India woke to independence on August 15, 1947, with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister addressing the midnight session of the Constituent Assembly of India with his historic ‘Tryst with Destiny’ speech. In the 71 years since the birth of the world’s largest democracy, a look at incidents along the way that left indelible marks on the nation’s consciousness and shaped the idea of India as it is today.
India woke to independence on August 15, 1947, with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister addressing the midnight session of the Constituent Assembly of India with his historic ‘Tryst with Destiny’ speech. In the 71 years since the birth of the world’s largest democracy, a look at incidents along the way that left indelible marks on the nation’s consciousness and shaped the idea of India as it is today.
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