As many as 750 drones created diverse formations above a park here to pay respects to the independence warriors participating in the 1925 Kakori train action, according to an official statement, PTI reported.
The drone display was part of the 'Kakori Balidan Diwas,' and it honoured Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Thakur Roshan Singh, and Rajender Lahiri, among others.
Today, India is a "big" global power, which is something to be proud of. The country has also surpassed Britain to become the fifth largest economy, the chief minister stated during his speech at the ceremony, which also featured a drone making an image of the Parliament building.
The account of the Kakori incident was recounted through drone formations and commentary, while onlookers were delighted by the unmanned aerial vehicles' acrobatics.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the G-20 from December 1 to November 30 next year. The G-20 is the group of the 20 most powerful nations of the world and they have 85 per cent of the world's GDP, 75 per cent of trade, 60 per cent population and 90 per cent innovation and research and development," he was quoted by PTI in its report.
Paying tribute to the heroes of the 1925 Kakori train action, Adityanath said," Each district and town (of Uttar Pradesh) participated in the first freedom struggle during 1857 to 1947. Mangal Pandey was from Uttar Pradesh and he blew the bugle of the freedom struggle."
"The British government was not able to catch Chandrashekhar Azad and he himself wrote the story of his martyrdom," he said.
Freedom fighters are the emblems of respect and the state administration is taking different initiatives to memorialise them, Adityanath added.
"We named the Gorakhpur zoo after Ashfaqullah Khan, the driver training centre after Bandhu Singh and the homeopathic medical college at Barhalganj is named after Raja Hari Prasad," he said.
(With Inputs From Agencies)