Mysuru: The 77th anniversary of ‘Mysore Chalo’ movement was celebrated under the aegis of Mysuru City and District Freedom Fighters Association at the Freedom Fighters Park in Subbarayanakere ground here yesterday.
Speaking after garlanding the bust of Mahatma Gandhi and hoisting the National flag, the Association President Y.C. Revanna said that the Mysore Chalo movement played a crucial role in the merger of the Mysore Princely State into the Indian Union on Oct. 24, 1947, following India’s independence. He pointed out that the movement was instrumental in replacing the rule of Mysore Maharajas with a democratically elected Government.
