INDEPENDENCE DAY

  जन गण मन जन-गण-मन अधिनायक जय हे भारत-भाग्य-विधाता ।  पंजाब सिंध गुजरात मराठा  द्राविड़ उत्कल बंग ।  विंध्य हिमाचल यमुना गंगा,  उच्छल जलधि तरंग ।  तव शुभ नामे जागे,  तव शुभ आशिष माँगे;  गाहे तव जय गाथा ।  जन-गण मंगलदायक जय हे,  भारत-भाग्य-विधाता ।  जय हे, जय हे, जय हे,  जय जय जय जय हे ।।

In a source book in Indian philosophy Dr. S Radhakrishnan said ," The three strata of development are  found in the thought of the hymns of the Rig veda". The Rig Veda has many moving passages celebrating nature's beauty. Here is Macdonell's translation of a hymn on the dawn: This light has come, of all the lights the fairest: The brilliant brightness has been born effulgent, Urged onward for god Savitar's (sun's) uprising, Night now has yielded up her place to morning. Bringing a radiant calf she comes resplendent: To her the Black One has given up her mansions. Akin, immortal, following each other, Morning and Night fare on, exchanging colours. The sisters' pathway is the same, unending: Taughy by the gods alternately they tread it. Fair-shaped, of form diverse, yet single-minded, Morning and Night clash not, nor do they larry. Bright leader of glad sounds she shines effulgent: Widely she has unclosed for us her portals. Pervading all the world she s...

 

                                                                         

• Mahatma Gandhi • Kunwar Singh • Vinayak Damodar Savarkar • Dadabhai Naoroji • Tantia Tope • K. M. Munshi • Jawaharlal Nehru • Ashfaqulla Khan • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel • Lala Lajpat Rai • Ram Prasad Bismil • Bal Gangadhar Tilak • Rani Lakshmi Bai • Bipin Chandra Pal • Chittaranjan Das • Begum Hazrat Mahal • Bhagat Singh • Lal Bahadur Shastri • Nana Sahib • Chandra Shekhar Azad • C. Rajagopalachari • Abdul Hafiz Mohamed Barakatullah • Subhash Chandra Bose • Mangal Pandey • Sukhdev

  European traders started capturing the Indian Subcontinent by the 17th century and through overwhelming military strength , the East India Company took over local kingdoms and established themselves as the dominant force by the 18th century. The British crown assume direct control of India through the Government of India Act 1858. Many civic society emerged in India in the following decades. The Indian National congress party was formed in 1885. The period after world War I was marked by colonial reforms such as the Montage-chelmsford Reforms,but it also witnessed the enactment of Rowlatt Act and calls for self-rule by Indian activists. This led to nationwide non- violence in the form of civil disobedience movement,Non-cooperation movement led by Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi). During 1930s, the reform was deputize by the British , congress won victories in the resulting election. The next decade with political turmoil ,Indian participation in world War II , an upsu...