1. Independence Day, in India, is a national holiday celebrated annually on August 15.
Independence Day
2. Independence Day marks the end of British rule in 1947 and the establishment of a free and independent Indian nation.
Independence Day
It also marks the anniversary of the partition of the subcontinent into two countries, India and Pakistan,
which occurred at midnight on August 14–15, 1947. (In Pakistan, Independence Day is celebrated on August 14.)
the Indian Independence Act got approval on July 18, 1947, the August 15 date for Independence Day was chosen by Lord Mountbatten.
August 15 as Independence Day was chosen by Lord Mountbatten
He chose this date as it coincided with the date of Japan’s surrender to the Allied Forces after World War II on August 15, 1945.
Indian National Anthem adopted in 1950
Before getting independence, India didn’t have any official national anthem. The song ‘Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata’ was composed by Rabindranath Tagore in 1911.
On January 24, 1950, this song was renamed as ‘Jan Gan Man’ and adopted as the National Anthem by the Constituent Assembly of India.
1. The tri-coloured Indian national flag was first hoisted on August 7, 1906, at Parsee Bagan Square, Kolkata.
Indian Flag was first hoisted in 1906
2. The first variant of our current national flag was designed by fervent freedom fighter Pingali Venkayya in 1921.
Indian Flag was first hoisted in 1906
3. The flag has saffron, white and green stripes with 24-spoke Ashok Chakra on the middle stripe. It was adopted on July 22, 1947 and hoisted on August 15, 1947.