Independence Day (India)

Independence Day has been celebrated every year in India (Republic of India) on 15 August since 1947. On that date, India became indepedented after British India was partitioned into the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. The Dominion of India became today's Republic of India in 26 January 1950, which is  celebrated as Republic Day.

Mahatma Gandhi is one of those who served the country as a father and so he is called the father of the nation. Apart from Gandhi, Chandrashekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, Rajendra Prasad, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Subhash Chandra Bose, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, struggled to get India freed from British rule.

Category:August observances
Category:Holidays of India
Category:Indian independence movement
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