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Flag hoisting, parade, fireworks, singing patriotic songs and the national anthem Jana Gana Mana, speech by the prime minister of India and president of India: Begins: 12 March 2021: Ends: 15 August 2023: Date: 15 August 2022: Frequency: Annual: First time: 15 August 1947 (75 years ago) Started by: Government of India: Related to: Independence Day
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 January 2025. Public holiday celebrated on 15 August "15 August 1947" and "August 15, 1947" redirect here. For other uses, see August 1947 § August 15, 1947 (Friday). The flag of India hoisted at the Red Fort in Delhi ; hoisted flags are a common sight on Independence Day. Observed by India Type ...
India celebrated 75 years of its independence from the British Empire on 15 August 2022. [201] In April 2023, India surpassed China to become the most populous country on the earth with a population of over 1.425 billion. [202] India was selected as the host for the 2023 G20 New Delhi summit at the International Exhibition Convention Centre ...
30 July - Travancore formally agrees to join Dominion of India. [1] 7 August – The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). 15 August – British India is dissolved and the Dominion of India gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
16 August: Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings: October–November: Noakhali riots: 1947: July: Indian Independence Act 1947 by British Raj: 14 August: Partition of India and Pakistan becomes an independent state. [51] 15 August: Indian independence from the British Raj. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after ...
Then at 12:02 A.M., on 15 August 1947 India became a sovereign and democratic nation. Eventually, 15 August became Independence Day for India marking the end of British India. Also on 15 August, both Pakistan and India had the right to remain in or remove themselves from the British Commonwealth.
Indian Independence Act 1947, an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that granted de facto independence to India and Pakistan Partition of India, the split of British India into modern India and Pakistan; Independence Day (India), India's national day and public holiday on August 15 marking independence from the British Empire Indian ...
Tryst with Destiny, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Independence Day Speech (1947) video by Indian National Congress " Tryst with Destiny " was an English-language speech by Jawaharlal Nehru , the first Prime Minister of India , to the Indian Constituent Assembly in the Parliament House , on the eve of India's Independence , towards midnight on 14 ...