Around the Web, join the celebrations and learn about the events leading up to the historic moment, and the words of inspiration that the heroes of the movement used to move their people closer to independence.
Explore both traditional and modern customs that surround the holiday in India, as well as in areas throughout the world where India's emigrees have made their homes.
The world learned the power of nonviolent protest as Gandhi lead the diverse peoples of India in a struggle for home rule.
The state of India formally gained independence on August 15, 1947 after centuries of British rule - and years of turmoil. Today, the date is marked with somber speeches, colorful parades, and celebrations....in far-flung communities from New Delhi to New York City.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves… — Abraham Lincoln
India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.
Will Durant, American historian
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be won… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action–
Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.
Rabindranath Tagore
Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Liberty is the breath of life to nations… — Bernard Shaw
Celebrate your freedom in the world’s larget democracy “India”. Happy Independence Day. Proud to be an Indian
Other might have forgotten,
But never can i,
The Flag of my country
Furls very high,
Happy Independence day
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made!” –Albert Einstein
28 states, 7 UTs, 1618 languages, 6400 casts, 6 religion, 29 major festivals and the ONE COUNTRY. Happy Independence Day. Jai Hind
“Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood… will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.”
Indira Gandhi
“We have believed – and we do believe now – that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible”
Indira Gandhi
For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.
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