presentation on independence day
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Explanation:
On 3 June 1947, Viscount Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last British Governor – General of India, announced the partitioning of the British Indian Empire into India and Pakistan, under the provisions of the Indian Independence Act 1947. At the stroke of the midnight hour, on 15 August 1947, India became an independent nation. This was preceded by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s famous speech titled Tryst with destiny.
After more than two hundred years of British rule, India finally won backs its freedom. All the patriotic hearts rejoiced at seeing India becoming a sovereign nation and the triumph of hundreds and thousands of souls. It was a birth of new nation and a new beginning. Indian tricolor flag was unfurled by Jawaharlal Nehur, the first Prime Minister of India, on the ramparts the Red Fort of Delhi.
Today the day is celebrated to commemorate the birth of the world’s biggest democracy as a national holiday. People hoist the national flag throughout the country and put them up on the rooftops and the buildings. People attend the flag hoisting ceremony. The Prime Minster addresses the Nation after the flag has been unfurled, recounting the countries achievements of the year, discussing current major issues and future plans for the progress of the country. recently, kite flying has become a tradition on this day and people can be seen flying numerous kites of all colors, sizes and shapes, symbolizing the freedom. Prime Minister also pays tribute to leaders of the freedom struggle.
Road to independence
After Independence Prime Minister Nehru and Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel invited Lord Mountbatten to continue as Governor General of India. He was replaced in June 1948 by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari. Patel took on the responsibility of unifying 565 princely states, with steering efforts by his “iron first in a velvet glove” policies, exemplified by the use of military force to integrate Junagadh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Hyderabad states into India.
The Indian independence movement (IIM) incorporated the efforts by Indians to liberate the region from British rule and form the nation – state of India. It involved a wide spectrum of Indian political organizations , philosophies, and rebellions between 1857 and India’s emergence as a unified nation –state on August 15, 1947.
The initial Indian Rebellion of 1857 was sparked when soldiers serving in the British East India Company’s Army had Indian kingdoms rebelled against the British. After the revolt was crushed, the British partitioned the region into British India and the Princely states. They tried to develop a class of educated elites, whose political organizing sought Indian political rights and representation.