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"The Bachchan family have raised Rs 2.5 million to support Plan India&amp;#039;s Girl Child Campaign. The money was raised through the sale of a  series of paintings which represent the life and career of Amitabh Bachchan, and a book entitled B70, which was unveiled to commemorate the legendary actor&amp;#039;s 70th birthday.  Speaking to PTI, Jaya Bachchan said: &amp;quot;Whatever we have got after selling all the books has been given to Plan India. In future, no matter how many books are sold, after deducting the tax, the entire money will be given to Plan India.&amp;quot; The initiative by the Bachchans was announced by Amitabh, Jaya, Abhishek and Aishwarya Bachchan, who were present at the event. Amitabh explained that he believes firmly in the equality of the girl child. &amp;quot;I have always believed there is no difference between a male and female child. I have said it on many forums, and I say it here again. I have a son and a daughter and whatever little we have will be equally divided,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;That is my personal belief and that is the belief of Jaya too. I feel we never had any discrimination between a girl child or a boy. They have equal place in our lives.&amp;quot; Jaya, who celebrated her granddaughter&amp;#039;s first birthday with the whole family in November, said that she missed Aaradhya at the event. &amp;quot;I was just telling Aishwarya it didn&amp;#039;t occur to me before, we would have got Aaradhya and she would have given the cheque,&amp;quot; said Jaya. Photo Gallery - Amitabh Bachchan&amp;#039;s career in pictures:   In recognition of his ongoing commitment to the equality of the girl child, Amitabh Bachchan&amp;#039;s birthday on October 11 was declared &amp;#039;International Day of the Girl Child&amp;#039; by the United Nations. Abhishek Bachchan said that every day should be a celebration of the girl child. &amp;quot;Our family feels that there should not be just one day we should celebrate as Girl Child Day. It is a good thing that October 11 will be for the girl child, but we feel they should be loved and taken care of everyday,&amp;quot; he said. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who was recently announced as the  Goodwill ambassador for UNAIDs, added: &amp;quot;It is the birthright of every child to be enabled and empowered in life... we collectively feel attention needs to be given to every child irrespective of what gender it belongs to.&amp;quot; Aishwarya recently leant her support to a 12-hour telethon for the Coca Cola-NDTV &amp;#039;Support My School&amp;#039; campaign, which raised Rs 13.6 crore towards improvements in 272 schools across India. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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