Dwarka Chitragupt Samaj organized Chitrans Ke Gaurav Award ceremony on the occasion of Sh. Chitragupt Puja on 19th October at CCRT Auditorium, Sector 7, Dwarka. This was the 8th Chitragupt Puja celebration in Dwarka by their 450 members organization. The chief guest on occasion was Sh. Sunil Shastri, MP & S/o Sh. Lal Bhadur Shastri, the 2nd prime minister of India. He emphasized on the contribution and importance of Kayastha Community in the development of the country. He proudly mentioned the name of the first president of India Dr. Rajender Prasad, and Lal Bhadur Shastri and the great revolutionary Sh. Jai Prakash Narayan. He said in todays scenario also the contribution of Kayastha Community is commendable and needs appreciation from all corner. He honored Sh. S.N. Srivastava, Jt. Commissioner Traffic Delhi Police with Chitrans Ke Gaurav Award for his distinguished service.
While handing over the award, he proudly narrated one of his incidents, where he was caught by the traffic police when his father Sh. Lal Bhadur Shastri was the home minister and how he managed to escape. Sh. Shastri assured the gathering that Sh. S. N. Srivastava will come up with flying colours in managing the Common Wealth Games in 2010.
Sh. S. N. Srivastava thanked the organizer for honouring him with the coveted Chitrans Ke Gaurav Award and expressed his emotions saying it is wonderful feeling to be honoured by own family members. He reassured his commitment for a smooth and jam free Delhi during Common Wealth Games. Sh. Girish Bhatnagar, a retired IRSS officer of railway and Sh. Ranjit Sinha, a former minister of Bihar Govt. were also honoured with the award.
On this occasion, the Chitrans of Dwarka gathered in the morning 9:00 am and offered puja to their revered Sh. Chitragupt Bhagwan. Mukesh Sinha, the convenor and vice president of Chitragupt Samaj informs that samaj started the celebration in 2002 with 22 members but now it has grown multi fold. In the evening the cultural programme began at 6:00 pm with the performance of children of the community who recited and performed on the patriotic and filmi songs. The dance performance by Akshita Sinha on the latest songs of film Blue was appreciated by the august gathering. The Zee T.V. Saregama participant Anuj Saxena (the blind singer) enthralled the audience with his melodious voice. Col. Anand Ji, the president of samaj thanked the honourable guests (including no. of IAS, IPS, & other senior govt. officers) who participated and enjoyed “Priti Bhoj” (community dinner). Ms. Sudha Sinha and Ms. Harshita Sinha who anchored the programme got all the appreciations by the organizer.
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