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1 day ago · Aug. 6, 2024, 6:18 AM ET (The Hindu) Independence Day flower show to open on August 8. Independence Day, in India, national holiday celebrated annually on August 15. Independence Day marks the end of British rule in 1947, brought about by the Indian Independence Act of July 18 that year, and the establishment of a free and independent Indian ...
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1 day ago · t. e. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari BR (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), popularly known as Rajaji or C.R., also known as Mootharignar Rajaji[ 2] (Rajaji, the Scholar Emeritus ), was an Indian statesman, writer, lawyer, and Indian independence activist. [ 3] Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India, as when India became a ...
2 days ago · e. The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic movement for Indian independence emerged in the Province of Bengal. It later took root in the newly formed Indian ...
1 day ago · Gandhi's vision of an independent India based on religious pluralism was challenged in the early 1940s by a Muslim nationalism which demanded a separate homeland for Muslims within British India. In August 1947, Britain granted independence, but the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions , a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan .
3 days ago · Independence Day 2024: 7 facts about India’s freedom movement. Ahead of the 78th Independence Day, here are some lesser known facts about India’s independence: India did not have a national anthem at the time of its independence. Though Rabindranath Tagore composed ‘Jana Gana Mana’ in 1911, it was officially adopted as the national ...
3 days ago · Pakistan - Partition, Independence, 1947: Like India, Pakistan achieved independence from British rule as a dominion within the Commonwealth on August 14-15, 1947, the former day celebrated annually as the country’s Independence Day. However, the leaders of the Muslim League rejected Lord Mountbatten, the last British viceroy of India, to be Pakistan’s first governor-general, or head of state—in contrast to the Congress, which made him India’s chief executive. Wary of Britain’s ...
1 day ago · Mexico - Independence, Revolution, 1810: Although the Spanish crown initially rejected O’Donojú’s recognition of Mexican independence, the date now recognized as that of separation from Old Spain is in fact August 24, 1821. The first Mexican Empire spanned only a short transitional period during which Mexico became an independent republic. Independence from the former mother country had been the only glue which bound republicans and monarchists together, but, once that elusive goal had ...
