<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra's Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated 'Amrut Mahotsav' function at August Kranti Maidan today in Mumbai. He said, this is the freedom which we have inherited from our forefathers and it is our responsibility to safeguard it, even at the cost of our lives. He said, we should go beyond caste and religion and our feelings for our country are the same. We should not only remember the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country but we should also try to build a nation which is worthy of their sacrifice. He appealed everyone to cherish and live values we learnt from our freedom struggle for achieving 'Surajya' with 'Swarajya'.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Culture Minister of Maharashtra Shri Amit Deshmukh said that Maharashtra government will hold yearlong programmes to celebrate Amrut Mahotsav of Independence. At the beginning of the function, Chief Minister paid floral tributes at the August Kranti Memorial while remembering freedom fighters. He also flagged off the Cycle Rally on this occasion. Havildar Madhusudan Narayan Surve, recipient of Shourya Chakra, Smt Madhavi Manohar Rane, the spouse of Squadron leader Manohar Rane (Martyr), also recipient of Shourya Chakra, and Pradhan Mantri Bal Shakti award winner Kavya Kartikeyan were also felicitated today.</span><br />''