India should be history-conscious: Modi
July 25, 2014  21:53
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today stressed on India becoming history-conscious saying only such countries have a potential to create history. 

Speaking extempore at a book release function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here this evening, Modi lauded the attempts of President Pranab Mukherjee and his team in restoring the old heritage and historical facts about the palace. 

"We are not that history-conscious society and always believe in hearsay. The country which forgets its history also loses its ability to create history," Modi said. 

Referring to the museum in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Prime Minister said India very often is not a history-conscious society and this museum was "an effort to preserve a part of our unique heritage".

He referred to the President as the guiding force who gave the right advice to him like a head of the family. "Like head of the family, he has been guiding me, who is new in the family," Modi said.
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