Independence Day of India 2010 | The 64th Indian Independence Day 2010, Preperations Started
(click image 2 EnlargE)As 15 August 2010, the Independence Day of India, is nearing, most of us Indians are getting the feeling of Patriotism.The class 1 patriots are waiting for the celebration at the Red Fort.
The others are waiting eagerly to witness the celebrations at the Red Fort on the Television. But if one is an Indian to their core, then the feeling must not be hidden very deep inside. Come on
folks, as the Independence Day 2010 comes nearer, lets look at the patriots hidden inside us.Let us take a look back to the good old days where are freedom fighters fought to keep are generation alive and free of foreign rule. Or else, even we could have ended up like most of the other countries with mixed races!
Lord Mountbatten of Burma, the last English Governor-General in India, on the 3rd June, 1947, declared about the separation of India into two halves – The India, today and Pakistan. This was done according to the provisions laid down by the Indian Independence Act 1947. On the night of 14 August, 1947, India was freed from foreign rule and it became independent.
Our first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, said so in diary :
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.
A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, 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…..
We end today a period of ill fortune, andIndia discovers herself again.”
On 15 August 1947, India attained freedom from the British Rule. Every year, August 15 is celebrated as the Independence Day in India. This national festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm all over the country.The Independence Day of any country is a moment of pride and glory. On this special occasion, rich tributes are paid to the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives and fought to free their motherland from the clutches of the oppressors - British who ruled the country.
The British, had initially come for trade but gradually took over the total administration of the country.
At the strike of midnight of the August 15, 1947, India shook off the shackles of British Rule and became free. It was a night of celebration all over the country.Commemorating the day India attained freedom (15th August); Independence Day is celebrated with flag hoisting ceremonies and cultural programmes all over the country. The main program is held at the Red Fort where the Prime Minster unfurls the National Flag and it is saluted by Guns.
The Prime Minister's speech at the Red Fort in Delhi is a major highlight. Patriotic presentations by school children add colors to the celebrations.
Delhi’s skyline gets dotted with thousands of kites taking to the sky this day. Similar programmes are held at all the State capitals also.
The preparations begin a month in advance. Roads are decorated with flags and buntings. Buildings of national importance are illuminated.