India attains freedom at midnight; Nehru unfurls Tricolour from the ramparts of Red Fort
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"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom....."
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Muslim refugees sit on the roof of an overcrowded coach railway train near New Delhi in trying to flee India. Millions of Muslims migrated from India to Pakistan. Hindus living for generations in what was to become Pakistan had to flee their homes overnight.
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Junagadh was a princely state of British India, located in what is now Gujarat. In the independence and partition of British India of 1947, the 552 princely states were given a choice to either join the new Dominion of India or the newly formed state of Pakistan. Junagadh joins the Dominion of India on 9 Nov
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On 15th August 1947 India got freedom from British rule. In that year of freedom, India Post issued three beautiful stamps. The stamps were issued on 21st November 1947. The second stamp depicts the Aśokan lions capital.
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On 15th August 1947 India got freedom from British rule. In that year of freedom, India Post issued three beautiful stamps. The first stamp of Independent India shows the new Indian Flag. It was meant for foreign correspondence.
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, as he delivered his famous speech on the midnight of August
"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom....."
Millions of Muslims migrated from India to Pakistan
Muslim refugees sit on the roof of an overcrowded coach railway train near New Delhi in trying to flee India. Millions of Muslims migrated from India to Pakistan. Hindus living for generations in what was to become Pakistan had to flee their homes overnight.
Princely state Junagadh joined the Dominion of India
Junagadh was a princely state of British India, located in what is now Gujarat. In the independence and partition of British India of 1947, the 552 princely states were given a choice to either join the new Dominion of India or the newly formed state of Pakistan. Junagadh joins the Dominion of India on 9 Nov
'India Post' issued three beautiful stamps
On 15th August 1947 India got freedom from British rule. In that year of freedom, India Post issued three beautiful stamps. The stamps were issued on 21st November 1947. The second stamp depicts the Aśokan lions capital.
The first stamp of Independent' India
On 15th August 1947 India got freedom from British rule. In that year of freedom, India Post issued three beautiful stamps. The first stamp of Independent India shows the new Indian Flag. It was meant for foreign correspondence.
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