The significance of the Independence Day in the life of a country is of an immense value much more than mere commemorating of the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood. Throughout the world most of the countries honour their respective independence day as a national holiday. In the Indian context the Independence Day on 15 August is of special significance since after a precarious yet violent battle of almost two centuries at a stretch we were finally liberate from the yoke of the British imperialism. But the independence brought with it many ails, perhaps the most severe had been the communal strife that blooded the country at the highest extent. After India's independence on August 15, 1947, India received most of the subcontinent's 562 widely scattered polities, or princely states, as well as the majority of the British provinces, and parts of three of the remaining provinces. Muslim Pakistan received the remainder. Pakistan consisted of a western wing, with the approximate boundaries of modern Pakistan, and an eastern wing, with the boundaries of present-day Bangladesh.
However, the pride of independence and sovereignty has been held in high esteem in the following years. There have been the onslaughts of China and the two wars with Pakistan that paralyzed the national economy badly, yet we have been able to carry forward without a single hesitation. The greatest reason behind this is that we have never forgotten the conviction of the innumerable freedom fighters who dedicated their lives to liberate the mother land from the foreign yoke and to perceive India as a self-reliant country in all aspects in the midst of the international continuum. 15 August, though maintained as a holiday, is not like any other holiday, but a ay when we should pledge to develop the country in all respects and thus to fulfill the unfinished dream of our noble freedom fighters.
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INDEPENDENCE DAY
