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Praising the tribals for their role in the freedom Praising the tribals for their role in the freedomstruggle, Modi said, "Whenever we talk about the 1857 mutiny,we have to start the discussion from this tribal district ofDahod. The history of India’s freedom struggle is incompletewithout the mention of tribals’ contribution, who foughtagainst Britishers for over 100 years." "In 1857, tribals of this district posed great challengeto Britishers. How can we forget the contribution of our ownfreedom fighters from this land of Govind Guru? He foughtbravely against the British. On this occasion, I want to paymy tributes to all the tribal freedom fighters of this countryfrom this land," he said. Modi said the Centre was keen to implement Gujarat’s ‘VanBandhu’ scheme, for upliftment of tribal population across thecountry. ‘Van Bandhu’ scheme is a special scheme of the Gujaratgovernment for development activities of tribal region ofthe state. PTI COR PJT PD NRB NMSRY