Midnight, 14 15 August, in the year 1947, was a moment, in the words of Prime Minister Nehru,  when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.  
1947 was the year that Prime Minister Nehru said it was the end of an age, and the old were being replaced by the new.
mnli hypothesis: 1947 was the year that Prime Minister Nehru said it was the end of an age, and the old were being replaced by the new. premise: Midnight, 14 15 August, in the year 1947, was a moment, in the words of Prime Minister Nehru,  when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.  