Gangtok, Aug. 15 -- Celebrating the 73rd, Independence Day. Our hearty congratulations, warmest greetings and very best wishes to the people of India and our own state Sikkim. As we are aware the Independence came to India after a protracted struggle against the British regime. Our towering leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru, Baba Ambedkar, Sardar Patel, Lala Lajpat Rai, Subhas Chandra Bose, Rani Lakhsmibai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Rajendra Prasad and Birsa Munda played a very crucial role in securing freedom to our country. We pay our respectful homage to all our leaders and freedom fighters.

Every community, every institution, every geography and every faith fought valiantly in their own way to bring freedom. They used their own lang...