Question

Azadi 70 yaad karo Kurbani some points in English

Answer 1

   We celebrate our Independence day on 15th August in 2016 with a lot of joy and happiness in the air as well as in each of our eyes and hearts.  It's our 70th Independence day since 1947.  It is a great feeling to be a citizen of an Independent republic.

   On this occasion it is imperative that we remember the sacrifices of our great national heroes during the long independence struggle.  Many leaders in spite of being well off, came on to the streets and fought for free India.  Some of the known leaders were Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu, Sardar Patel, Dadabai Nauroji, Bhagat Singh, Alluri SeetaRama Raju, Pingali Venkaiah, Rani Lakshmi Bai, Mangal Pandey, Dr Rajendra Prasad, Dr BR Ambedkar, Maulana Azad, Dadabai Nauroji, Jaya Prakash Narain, Kamraj, Motilala Nehru, Pandit MM Malaviya, Tantiya Tope, Rabindra Nath Tagore,Dr Jakir Hussain, Sukhdev, Senapati Bapat, and Subash Chandra Bose.

    Many of these fighters fought by sacrificing their career, life, joy and family.  Some of them followed peaceful means of fighting, while the others followed revolutionary methods.  Many persons supported the freedom fighters, so that movements could proceed.  Whatever they did was more than sufficient to throw the British, who had the largest power & army in the world, out of the country.

    Without their unrelented efforts and glorious and noble sacrifices, we would still be slaves under the British.  Their non-violent, non-cooperative, freedom fight won acclaim all over the world.  Many countries could get their Independence afterwards following India.
 
    It's 70 years now already.  India was very poor and unorganized.  India faced tough hurdles to come to where it is now.  There were many internal struggles for unity in diversity, peace.  There were many hits by selfish people from inside.  There were many  invasions on the land on the borders, during which we lost a lot of land.  There were a lot of regional, caste, language and religious barriers for progress.  A lot of good things happened and bad things too along with them.  Now people of India are more educated and knowledgeable and are probably on a progress path that the freedom fighters had hoped for.

    We must pay our respectful tributes to them with whole-hearted dedication and gratitude.  While it may seem that patriotism is not a money-earning activity, still it's our inherent duty that we spend a few minutes to stand in silence and pray like we do (or did) for our forefathers.