Noida: A seminar and cultural program was organized at RG Residency, Sector 120 on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and Ahilyabai Holkar and the great festival of Makar Sankranti in coordination with Dr. Munish Prakash Agarwal. Chief guest Shriman Praveer Kumar, Department Pracharak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, President Praveen Kumar and special guest Ashok Kumar Sharma inaugurated the program by lighting the lamp.





The chief guest was welcomed and greeted with a shawl and coconut and Shriman MDM Sharma, the senior-most citizen of RG Residency, was welcomed with a shawl and coconut on completion of 90 years.
Sudha Singh and Payal presented Saraswati Vandana and enthralled the audience with their melodious songs. Small children, Devyani, Jeevika, Shivanshi, Charvi, Anyaya, and Advik Moghe expressed their views on the lives of great men.
The chief guest and the speakers on the dais expressed their views on the personality and deeds of Swami Vivekananda and Ahilyadevi and said that the great men of the country are the life force of the nation. The country which forgets its great men, its identity and its existence as a society is lost in history. Battling with adverse and difficult circumstances and the atrocities of the invaders, both these great personalities gave self-realization to the dejected and hopeless society by bringing back self-confidence awakened the dormant masculinity and gave it a new direction to live with self-respect and honour.
Swami Vivekananda, with his patriotism and spiritual knowledge, raised the flag of victory for Indian knowledge, science and great culture in the entire world. Ahilya Devi established a huge empire fighting against the conspiracies of Mughal invaders cunning Britishers and the people who betrayed the faith of her country. Ahilya had to bear the great sorrow of the death of her father-in-law, husband, son, daughter and son-in-law in her lifetime.
Not being disturbed at all by these great deaths, she established a strong, capable and prosperous state. Many historians praised the good governance of Ahilya and said that she was the greatest woman who was adept at running strong and good governance.
Ram Narayan Moghe presented a patriotic song. The guests honoured the children by giving them prizes and finally, the programme concluded with Vande Mataram. The program was successfully conducted by Lakshendra Pratap Singh. The president of Raj Residency, Pradeep Jaiswal, Hrishikesh Bhave, Anil Vats, Srinivas Lalit Kapoor, Munish Prakash Agarwal, Suresh Agarwal, RC Seth, SK Dubey, Rajni Agarwal, Shiv Awasthi, Shailendra Yadav, Anil Jain, Ganpat Rai, Madhu Saxena, Nisha Bhave, etc. many eminent citizens of the society, mothers and children were present in the program.