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The Prime Minister will hoist the national flag from the Red Fort and we will from our terraces. Children will be taught the significance of the Independence Day, while octogenarians will recall their teen days when patriotism ran in their blood. There are numerous stories surrounding independence that we have all heard from our childhood, but there are also many facts that have somewhat got hidden in the last seven decades. Read on about some interesting facts about India’s Independence Day.
One of the most obvious questions that can come to any curious mind is why 15th August? Who chose this date? What was the reason? Was there any significance of this specific date? Well, the date was chosen by Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of British ruled India. On the same date two years back, that is, 1945, Japan had surrendered to the Allied Forces which brought an end to World War II. There is another interesting fact pertaining to the date. We share our independence day with several other countries. South Korea, North Korea, Republic of Congo and Bahrain also celebrate their independence day on the same date.
From the midnight of 15th August 1947 onwards we ceased to be a ruled by the British but we still had the King of Britain – King George – as the head of state. The Dominion of India existed from 15th August 1947 to 26th January 1950, the day when we formally adopted our Constitution. Thus King George was our head of state and Lord Mountbatten the Governor-General of India during the interim period when our Constitution was being written.
We all know that Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India but few know how he became one. Much against popular belief, Nehru wasn’t the obvious choice among many Congressmen to become independent India’s first PM - it was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. But Gandhi favored Nehru over Patel and felt that an English-educated freedom fighter with modern outlook would make a better PM. Sardar Patel who was a patriot and who revered Gandhi respected the latter’s opinion and chose to stay out of the contest making it easy for Nehru to script history.
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This can be easily regarded as one of the biggest ironies of India’s independence. The man who is credited to have almost single-handedly scripted India’s freedom was absent from all celebrations that took place on an eventful day in 1947. He did not participate because he had kept a fast and was concerned about the communal tension that broke out because of the Partition of India.
By Subhadeep Bhattacharjee
Aug 11, 2017
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The Prime Minister will hoist the national flag from the Red Fort and we will from our terraces. Children will be taught the significance of the Independence Day, while octogenarians will recall their teen days when patriotism ran in their blood. There are numerous stories surrounding independence that we have all heard from our childhood, but there are also many facts that have somewhat got hidden in the last seven decades. Read on about some interesting facts about India’s Independence Day.
One of the most obvious questions that can come to any curious mind is why 15th August? Who chose this date? What was the reason? Was there any significance of this specific date? Well, the date was chosen by Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of British ruled India. On the same date two years back, that is, 1945, Japan had surrendered to the Allied Forces which brought an end to World War II. There is another interesting fact pertaining to the date. We share our independence day with several other countries. South Korea, North Korea, Republic of Congo and Bahrain also celebrate their independence day on the same date.
From the midnight of 15th August 1947 onwards we ceased to be a ruled by the British but we still had the King of Britain – King George – as the head of state. The Dominion of India existed from 15th August 1947 to 26th January 1950, the day when we formally adopted our Constitution. Thus King George was our head of state and Lord Mountbatten the Governor-General of India during the interim period when our Constitution was being written.
We all know that Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India but few know how he became one. Much against popular belief, Nehru wasn’t the obvious choice among many Congressmen to become independent India’s first PM - it was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. But Gandhi favored Nehru over Patel and felt that an English-educated freedom fighter with modern outlook would make a better PM. Sardar Patel who was a patriot and who revered Gandhi respected the latter’s opinion and chose to stay out of the contest making it easy for Nehru to script history.
This can be easily regarded as one of the biggest ironies of India’s independence. The man who is credited to have almost single-handedly scripted India’s freedom was absent from all celebrations that took place on an eventful day in 1947. He did not participate because he had kept a fast and was concerned about the communal tension that broke out because of the Partition of India.
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