Happy Independence Day 2018
Feel the pride of being the part of such a
glorious nation. Here's sending my warm patriotic wishes to make this day truly
memorable!!!
This 15th August Indian will
mark its 72nd Independence Day. For
all Indians Independence Day is a day to remember the people who fought the
Britishers and gave up their lives to free the country from a foreign ruler.
India's freedom struggle was a hard-fought one and Independence Day is the day
to pledge and to protect the unity and integrity of our country. Independence
Day is a national holiday and is celebrated with much fervour across the
nation. Parades are held in all state capitals and district headquarters to
celebrate Independence Day. Indians across the country also hoist the tricolor
to mark the day. Many also fly kites, sing patriotic songs and exchange sweets
to celebrate Independence Day. On the eve of Independence day, the President
addresses the nation in a televised speech. On Independence Day, the Prime
Minister greets the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort in New Delhi.
Independence Day is also a day to reflect on our country's current state and
its achievement after it was freed from the British rule in 1947.
HISTORY OF INDEPENDENCE DAY
Lord Mountbatten had been given a mandate by
the British parliament to transfer the power by June 30, 1948. If he had waited
till June 1948, in C Rajagopalachari’s memorable words, there would have been
no power left to transfer. Mountbatten thus advanced the date to August 1947.
At that time, Mountbatten claimed that by
advancing the date, he was ensuring that there will be no bloodshed or riot. He
was, of course, to be proven wrong, although he later tried to justify it by
saying that “wherever colonial rule has ended, there has been bloodshed. That
is the price you pay.”
Based on Mountbatten’s inputs the Indian
Independence Bill was introduced in the British House of Commons on July 4,
1947 and passed within a fortnight. It provided for the end of the British rule
in India, on August 15, 1947, and the establishment of the Dominions of India
and Pakistan, which were allowed to secede from the British Commonwealth.
Posted by Pankaj Bhandari
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