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6 interesting stories related to the day of independence.

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August 15, this is the date when we got independence from the British in the year 1947. We are telling you about 6 interesting stories related to this day. About which very few people probably know. How was the time of independence decided in these stories? What happened when partition happened? Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Mountbatten, two important characters of India’s independence, were assassinated or why did Mahatma Gandhi not join the celebration of independence? Why was the tricolor hoisted on the Red Fort for the first time on 16 August instead of 15? Apart from India, 5 more countries also became independent on August 15, as well as 28 other countries apart from India also celebrate their independence day in the month of August.

Why was the flag hoisted on the Red Fort on August 16 instead of 15 for the first time?

  1. It was till 15th for the celebration of independence, but astrologers opposed it, it should be auspicious and auspicious for 30 days, but Lord Mountbatten wanted to fix the time of midnight on 14th, taking the way of not changing the date English time. While it ends after 12:00, but according to Indian beliefs, it is considered the next day after the sun rise, so Abhijit went to reach Muhurta for the celebration of independence, which was going to start from 11:51 to 12:29. And in the meantime Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was supposed to finish his speech and he did too.
  2. Whenever this day is remembered, then we remember the division of 2 countries, but on this day there were many such divisions, which are difficult to believe, on this day the properties in the office of India were also divided Table chair typewriter accounted for a division which still makes one think that it was the distribution of library books.
  3. In India’s independence, Mahatma Gandhi, India’s last Viceroy Mountbatten, both had an important role, it would be surprising to know that both the personalities were murdered due to political reasons. I was from a village in Ireland for a holiday with his family, then on August 27, when he went to sea for lobster fishing, there was a loud explosion in his boat, Lord Mountbatten was killed in this explosion IRA in this board Meaning the Irish Republican planted the bomb, these are the people who fought against the British rule in Ireland and killed Mountbatten and called it their revenge.
  4. When India became independent on 15 August 1947, Mahatma Gandhi was involved in the celebration because he was fasting to stop the violence between Hindus and Muslims in the Nawab Khali of Bengal at that time Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel joined Jaisalmer by sending a letter to Mahatma Gandhi. When asked to be, Mahatma Gandhi said in response that when Hindu Muslims are killing each other in Kolkata, how can I come to celebrate in such a situation.
  5. On Independence Day, the Prime Minister hoists the flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort, but this did not happen in independent India on 15 August 1947.
  6. On August 15, not only India, five more countries were independent, these include South Korea, North Korea, Democratic Republic of Congo North Korea and Bahrain, which became independent from Germany in 1866, South Korea and North Korea became independent from Japan in 1945, Democratic Republic of Congo year Became independent from France in 1960 and Bahrain became independent from Britain in the year 1971. Apart from India, 28 more countries also make their Independence Day in the month of August.

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