus of Chittorgarh Sainik School during the period 1962 to 1969
