Jawaharlal Nehru said on Indian Independence Day, 1947 :
"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."
After more than two hundred years of British rule, India
finally won freedom on 15th August, 1947. All the patriotic hearts rejoiced at
seeing India becoming a sovereign country and the triumph of thousands of
martyred souls. It was a re-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 & 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 Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime
Minister of India, on the ramparts the Red Fort, Delhi.
As the tri-colour unfurls in its full splendor on the 15th
day of this August, let’s come together
to make this country a great country
On the eve of Indian Independence Day, let’s pay our modest homage to all the freedom warriors who sacrificed their lives.
Happiest Independence Day to all
Happiest Independence Day to all
