By HARIPADA GIRI | Secretary
Hi
Independence Day is celebrated every year on 15 August. This day marks end of British rule in India.
This year, we will be celebrating 75th year of our Independence from British rule. Britishers ruled India for almost 200 year. The road to freedom was long, tiresome and the one in which many freedom fighters had to sacrifice their lives.
Therefore, this day play a very important role in modern India.
Independence Day is also a public holiday. Many people, on this day, go out to watch parade at their nearby Independence Day ceremony venues. People also celebrate this day at their homes, with family, friends, relative, neighbors, etc. But since last year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, general public is not allowed at the parade venue(s). Other public places are likely to stay close as well due the pandemic.
Independence Day is one of the most important days in the year for our country. Each year on August 15 we celebrate the day we became an independent nation, which means we were free to rule ourselves and were not ruled by anyone else.
The British rule was established in India through East India Company in the year 1757 and the Company exercised control over India for 100 years. The fight for ‘Aazadi’ (freedom) from the British Raj truly began with the Indian Revolt of 1857 which is also known as the Indian Mutiny. The British played the trick of “divide and rule policy” as slowly, India came under direct British rule as the Britishers gradually strengthened their hold over the nation.
To free the nation from the shackles of the British Raj, several freedom fighters went through unimaginable pain and sacrificed their lives for the freedom of India. Some of the greatest freedom fighters that our nation has ever witnessed include (but are not limited to) Neta Ji Subash Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh, Mangal Pandey, Mahatma Gandhi, Rani LakshiBai, Sarojini Naidu, Chandra Shekhar Azad and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. They displayed immense courage and bravery and revolted against the British empire to demand freedom for their beloved nation. The non-violent and civil disobedience movement led by Matama Gandhi along with other fighters of India constrained the British to leave India.
Hence, Independence Day is celebrated with utmost fervour, zest and a spirit of patriotism to mark the innumerable sacrifices of the freedom fighters of India and honour the fact that we are living in a free India. Throughout the country, flag-raising ceremonies are conducted and special programs are hosted, focusing on honouring the freedom fighters.
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Haripada Giri
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