"Long
years
ago
we
made
a
tryst
with
destiny,
and
now
the
time
comes
when
we
will
redeem
our
pledge,
not
wholly
or
in
full
measure,
but
very
substantially.
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,
and
India
discovers
herself
again."
-
Jawaharlal
Nehru
(Speech
on
Indian
Independence
Day,
1947)
On
15
August
1947,
India
attained
freedom
from
the
British
Rule.
Every
year,
August
15
is
celebrated
as
the
Independence
Day
in
.......
