prayagraj the allahabad university au has decided to observe the azadi ka amrit mahotsav from august 9 on a grand scalethis is being done on the directives of the university grants commission ugcthe varsitys central cultural committee has drawn up a detailed plan in this regard and plans to host events keeping students at the centre of events all through the yearallahabad university au pro jaya kapoor said as per the plan various events like selfcomposed poem recitation to special lectures and webinars besides competitions like poster making quiz debate and onthespot speechmaking would be organized for the students these would be held in online and offline modes while strictly adhering to the covid protocolshe said that a poster rally and street play are also proposed to be held in the arts commerce science and law faculty campuses of the central universitythe national anthem would also be uploaded on a designated portal cycle rallies would be held and existing literature would be translated into different languagesthe ugc letter also asks the institutions to upload the details of the events held on the university activity monitoring portal uamp of ugcazadi ka amrit mahotsav was launched by prime minister narendra modi on march 12 to commemorate 91 years of dandi march by mahatma gandhi it is an initiative of the government of india to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive india and the glorious history of its people culture and achievementsthe official journey of azadi ka amrit mahotsav which commenced on march 12 2021 has started a 75week countdown to indias 75th anniversary of independence and will conclude on august 15 2022