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Independence Day History..
After more than two hundred years of British rule, India finally won backs its
freedom on 15th August, 1947. All the patriotic hearts rejoiced at seeing India
becoming a sovereign nation and the triumph of hundreds and thousands
of martyred souls. It was a birth of a new nation and a new beginning.
The only fact that marred the happiness of the fruits by the blood of
martyrs was the fact that the country was divided into India and
Pakistan and the violent communal riots took away a number of lives.
It was on the eve of 15th of August, 1947 that India tricolor flag was
unfurled by Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, on the
ramparts the Red Fort of Delhi.
The day is celebrated to commemorate the birth of the world's biggest
democracy as a national holiday. Schools and people hoist the national flag
through out the country and put them up on the rooftops and the buildings.
People
only go to offices to attend the flag hoisting ceremony. The Prime
Minister addresses the Nation after the flag has been unfurled
recounting the country's achievements of the year, discussing current
major issues and future plans for the progress of the country.
Recently, kite-flying has become a tradition on this day and people can
be seen flying numerous
kites of all colors, sizes and shapes symbolizing the freedom.
Cards for Independence Day
"At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the
world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes,
which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the
new…India discovers herself again."
-
Jawaharlal Nehru
(on Indian Independence Day, 1947)
Pledge Today (Live & let live)
“May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely,
than this our own country!”
