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The Story Behind The National Pledge




Educationist Maria Montessori once said, "Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society”. Our schooling heavily influences what we are in society today. We all remember our school days with much fondness, the memories of our friends and teachers bring us great joy.

In all the memories we have of school, the morning assembly is often neglected. Irrespective of the school we studied in, there are two things that are common, the National Anthem and the National Pledge. We often ignore the importance and the story behind the latter. The people of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh have a strong connection to it.

The schools in the city of Visakhapatnam were the first to recite the National Pledge in the country. In 1962 renowned Telugu author P.V Subba Rao composed the pledge while he was working as the District Treasury Office at Visakhapatnam. He later submitted the pledge to the local minister at that time Tenneti Viswanadham, after whom the local Tenneti Park is named.

P.V Subba Rao

Mr. Tenneti approached the then Education Minister of Andhra Pradesh P.V.G Raju from Vizianagaram who in turn directed all the Schools to make it part of their morning assembly. This caught the attention of the Central Government as the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Education passed an order at a meeting held at Bangalore directing all schools throughout the nation to implement it in their morning assembly.

The Story of Mr. P.V Subba Rao is not widely known as no textbook in India mentions him. The pledge has the same degree of importance that the National Anthem has but unlike Rabindranath Tagore his contribution is forgotten.

Mr. Subba Rao was an accomplished writer he was an expert in English, Telugu, Sanskrit, and Arabic. He was an accomplished writer, his book ‘Khalabairavudu’ is a popular Telugu novel. Mr. P.V Subba Rao passed away in 1988 never realizing that his work would touch millions of children across the nation.

Let’s be proud of our country, the contribution of P.V Subba Rao shouldn’t be forgotten.

By-
Ashish Samarpit

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