New Delhi: Indians are gearing up for the 75th Independence Day celebrations to happen on August 15 to mark the nation’s freedom from British rule. The East India Company took over the reins of India after the British received the Battle of Plassey and dominated for over 100 years.
On August 15, 1947, India succeeded in reaching freedom ending the British rule after 1000’s of patriots sacrificed their lives for the trigger.
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What’s the historical past of India’s freedom battle?
India’s Independence motion started throughout World War I which was spearheaded by Mohandas Karamdas Gandhi. It is on July 4, 1947, that the Indian Independence Bill was offered within the British House of Commons which was handed inside a fortnight. The invoice paved method for India’s independence from British rule following which India turned a free nation with the bifurcation of India and Pakistan.
The freedom battle noticed many courageous hearts together with Rani Lakshmi Bai, Bhagat Singh, Mangal Pandey, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Subhas Chandra Bose inspiring kids, males, and girls to combat for the trigger.
What is the importance of Independence Day?
The day reminds us of the sacrifices made by freedom fighters who helped us obtain independence from British rule. India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled the Indian nationwide flag above the Lahori Gate of Red Fort in Delhi on August 15, 1947. Observed as a nationwide vacation, the custom continues with the Prime Minister of India hoisting the tricolour flag on the Red Fort. The occasion is adopted by cultural occasions and a parade.
Tags *1. Did you recognize that the tune ‘Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata’ composed in 1911 by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore was renamed as ‘Jana Gana Mana’? Yes, the tune was later adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India because the nationwide anthem on January 24, 1950.
2. Our nationwide flag with three horizontal stripes of pink, yellow, and inexperienced was hoisted on August 7, 1906, at Parsee Bagan Square in Kolkata. Also, the primary sample of India’s nationwide flag was designed by freedom fighter Pingali Venkayya in 1921. The present colors of saffron, white and inexperienced colors and the Ashok Chakra within the center have been formally adopted on July 22, 1947, and hoisted on August 15, 1947.
3. It is fascinating to notice that 5 different international locations additionally have a good time their independence on August 15 together with Bahrain, North Korea, South Korea, the Republic of Congo and Liechtenstein.
4. Another incontrovertible fact that catches consideration is that the Indian flag is manufactured and provided from just one place, which is the Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha (KKGSS), situated in Dharwad in Karnataka. It has the authority to fabricate and provide the Indian nationwide flag.
5. Even as India achieved independence in 1947, Goa remained a Portuguese colony till 1961 until it was annexed by the Indian Army. Hence, Goa was the final state to affix the Indian territory.
