Sunday, August 15, 2010

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

மலரும் நினைவுகளூடே நம்
சுதந்திரம் எனும் பெருமிதம்
போற்றுவோம் ... ஜெய் ஹிந்த்
--மஹிந்தீஷ்





Aug. 15, 1947: Mountbatten swears Nehru in as Prime Minister of India






TRAIN TO PAKISTAN ; India 1947. Trains packed with refugees - Hindus and Sikhs headed for India , and Muslims headed for Pakistan - were convenient targets for gangs of killers on both sides of the border. Inadequately protected 'Refugee Specials' were typically stopped, and the occupants butchered, several times in the course of the journey.







































The Dead - PUNJAB 1947




















































Nehru and Gandhi at AICC meeting, July 1946





















































Ghandhiji Addressing people









Mountbatten arrives at Delhi airport; received by Nehru and Liaquat Ali. March 25, 1947









































1948: The news of Gandhi's assassination hits the streets. A stunned crowd gathers in Calcutta








































A Library being divided at the time of partition. Heart trembles to see this sight and it is tough to imagine the state of the nation at the moment when people needed to hold hands.





































1971: Indira Gandhi reviews the troops, in the context of military and diplomatic preparations for the Bangladesh War.












This is our Independence Day!
Freedom is not a Right but a Feeling!
Let's be proud to feel the Freedom!
Let's say loud we are INDIANS!!!
Let all of us get to-gather &
Let's Celebrate Our Freedom!













It is our duty to preserve this Freedom! Carry this forward to the future! We did, We do, and We will do!!! Set the celebration on Air, Share your Joy, You're Free to do it, Send this to every Indian, to say
Vande Maataram











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