Standing tall

DSB International Public School Rishikesh becomes the first educational institute to have the honour of hoisting the highest National Flag in the country and the first in the state:

February 16, 2011 can be termed as a red letter day in the history of DSB International Public School, Rishikesh. This was the occasion when this emerging school of Rishikesh added a new chapter not only in its own history but also in the history of the whole state by being the first and foremost educational institute in Uttarakhand to have achieved the honour and glory of hoisting the Tricolor having the ratio of 30:20 feet at an altitude of 110 feet high monumental flag pole in the school premises . Undoubtedly, this day proved to be a golden day in the history of the school.

The programme started with the unfurling of the Tricolor by the chief guest Naveen Jindal, the honourable member of Parliament from Kurukshetra, Haryana. Having hoisted the Tricolor the four houses of the school exhibited a grand march past saluting the chief guest and the national flag.

Thereafter, the school students presented cultural programmes among which group songs, folk dance, patriotic songs and many other spellbound programmes were main attractions. The students from Keshri Devi Lohia Public School Kurukshetra, Haryana also presented beautiful programmes.

On the closing ceremony of the programme the chief guest addressed the gathering present there in which he said unfurling the national flag is a matter of great pride and added that the national flag is the symbol of our prestige which every Indian deserves to possess. And it is due to his tireless efforts that today every Indian has got the right to unfurl the national flag with dignity and honour.

To conclude the proceedings of the programme, the principal of the school proposed his vote of thanks to the chief guest, distinguished guest, delegates, guardians and school staff members for having graced the occasion by their presence and being part of the historic moment.