Indian Independence

Jawaharlal Nehru was an important leader whose contribution to Indian Independence Movement and Indian National Congress was so colossal that he was crowned as the first PM of India when it won its independence on August 15, 1947. Jawaharlal Nehru ...

Rakesh Sharma from Ludhiana did something unique to celebrate the Indian Independence Day. He pushed a bus, weighing 3,500 kilogram or 35 quintals, up to 10 feet using an iron rod on the eve of Independence Day (Aug.14). The iron rod ...

At stroke of midnight, on 15 August 1947, India became an independent nation. This was preceded by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's famous speech titled Tryst with destiny. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to ...