Schedule of Swarnim Gujarat valedictory events announced

Gujarat government’s spokesperson and Minister Shri Jaynarayan Vyas and Shri Saurabh Patel today briefed media persons on schedule of Gujarat golden jubilee year’s valedictory events, the detail of which is presented here:

24 April: Navy symphony band performance in Ahmedabad at Kankaria lake front

25 April: Armed forces to present symphony band performance in Rajkot

28 April – 2 May: Statues of leaders to be washed and decorated at all Taluka and district headquarters. Important government buildings, heritage structures, important places will be decorated through lighting.

29 April: Governor Dr. Kamla Beniwal to open a mega exhibition featuring Gujarat’s development in last one decade at 6.00 pm at Gandhinagar’s Mahatma Mandir complex. The exhibition will be spread over 1.25 lakh sq ft area under a grand dome.

30 April: Non resident Gujaratis and NRI convention ‘Golden Gujarat, Global Gujarat’ will be organized at Mahatma Mandir complex in Gandhinagar. At 6.00 pm in the evening Police, paramilitary forces, district bands and school students will walk a march past with artistic moving models featuring Gujarat’s development and culture. At 7.45 pm, Chief Minister Modi will flag off a ‘lamp rally’. Parallel rallies like this will be organized at various places across the state at the same time.

1 May: 8.00 am Gujarat Chief Minister to garland Maha Gujarat movement martyrs monument near Bhadra fort

1 May: A special conference of former IAS, IPS and IFS officers of Gujarat at Mahatham Mandir, Gandhinagar

1 May: Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Governor Dr. Kamla Beniwal will attend an official concluding ceremony of Gujarat Golden Jubilee year of statehood.

More than 5,000 artists will present story of Gujarat’s art, culture and development on the theme of ‘Age Kadam Gujarat’.

2 May: Repeat of ‘Age Kadam Gujarat’ to be organized at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Patel stadium.

Lighting decoration over important building will continue till 3 May night.