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The Sweeper Who Cleaned the Parade Ground All Night – A Republic Day Story 🇮🇳

The Sweeper Who Cleaned the Parade Ground All Night – A Republic Day Story 🇮🇳

Not all heroes march in parades. 🇮🇳

Some sweep the ground in silence.

While the city slept peacefully before Republic Day,
one poor sweeper stayed awake all night
to prepare a ground for children he would never meet.

This is the true-inspired story
of India’s invisible hero.


The parade ground was dark and empty.

Cold wind blew through the open field.

Only one man was working.

His name was Mohan.

A 60-year-old municipal sweeper.

Bent back.
Rough hands.

Holding a worn-out broom.

He swept dry leaves.
He picked up plastic cups.
He cleared broken glass.

All night long.

At 4 a.m.,
his supervisor said,
“Mohan, go home.
You have done enough.”

Mohan shook his head.

“Children will come here in the morning,” he said.
“They should not march on dirt.” 🇮🇳

So he kept working.

At sunrise,
school buses arrived.

Children stepped onto the clean ground.

They marched proudly.

Flags were hoisted.
The National Anthem played.

Nobody noticed Mohan.

He stood quietly at a distance.

Sweat on his forehead.

A small smile on his face.

That evening,
a teacher uploaded a photo of the clean ground online.

Someone asked,
“Who cleaned this place?”

The answer came:

“An old sweeper who worked all night.”

The photo went viral.

When a reporter later asked Mohan why he did it,
he replied softly:

“My duty is to clean.
But today I cleaned for my country.” 🇮🇳


🌟 MORAL

Real patriotism is silent service done with love,
not loud words spoken for attention. 🇮🇳

An old Indian sweeper cleaning a parade ground at night before Republic Day.

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