This Day That Year – India’s Freedom Was Born | 15 August 1947 Independence Day

On this day that year, 15 August 1947, Lord Mountbatten officially announced India’s independence, marking the end of over 200 years of British rule. Hours later, India’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, stood at the historic Red Fort in Delhi to deliver his first Independence Day address, echoing the iconic “Tryst with Destiny” vision. These two defining moments symbolized the birth of a free nation and the start of a new chapter in history.

From the announcement of freedom to the unfurling of the tricolor, witness the day India awoke to life and liberty.

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