vande mataram

CA. A. Kumar (Associate Consultant) (2362 Points)

14 August 2008

Valentines Day, new year, friendship day. Every1 celebrates n msgs b4 10 days regarding that, But independence day there is no advance msg from anyone, let us celebrate the independence day at least from now .

                                                                            PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN .

                                                                                                     JAI HIND

Aug. 15, 1947: Mountbatten swears Nehru in as Prime Minister of India
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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.
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The dead - Punjab , 1947
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1971: Indira Gandhi reviews the troops, in the context of militaryand diplomatic preparations for the Bangladesh War.
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Ghandhiji Addressing people
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Nehru and Gandhi at AICC meeting, July 1946
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Mountbatten arrives at Delhi airport; received by Nehru and Liaquat Ali. March 25, 1947
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1948: The news of Gandhi's assassination hits the streets. A stunned crowd gathers in Calcutta .
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1948: Crowds in New Delhi wait for a glimpse of Gandhi's funeral procession.
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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.

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