and conscious that it had neither the mandate at home‚ the international support‚ nor the reliability of native forces for continuing to control an increasingly restless India‚[2][3] decided to end British rule of India‚ and in early 1947 Britain announced its intention of transferring power no later than June 1948. As independence approached‚ the violence between Hindus and Muslims in the provinces of Punjab and Bengal continued unabated. With the British army unprepared for the potential for increased
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India Independence Day In India‚ Independence Day is observed on the 15th August every year‚ because on the said day of 1947‚ India won her freedom from the British rule after about 200 years. It is a red-lettered day‚ on which the schools and government and private offices remain closed. Early in the morning‚ the young students sing in chorus the national anthem in accompaniment of flute and drum marching together in processions in the streets. National flags are hoisted in the houses‚ schools
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15th August 1947‚ the day of our independence! We were given complete freedom for this land and nation. A seat of equality and self respect was given to us. We were offered membership and voice among free nations of the world. People celebrate the day with a lot of enthusiasm. They decorate buildings‚ houses and streets. Tricolor flags are unfurled along the roads and on the buildings. School children take part in the celebration more vigorously. They prepare for to welcome the area leaders who
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post-colonial society‚ and of a post-colonial national identity; of how a colonized people’s (cultural) knowledge was used against them‚ in service of the colonizer’s interests; and of how knowledge about the world is generated under specific socio-economic relations‚ between the powerful and the powerless. Identity politics comprise the perspectives of the colonial subjects‚ his and her creative resistance to the colonizer’s culture; and how that resistance psychologically complicated the imperial-colony
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Independence Day of India "Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny‚ and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge‚ not wholly or in full measure‚ but very substantially. 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‚ when an age ends and when the soul of a nation‚ long suppressed‚ finds utterance.... We end today a period of ill fortune‚ and
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Essay on India After Independence By vidyadharghate on June 29‚ 2011 in Essays India got freedom on 15th August 1947. Many unknown heroes risked their lives so that all of us may breathe in freedom. Achieving independence was a tremendous task. After the building of the country began in right earnest. India is heading towards major superpower in the world. During the last sixty years‚ India has seen many up and downs. Typically speaking‚ if a person reaches 63 years of age‚ he is labeled as
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It has been 65 years since India won its independence from the British. A lot has changed in these years. From the silent films to the musical blockbusters‚ from the patriotism to the capitalism‚ from joint families to nuclear families‚ India has grown and changed. But with the growing population of the country‚ the problems also grow manifold. On one hand Incredible India promises economic prosperity‚ greater opportunities‚ better infrastructure etc. But on the other hand‚ our government and citizens
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Best Answer - Chosen by Voters Gandhi use various methods of non-violent civil disobedience to gain independence for India. Non Co-operation Movement One of the first series of non violent protests nationwide was the non cooperation movement started by Mahatma Gandhi. This movement officially started the Gandhian era in India. In this freedom struggle‚ the non cooperation movement was basically aimed at making the Indians aware of the fact that the British government can be opposed and if done
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Independence Day‚ observed annually on 15 August‚ is a national holiday in India commemorating the nation ’s independence from British rule on 15 August 1947. India attained freedom following an independence movement noted for largely nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress (INC).[1] Independence coincided with the partition of India‚ in which the British Indian Empire was divided along religious lines into the Dominions of India and Pakistan; the partition
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SHORT STORY OF INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA. BY DR. H. K. GANDHI MAIN THEME POINTS OF THIS ARTICLE. 1. Freedom is my birth right (Bal Gangadhar Tilak) 2. Short story of Independence movement. 3. My memories of the struggle of independence. 4. Let us remember our Golden Heritage. 5. A glance at the present 20th century. 6. The story of Shiva temple of Gujarat. 7. Political slavery of recent 800 years. 8. Kings‚
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