Republic Day 2022 assumes special significance in many ways as it falls in the 75^th Year of India’s Independence. As part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, many new events have been introduced for the first time as part of Republic Day celebrations. The endeavour has been to make it a celebration of people by encouraging their participation from all walks of life. Also create/rekindle a spirit of nationalism and patriotism in them in the run up to the Republic Day events.

Veer Gatha is one such unique project that has been launched to inspire the school children of our country with the stories of war heroes, brave hearts, and it has elicited a tremendous response from all over the country. For the first time as part of Republic Day celebrations, the Ministry of Defence has envisioned that school students may be motivated to do projects/activities based on gallantry award winners. Accordingly, the Ministry of Education, Department of School Education & Literacy & Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) organized the Veer Gatha Project from 21 October to 21 November 2021 all across the country.

More than 8,03,900 students from 4,788 schools spread over 28 States & Eight Union Territories participated in this event and shared their inspirational stories in terms of essays, poems, drawings and multimedia presentations. After several rounds of evaluation, on 06 January 2022 the 'Super 25' have been selected and declared as winners. A National level Committee selected the best entries.

The winners will be given a cash prize of Rs.10,000/- each and will be felicitated on 25 January 2022 on their arrival in New Delhi and will witness the Republic Day Parade as the special guests of Ministry of Defence.  Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Education and MyGov congratulate and thank all the participants for their zeal and enthusiasm towards the Veer Gatha Project.

The names of the Super 25 are given below:-

S No	Name of winner	Class	School	State	Participation
1.	Puranjay Gandhi	5th	S D Vidya Mandir	Haryana	Poem
2.	Shivani Pimpalapure	4th	St Xavier’s High School	Haryana	Poem
3.	Dibyanshi Das	4th	LR DAV Pub School	Odisha	Painting
4.	AarivRaaj Chopra	4th	Phoenix World School	Maharashtra	Paragraph/Essay
5.	Nandhika A Kumar	5th	ST.Patrick’s Academy	Karnataka	Paragraph/Essay
6.	Kuntadi Pratham Kini	5th	Amrita Vidyalayam	Karnataka	Paragraph/Essay
7.	NidhyanaSethi	7th	Bal Bharati Public School	Delhi	Video
8.	Vidhi Dubey	7th	St Arnolds Convent School	Odisha	Poem
9.	Jishnu Ghosh	8th	Durgapur Public School	West Bengal	Painting
10.	Dev Karan	8th	DPS Noida	Uttar Pradesh	Video
11.	Chetna Marathe	6th	APS, Mhow	Madhya Pradesh	Painting
12.	Nilay Sengupta	8th	Holi Angel Sr. Second. School	Uttar Pradesh	Painting
13.	AnnyaAnyesha Mishra	9th	KVDhenkanal	Odisha	Painting
14.	KhaidemDiyashori Devi	10th	D A V Public School	Manipur	Painting
15.	Amisha Thakur	10th	Carmel Conv Girls Sr Sec School	Madhya Pradesh	Paragraph/Essay
16.	SaeshaKapur	9th	Bal Bharati Public School	Delhi	Video
17.	Shreya	9th	Vicat D.A.V. Vidya Mandir	Karnataka	Poem
18.	Amrutha S	9th	Jnanadeepa School Javalli	Karnataka	Painting
19.	Rushal Suthar	12th	Seedling Modern Public School	Rajasthan	Poem
20.	Garv Jain	11th	Mahavir Sr Model School	Delhi	Video
21.	Shreya Srivastava	11th	Bal Bharti Public School	Delhi	Paragraph/Essay
22.	Akanksha V Malde	11th	St. Joseph’s Indian GPU Composite College	Karnataka	Poem
23.	Rishabh Sethi	11th	APS Udhampur	J&K	Poem
24.	Ishan Kumar Nanda	11th	Rotary Public School	Odisha	Painting
25.	Aadisha Grover	11th	Acharyakulam	Uttrakhand	Painting

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