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        Lessons in Globalism                                 harmony, they will not fight each other when they grow up. So   Republic Day-an education in itself
                                                             began the first CISV Camp in Ohio. Today, the Children’s
                                                             International Summer Village Camps (CISV) Camps are organized   Republic Day, Independence Day and 2nd October are
        Children’s International Summer Village              all over the world. In India, CMS has taken the lead by been   national festivals celebrated by the institution with great
        Camps (CISV) CHEETAH VILLAGE                         hosting CISV Camps continuously for over two decades in the   pride and gusto. On 26th January 1950, we adopted our
                                                             guidance of Founder-Manager, Dr Jagdish Gandhi, President of
        When the 8 year old child of Dr Doris Allen, a child psychologist in   CISV India. It hosted ‘Cheetah Village’ Camp from 28th December   Constitution and declared ourselves a sovereign, socialist,
                                                                                                                           secular and democratic Republic. It is a day to pledge
        Cincinnatti, Ohio asked his mother, "Mom, will I have to fight a   2022, to 19th January, 2023. Nine countries participated in the
        war when I grow up” it set his mother thinking. Those were the   Village Camp including- Brazil, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan,   allegiance to the Constitution and make new resolves for
        days when the world had just witnessed the horrors of World War   Mongolia, Mexico, Sweden and India.              the future. The CMS Republic Day Tableau forms a part of
        II and all the young men received compulsory military training. So                                                 the Republic Day Parade. It highlights the spirit of the
        the idea struck that if children can be taught to live in peace and                                                Constitution and hails India as a free and democratic
                                                                                                                           nation. It also calls upon the governments of various        Victorious Republic Day Tableau 2023, winner of First Prize
                                                                                                                           countries to unite and work together for the safety and
                                                                                                                           security of 2.5 billion children of the world and generations
                                                                                                                           to be born. For many years, it has been winning the first
                                                                                                                           prize at the Republic Day Parade.CMS Campuses also take
                                                                                                                           out colourful Marches and cultural items filled with a
                                                                                                                           patriotic fervor that inspire millions of viewers that line up
                                                                                                                           on both sides of the road to witness the grand spectacle of
                                                                                                                           the Republic Day Parade.
                                                                                                                           Independence Day
                                                                                                                           Independence Day is an occasion for joy and merriment as
                                                                                                                           the tricolor is unfurled in CMS Campuses and the Head
                                                                                                                           Office and patriotic songs rent the air. On this day, August
                                                                                                                           15, the whole country is gripped with patriotic fervor and
                                                                                                                           new resolutions are made. It was on this day that the
                                                                                                                           country achieved its independence after 200 years of
                                                                                                                           British rule. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime
                                                                                                                           Minister of India delivered his famous speech on 15 August
                                                                                                                           1947, "Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny. Now
                                                              Peace Ambassadors at the CISV Cheetah Village with the Chief Guest
                                                                                                                           the time has come when we shall redeem our pledge - not
                                                                                                                           wholly or in full measure - but very substantially. At the
                                                                                                                           stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India
                                                                                                                           will awake to life and freedom…”
                                                                                                                           2nd October- Gandhi Jayanti has been                               CMS Founder-Director Dr Bharti Gandhi unfurling
                                                                                                                                                                                                     the National Flag on Independence Day
                                                                         One World                                         declared as the International Day of

                                                                         One Humanity                                      Non-Violence by the United Nations.
                                                                                                                           2nd October- Gandhi Jayanti has been declared as the
                                                                                                                           International Day of Non-Violence by the United Nations.
                                                                                                                           It is the birth anniversary of Father of Nation, Mahatma
                                                                                                                           Gandhi and Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri who gave
                                 An Activity of Peace & Friendship
                                                                                                                           the slogan, ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisaan.’ Over 3000 CMS teachers
                                                                                                                           participated in the Ahimsa March on 2nd October led by
                                                                                                                           the CMS Management, administrators and Principals. A
                                                                                                                           grand celebration was held at the Kanpur Road Auditorium
                                                                                                                           with the favourite songs of the Mahatma, skits, qawwali
                                                                                                                           and prayer dances.


                                                                                                                                                                                                      Gandhi Jayanti March on 2nd October
                                                                              Music forms an Integral part of a CISV Camp
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