Hello guys! this year 15th august 2020 we’ll celebrate our 74th independence day. We all celebrated independence day by hosting flags in schools, collages, offices of the nation, but wait!
do you know the history of it? how our India got independence?
At that time every person who was engaged in the revolt against the British, they all are our freedom fighters so we thank them for giving us this wonderful opportunity to celebrate our independence day. So we Mr. Facts would like you to know the history behind our freedom and how we celebrate our independence day.
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History and significant
The story of India’s
colonialisation began with the arrival of the East India Company to the country
in 1600s. The merchants who came to trade in India, soon started to exercise
military and administrative control. Due to their massive military strength,
they started to overpower and suppress the local kingdoms, and ruled some parts
of the country. By 1757, they had established their foothold in many parts of
the country. This led to
revolutionary calls for independence, and sparked the phase of non-violent and
non-cooperation movements followed by the civil disobedience movement.
The enduring
leader and a national symbol for all these movements was Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi - the Father of the Nation. The next decades were
marked with constant struggles between the Indians and the British for freedom.
Many movements and acts were carried out by the Indian National Congress,
freedom fighters and the people of India. The first organised revolt took place against the British
rule in 1857. A group of Indian soldiers rebelled against British rank in
Meerut. Referred to as the Great Struggle of 1857 or the Sepoy Mutiny, this
marked the beginning of a new era in the country’s freedom movement. From 1858
to 1947, the country was governed by Britishers with representatives in the
forms of governor-generals and viceroys posted in almost every state.
With humongous discrimination towards Indians in their homeland, the situation
kept on getting worse. On 13th April 1919, Jallianwala Bagh massacre,
which is also known as Amritsar massacre took place. People had gathered at
Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, to protest non-violently against the
arrest and deportment of two national leaders, Satya Pal and Dr Saifuddin
Kitchlew, along with Baisakhi pilgrims. Many of them had come from outside the
city and were unaware of the imposition of martial law that prohibited
gatherings at public places. However, General Reginald Dyer ordered troops to
fire machine guns into a crowd of Indian protesters and killed more than a
thousand people. This led to Non-Cooperation movement led by Mahatma Gandhi to
protest against the incident. People refused to buy British goods and decided
to purchase local handicrafts from Indian shops.
The British rule in India came to an end on 14-15 August
1947, midnight. Therefore, the power was reassigned to the two new independent
Dominions of India and Pakistan. Lord Mountbatten was the first to become the
governor-general of the new Dominion of India. The first Prime Minister of
Independent India was Jawahar Lal Nehru. The Constituent Assembly that was
constituted in 1946 became the Parliament of Indian Dominion.
“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the
breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?” - Mahatma Gandhi
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Celebration of independence day
The Independence Day of India,
which is celebrated religiously throughout the Country on the 15th of August every year, holds tremendous ground
in the list of national days, since it reminds every Indian about the dawn of a
new beginning, the beginning of an era of deliverance from the clutches of
British colonialism of more than 200 years. It was on 15th August 1947 that India was declared
independent from British colonialism, and the reins of control were handed over
to the leaders of the Country.
Independence Day is celebrated through
festivities across India. Notably, prime minister visits
the Red fort monument
for a flag-raising ceremony and delivers a televised address that is broadcast
nationwide. Other traditional events include flying kites and wearing the
tricolour.
Multiple activities take place in different parts
of the nation. As we celebrate the 74th Independence Day this year, we can
proudly say that our country has made significant progress in all these years.
Be it military, education, technology, sports, or infrastructure, India has
improved in all the fields, and yes, the road ahead is full of development and
prosperity.
Some facts about Indian independence day
1) Mahatma Gandhi, was not part of the Independence Day celebrations. He was fasting at the time as part of a protest against Hindu-Muslim riots that were taking place in Bengal.
2) Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy and the first Governor General of India, chose 15 August as Indian Independence Day as it also commemorated the second anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces.
3)Pakistan's Independence Day should be on the same day, but lord Mountbatten being the last Viceroy of undivided British India had to be present at both the ceremonies in Delhi and Karachi. Hence, Pakistan's independence day was celebrated on 14 August.
4) At the time of independence, India had no official National Anthem. While Jana Gana Mana was written in 1911, it was officially adopted as the Indian national anthem on 24 January 1950.
7) India shares its Independence Day with five more countries on August 15, but with different years. The countries are Bahrain, North Korea, South Korea, Congo, and Liechtenstein.
8) hee price of 10 grams of gold was Rs 88.62 at the time of independence.
9) We did not have a national anthem on our first Independence day.
10) Only Khadi Development and village industries have the license to produce or supply our national flag.
11) After Independence, 560 princely states became a part of the Indian union.
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