About independence day in india
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Independence Day is annually celebrated on 15 August, as a national holiday in India commemorating the nation's independence from the United Kingdom on 15 August 1947, the UK Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act 1947 transferring legislative sovereignty to the Indian Constituent Assembly. India still retained King George VI as head of state until its transition to full republican constitution. India attained independence following the Independence Movement noted for largely non-violent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress (INC). Independence coincided with the partition of India, in which the British India was divided along religious lines into the Dominions of India and Pakistan; the partition was accompanied by violent riots and mass casualties, and the displacement of nearly 15 million people due to religious violence. On 15 August 1947, the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru raised the Indian national flag above the Lahori Gate of the Red Fort in Delhi. On each subsequent Independence Day, the incumbent Prime Minister customarily raises the flag and gives an address to the nation.[1]
August 15, 1947 was the most fortunate and most important day in Indian history, when our Indian freedom fighters defeated all their things and got freedom for India. Along with India's Akdadi, Indians have chosen their first Prime Minister in the form of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who hoisted the Tricolor flag on the Red Fort of the National Capital, New Delhi, for the first time. Today every Indian celebrates this special day as a festival.