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10 Interesting Facts about “15th August” Independence Day that Every Indian Must Know


After a long and arduous fight against slavery at the hands of the British, India finally achieved liberation at midnight on August 15, 1947, making it the most memorable day in the country's history. Every year this great event is celebrated with great joy. Although many facts about India's Independence Day are known, some have not yet been revealed.

Here are 10 most interesting Independence Day facts that every Indian must know:

# 1. The national flag was raised for the first time on August 7, 1906 and the decisive event took place at Parsee Bagan Square in Calcutta. It was designed with three horizontal stripes of red, yellow and green colors, with eight white lotus flowers in the red stripe, a white sun on the left and a white crescent with a star on the right in the green stripe.

#2. The credit for designing the first version of the present national flag of the country goes to Pingali Venkayya at Bezwada in 1921. It has red and green strips, flanking a white one in the idle. The red and green colors stood for the two main communities of India, with the white one standing for the rest of them. The white strip had a spinning wheel inside it, which has now been replaced by the Ashoka Chakra, while the red strip has been replaced by a saffron one.

# 3. The country did not have an official national anthem at the time of its independence. Jana Gana Mana, universally accepted as the Indian national anthem, was written in 1911, in its Bengali version.

# 4. India's Independence Day is shared with other countries such as North Korea, South Korea, the Republic of the Congo and Bahrain. It is also an important day in the history of the world, because it is the anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allied forces.

# 5. When India became independent on August 15, 1947, Gandhiji was in Calcutta. He offered prayers throughout the day and fasted to protest the hatred of the community that the country was witnessing on a large scale.

# 6. Mahatma Gandhi was in favor of the dissolution of Congress after the independence of the country.

# 7. Hindi is not the national language of India. it is rather the official language of the country, as stipulated in article 343 of the Constitution of India.

# 8. India is named after the Indus River, which was home to the Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest known civilizations in the world. On the other hand, the Sanskrit name of the country is Bharat Ganarajya.

# 9. Goa was declared a Portuguese state after the independence of India in 1947. This state was annexed to the country on December 19, 1961 after being invaded by Indian troops.

#10 Jawaharlal Nehru, the country's first prime minister after independence, was considered an icon of the global style and his famous Nehru jacket became an instant success worldwide. It even earned him a place in Vogue magazine.

 All these amazing facts about India's Independence Day will certainly fascinate readers who wish to learn more about the country's struggle for freedom.
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