It has been celebrating its Independence Day yearly since August 15, 1947, when it kicked British rule. India’s 78th Independence Day marks celebration this year. regarding this Independence Day, let’s investigate some amazing facts regarding India’s freedom.
- Though he contributed to grant India her freedom, Mahatma Gandhi did not participate in the celebrations. On August 15, 1947, Mahatma Gandhi was on a hunger strike at Noakhali, Bengal hundreds of kilometers from Delhi. He sought to avert bloodshed among different tribes.
- From what is today Rashtrapati Bhavan, Jawahral Nehru gave the famous speech “Tryst with Destiny” on August 14, 1947, midnight. On this day India won her freedom. Everybody on Earth listened to this speech.
- Nehru paid Lord Mountbatten an afternoon visit on August 15, 1947, delivering his cabinet member list. After then, he spoke to the gathering in the Princes Garden close to India Gate.
- The Prime Minister does not fly the flag from the Red Fort on Independence Day every year; he did not either on August 15, 1947. On August 16, 1947 Nehru hauled the flag at the Red Fort.
- Japan formally dropped out of the war on August 15, 1945. The British honored this by choosing August 15 as the day of India’s freedom.
- Though the country gained its freedom on August 15, the populace could not witness the “Radcliffe Line,” dividing India from Pakistan, until August 17.
- India had no national song when it won its freedom on August 15, 1947. 1950 saw Jana Gana Mana adopted as the national song.
- Goa was not a sovereign state when India acquired its freedom. At that point Goa was under Portuguese control. December 19, 1961 saw the Indian army attack Goa, free it, and turn it into a part of India.
- Apart from India, 4 other countries also celebrate Independence Day on 15 August. South Korea and North Korea got independence from Japan on 15 August 1945, Bahrain got independence from Britain on 15 August 1971, and Congo got independence from France on 15 August 1960.
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