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Our Cultural Heritage
I do proclaim openly to all the Indians that if truth, non-violence, universal brotherhood, tolerance and equality for all religions, broadmindedness, penance-sacrifice
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equanimity, honesty, humanity-civility and the good for all people of the world, as practised and professed by Rushabhdev, Rama, Krishna, Mahavir, Buddha, Haribhadra, Hemchandra, Nanak, Kabir, Narsimh Mehta, Jesus Christ, Badshahkhan, Vivekanand, Sufi saint Moyudin Chisti (of Ajmer), Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Gandhiji and Vinobaji are forgotten, then the Indian nation will lose all its glory, cultural heritage and will end up as a mundane nation with no originality or dignity.
Therefore, let us resolve to know, welcome and accept India as a whole, the conscious of its ordinary citizens, its glorious past, its philosophy, its sky-water-air-farms-industriesforests-rivers-mountains, its army, its memorials, its various artistic architectures and its highest spiritual traditions. Only after having accomplished these all-round efforts, we will be able to cherish the objective of Indian national unity and integration.
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