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India's Independence Day is celebrated on August 15 to commemorate the independence of British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation, that day in 1947. The day is a national holiday in India. It has been celebrated throughout the country with a flag hoisting ceremony and distributing sweets. The main ceremony will be held in New Delhi, where Prime Minister hoists the national flag at Red Fort and offers a speech on television on its walls. In his speech, he highlighted the achievements of his government during the past year, raises important questions and gives a call for further development. The Prime Minister also paid tribute to his leadership of the struggle for freedom.Independence of indiaHistory of independence day India 15th August 1947, Information about this days
On June 3, 1947, Viscount Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last British Governor General of India, announced the partitioning of the British Indian Empire in India and Pakistan, under the provisions of the Independence Act India, 1947. At the stroke of midnight, August 15, 1947, India became an independent nation. It was preceded by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's famous speech entitled Tryst with destiny. "At the stroke of midnight hour when the world sleeps, India awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, but is rarely in history, when we emerge from the old to new, an age when ends and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds statement ..... We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself. "
Prime Minister Nehru and Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Lord Mountbatten invited to continue as Governor General of India. He was replaced in June 1948 by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari. Patel took the responsibility to unify 565 princely states towards the efforts of his "iron fist in a velvet glove" policies, such as the use of military force to integrate Junagadh, Jammu and Kashmir, State and Hyderabad in India. J & K has become a part of India when Pakistan and besieged the king Maharaja Hari Singh signed the instrument of accession with India to save J & K from Pakistan. India replied on behalf of J & K by sending its armed forces to fight against the Pakistani attack. Later, PM Nehru visited the United Nations and a ceasefire was declared. Pakistan has not withdrawn its military forces from occupied Kashmir, the territory and termed as POK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) has always been a cause of discord between India and Pakistan.
The Constituent Assembly has completed work on drafting the constitution on November 26, 1949, January 26, 1950, the Republic of India was officially proclaimed. The Constituent Assembly elected Dr. Rajendra Prasad, as the first President of India, care of Governor General Rajgopalachari. The suite, a free and sovereign India absorbed two other territories: Goa (released control of Portuguese in 1961) and Pondicherry (which the french transferred in 1954). In 1952, India has held its first general elections with a voter turnout exceeding 62%, in practice, making India, the world's largest democratic country in the history of modern and ancient world.
