Top 10 indian independence unknown facts

 Top 10 Indian independence unknown facts

Indian Independence Day is celebrated on 15 August. This year (August 15, 2021), India celebrated its 75th Independence Day. The nation had been controlled by the British Crown from 1858 to 1947, preceding which the British framed the East Indian Company that existed from 1757 to 1857. The battle for freedom initially happened in 1857, broadly considered the Indian Rebellion of 1857 post which the British hang on the Indian subcontinent developed further than previously. A few political dissidents plunged themselves in the Indian Independence Movement and battled the British valiantly and expelled them always on 15 August 1947

Let’s take a look at the Top 10 Indian independence unknown facts below.    

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1 The 15th of August was chosen by Lord Mountbatten as India's Independence Day

Even though the Indian Independence Act was passed on July 18, 1947, Lord Mountbatten chose August 15th as the date of India's independence since it coincided with Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces at the end of World War II.

2 'Vande Mataram,' our national anthem, was featured in a novel

The national anthem "Vande Mataram," created by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, was included in his 1880s novel Anandamath. Rabindranath Tagore first sang this song in 1896. On January 24, 1950, Vande Mataram was designated as the national anthem.

3 Bangladesh's National Anthem was written by Rabindranath Tagore.

Rabindranath Tagore wrote ‘Amar Sonar Bangla' in 1905. During Bangladesh's liberation war in 1971, the first ten lyrics of this song were adopted as the national anthem.

4 The Radcliffe Line was first published on August 17th, 1947.

On August 3, 1947, Sir Cyril Radcliffe completed the Radcliffe Line, a demarcation line that depicted the Pakistani and Indian sections of Punjab and Bengal. However, it was only officially published on August 17, 1947, two days after India declared independence from the British.

5 On August 15th, five more countries will celebrate their independence

Apart from India, five more countries commemorate their independence on August 15th. North Korea, South Korea, the Republic of Congo, Bahrain, and Liechtenstein are among them.

6 In 1906, the Indian flag was raised for the first time.

On August 7, 1906, in Parsee Bagan Square in Kolkata, the Indian national flag was raised with three horizontal stripes of red, yellow, and green. Pingali Venkayya developed the first version of our current national flag in 1921. The current flag, which has the 24-spoke Ashok Chakra and is made of saffron, white, and green stripes, was adopted on July 22, 1947, and raised on August 15, 1947.

7 In 1961, Goa became the last state to join the Indian Union.

Goa remained a Portuguese colony even after India gained independence on August 15, 1947. It was only in 1961 when Indian soldiers annexed it. As a result, Goa was the last state to join India.

8 Pakistan was intended to celebrate its independence on the same day as India.

Yes, it was intended to be on August 15th with India. Still, Lord Mountbatten, as the final Viceroy of undivided India, was had to attend both countries' ceremonies in Delhi and Karachi. As a result, Pakistan's Independence Day was moved to the 14th of August, India's.

9 Not anyone can produce the National Flag of India. 

Only one location in India manufactures and supplies the Indian flag. The Indian flag is manufactured and supplied by the Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha (KKGSS), based in Dharwad, Karnataka. The national flag is made entirely of hand-spun and handwoven cotton khadi bunting, according to the Bureau of Indian Standards.

10 Mahatma Gandhi did not attend our country's inaugural Independence Day festivities.

He didn't attend any events because he was fasting in Bengal as part of protests against Hindu-Muslim riots that erupted after the partition.