# Talk:Independence Day (India)

A very detailed account of events leading to 15th August is given in the book by Dominique Lapierre. It also explains why we became independent on 15th August. If anybody has a copy handy, it may be a great source to cite from -- Lost 07:26, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
The reference to "freedom", and the article saying "India attained freedom following an independence movement noted for largely nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress." are POV and emotional. India was largely self-governing, with elections to state and national parliaments. "Freedom" is far too emotive a word. The progress of independence was gradual, and negotiated, following the granting of increasingly greater degrees of self-government.203.184.41.226 (talk) 03:16, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

In my opinion, the Independence day in literature section should be chopped from the article, or its contents should be revamped. Thoughts? -- thunderboltza.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK05:25, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Revamped. There should be a section on the day in arts, literature, popular imagination, etc. — Ravikiran 10:52, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

hey my people... can we have the red fort pic instead of Mantralaya in infobox?? i searched for a good red fort image here.. all looked majorly messed up... nothin with trianga prominent... so added up red fort image under celebration. sumtime back I did hear in news channel about this kite flying actuly started on very day of 1947 Aug 15th in delhi to celbrate Azadi ...will google it... peace~ --Sartaj beary 23:22, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Could someone more knowledgeable in wikipedia formatting fix the holidayinfo box? It's rendering as the text instead of the box 173.71.129.33 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 07:08, 4 July 2012 (UTC) 

Hi! This section can be elaborated. The problem is lack of good references. This Yahoo answer page has a succinct yet thorough description, but this can not be used as a reference. So, I'd like to request the editors to try to find WP:RS references for themes described in that site, and add such descriptions to the article along with the references. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:21, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi, sorry for much delayed reply. I'm sure the information present now is much enough, and all credit goes to you. Way to go.... Thanks! -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 16:58, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

I removed the content describing a small bomb blast in South Delhi and the shoe hurling incident, to maintain summary style. Much larger bomb blasts have been carried out in Northeast on Independence Days with fatalities, even those have not been described in details. Compared to those disturbances, these are less significant events. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 22:00, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Among the list of films at Independence Day (India)#In popular culture, only 2 movies have Director/Producer name ( Nemai Ghosh's Chinnamul (1950), Ritwik Ghatak's Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960) ), is it required ? as many other remaining films does not contain Director/Producer names with them. Regards :)--Omer123hussain (talk) 22:17, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Not only Meghe Dhaka Tara– 3 films of Ghatak have been mentioned there Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960), Komal Gandhar (1961), Subarnarekha (1962), and in the same section we have mentioned creator's names few more times too– Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children, Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan, Freedom at Midnight (1975) is a non-fiction by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre– if we mention author's name/director's name for each and every entry, it'll be problematic. I think, currently it is okay! --Tito Dutta ✉  22:31, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

The caption says hoisted flag is a common sight on public and private buildings on this national holiday . There has been changes to the Flag code of India and every citizen can hoist the flag on any day. So my point is its now a very common sight to see a hoisted flag on public and private buildings on any day of the year, not just Independence day --sarvajna (talk) 07:41, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
The image caption states "one", it should be "on"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.71.132.122 (talk) 15:51, 15 August 2019 (UTC) 

For some reason, there seems to be a mini-edit war going on regarding how long ago Independence Day happened. The time elapsed since the first Independence Day on 15th August 1947 and today (31st August 2016) is 69 years, 16 days. Hence, 69 years since Independence Day. However, anons keep editing the page back to say it was 70 years ago.
I think people are getting confused because this year was the 70th Independence Day (the first one happened immediately and then we've had 69 more years worth, so 70). gbrading (ταlκ) 14:07, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

@2607:FEA8:1D60:E93:8850:C908:8442:712D: is correct with the removal of a section originally added by a paid editing sock[1], this is a good article and such WP:UNDUE edits only degrade the quality. Capitals00 (talk) 08:40, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

It has been 75 years of India Independence not 74 2A00:23C6:1924:8E01:C93F:6D6A:A06F:3FD2 (talk) 08:29, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 10:00, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
It is 75 years of Indian independence tho, it should be updated for 2021. WikiSilky (talk) 08:58, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

@WikiSilky, It's automatically updated in infobox, no manual edit needed.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 03:45, 15 August 2025 (UTC)