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Independence Day 15th August History, Facts, Story, Contribution of Freedom Fighters
The story of Indian Independence Day 15th August from British Rule
The Republic of India gained its independence from the rule of the British on 15 August 1947.
Since then, this date of 15 August is celebrated as the Independence Day in India to commemorate its freedom from the 200-year-old British government.
For India, 15 August is a day of her re-birth, a new start. At the midnight of 15 August 1947, the British rulers handed the country back to its Indian leaders, ending a remarkable struggle that lasted years.
It was 15 August 1947, the historic date, on which sovereign India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru unfolded the tricolour flag of the nation on the glorious Red Fort.
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, was a man, who could influence the masses with his oration.
He was an immensely learned man and could feel the pulse of the masses. Nehru's Message to the Nation on the Independence Day was delivered on the brink of midnight of the 14th of August, 1947.
The day is significant in the history of India as bringing an end to the British colonial rule in India.
