15 August (Independence Day) : Quotes | Images | Speech | Patriotic Songs

Posted by anu on August 8th, 2018

Independence Day (15 August) contain a lot of significance in the lives of Indian peoples as it was on this day when the country attained its freedom from the British who ruled the country for more than 200 years. Independence Day (15 August) is the day of pride, glory and joy for our country who pay their homage and tribute to all the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the motherland. It was on this day that the legislative supreme power to the ‘Indian Constituent Assembly’ was transferred by the Parliament of the United Kingdom through the ‘Indian Independence Act 1947.’

Besides commemorating the Independence of India, this day also reminds the people of the country about the struggles, sacrifices, and resilience of the freedom fighters who retorted to various means including civil disobedience and non-violence in order to throw the foreign rule out of India. Independence Day reminds the people of the country about the dawn of a new era, a new beginning, and the formation of an independent nation after a long and tiresome battle.

As said by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of Independent India, “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” India did awake to celebrate the freedom of speech, thought, movement, action and mandate.