Independence Day of India – History, Significance, and Celebrations

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Independence Day har saal 15 August ko Bharat me ek public holiday ke roop me manaya jaata hai, jo desh ki United Kingdom se swatantrata ke uplabdhi ko yaad dilata hai. Is din Indian Independence Act 1947 lagu hua, jisse vidhanik swarajya Indian Constituent Assembly ko mil gaya. Bharat ne apni azadi swaraj aur civil disobedience movement ke zariye prapt ki, jo adhiktar ahimsa aur gandhivaad par aadharit tha, aur jiska netritva Indian National Congress aur Mahatma Gandhi ne kiya.

Independence aur Partition
Bharat ki swatantrata ke saath hi partition bhi hua, jisme British India do rashtron – India aur Pakistan me banta gaya. Partition ke dauran hinsak dange aur bhari jan-hani hui.

Pratham Tiranga Faharana
15 August 1947 ko Bharat ke pratham Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru ne Red Fort, Delhi ke Lahori Gate par Bhartiya Rashtriya Jhanda fahaaya. Har agle Independence Day par vartaman Pradhan Mantri bhi tiranga fahaate hain aur desh ko bhashan dete hain.

Deshbhar me Utsav
Pura event Doordarshan, Bharat ke rashtriya broadcaster dwara prasarit hota hai, aur aam taur par iski shuruaat Ustad Bismillah Khan ki shehnai se hoti hai. Independence Day poore Bharat me flag-hoisting ceremonies, parades aur cultural events ke saath manaya jaata hai. Ye rashtriya chhutti ka din hai.

History of Indian Independence

Itihas
European traders ne 17vi sadi ke antim charan tak Bharat me apni outposts sthapit kar li thi. East India Company ne apni shaktishaali sena ke zariye sthaniye rajyaon par kabza kiya aur 18vi sadi tak Bharat me pramukh shakti ban gayi.

1857 ka Vidroh aur British Raj
Indian Rebellion of 1857 ke baad, Government of India Act 1858 ke tahat British Crown ne Bharat par seedha niyantran le liya. Iske baad ke dashkon me, nagarik samaj dhire-dhire Bharat me ubhra, jisme sabse pramukh tha Indian National Congress, jo 1885 me sthapit hua.

Pratham Vishv Yudh ke baad
World War I ke baad Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms jaise colonial reforms laaye gaye, lekin saath hi Rowlatt Act bhi lagu hua, jo aam janata ke liye bahut aprashansaniya tha. Is samay ke dauran, Bharat me self-rule ke liye andolan tez hua. Ye ashanti aur asahmati dhire-dhire non-violent movements jaise non-cooperation aur civil disobedience me badal gayi, jiska netritva Mahatma Gandhi ne kiya.

1930s aur aage ka samay
1930 ke dashak me British ne kuch reforms lagu kiye, aur Congress Party ne chunavon me jeet haasil ki. Agla dashak raajnaitik utar-chadhav se bhara raha – World War II me Bharat ka hissa, Congress ka antim non-cooperation push, aur All-India Muslim League ke dwara Muslim nationalism ka uday.

Azadi aur Partition
Yeh sabh teevr rajneetik tanav aur sangharsh 15 August 1947 me Bharat ki Azadi ke roop me safal hua. Is khushi ke saath-saath, Bharat aur Pakistan ke beech krur partition ne desh ko gham aur dukh se bhi guzara.

Kuch Aur Tathy aur Mahatva

• Independence Day hume yaad dilata hai ki swatantrata kabhi aasani se nahi milti, iske liye balidan aur sangharsh ki zarurat hoti hai.
• Desh ke veer freedom fighters jaise Bhagat Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose, Chandrashekhar Azad ne apni jaan aur rahat se bhi zyada desh ki aazadi ko mahatva diya.
• Partition ke samay lakhon logon ki jaan gayi, aur log apne ghar aur sampradayik sthalon se palayan karne par majboor hue.

Ye sab ghatnaye Bharat ki mukt desh banne ki kahani ko roshan karti hain aur har Bharatiya ko apni deshbhakti aur samarpan ka sandesh deti hain.

Independence Day se pehle ki ghatnayein

Hasrat Mohani Bharat ke itihaas me pehle vyakti the jinhone ‘Complete Independence’ (Azadi-e-Kaamil) ki maang ki. 1929 me Indian National Congress ke session me Purna Swaraj declaration, yaani “Declaration of the Independence of India”, ghoshit kiya gaya aur 26 January ko Independence Day ke roop me declare kiya gaya 1930 me.

Congress ne logon se appeal ki ki ve civil disobedience ka pledge lein aur “Congress ke nirdeshon ko samay-samay par poora karein” jab tak Bharat ko poori tarah se swatantrata na mil jaye. Aise Independence Day ka celebration logon me rashtravaad ka jazba jagane aur British sarkar ko independence dene ke liye prerit karne ke liye envision kiya gaya tha.

Congress ne 1930 se 1946 ke beech 26 January ko Independence Day ke roop me manaya. Is celebration me meetings hoti thi jahan log ‘pledge of independence’ lete the. Jawaharlal Nehru ne apni autobiography me likha ki ye meetings shant, gahan aur bina kisi speeches ke hoti thi.

Gandhi ji ne socha ki meetings ke alawa log constructive work karein, jaise ki spinning, untouchables ki seva, Hindu-Muslim milan, prohibition ka kaam, ya inme se sab ek saath.

Bharat ke asli independence ke baad 1947 me, Bharat ka Samvidhan 26 January 1950 se lagu hua; tab se 26 January ko Republic Day ke roop me manaya jaata hai.

Turant Prishthbhoomi

1946 me, Britain ki Labour sarkar, jiska khazana haali me khatam hui World War II ke karan thak gaya tha, samajh gayi ki uske paas na to ghar me mandate tha, na hi antar-rashtriya support, aur na hi native forces par bharosa tha ki ve badhte hue unrest bharat me control banaye rakhen.

20 February 1947 ko, Prime Minister Clement Attlee ne ghoshna ki ki British sarkar British India ko poori tarah se self-governance degi, June 1948 se pehle.

Naye viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, ne power transfer ki tareekh aage badha di, kyunki unka manna tha ki Congress aur Muslim League ke beech lagataar tanav interim government ko collapse kar sakta hai. Unhone World War II me Japan ke surrender ke dusre varshganth, yani 15 August, ko power transfer ki tareekh chun li.

British sarkar ne 3 June 1947 ko ghoshna ki ki usne British India ko do states me partition karne ka idea accept kar liya hai; successor governments ko dominion status milega aur unhe British Commonwealth se alag hone ka adhikar bhi hoga.

Indian Independence Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo 6 c. 30) ke tehat British India ko do naye independent dominions, India aur Pakistan (jisme ab Bangladesh bhi shamil hai), me baanta gaya 15 August 1947 se lagu hone ke liye, aur respective constituent assemblies ko poori legislative authority di gayi. Is Act ko 18 July 1947 ko royal assent prapt hua.

Partition aur Independence

Jawaharlal Nehru ne apna famous Tryst with Destiny speech diya, Bharat ke pehle Independence Day ke shubh avsar par.

Independence ke aaspaas ke mahino me, laakho Muslim, Sikh aur Hindu sharnarthi naye tay kiye gaye borders par migrate karte rahe. Punjab me, jahan borders ne Sikh regions ko do hisso me baanta, wahan bhari khoonkhari hui; Bengal aur Bihar me, jahan Mahatma Gandhi ki upasthiti communal tensions ko kam kar rahi thi, hinsa comparatively kam hui. Lagbhag 250,000 se 1,000,000 log dono taraf ke naye borders par hui hinsa me mar gaye.

Jab poora desh Independence Day celebrate kar raha tha, Gandhi ji Calcutta me ruk kar hinsa ko rokne ki koshish kar rahe the.

14 August 1947 ko, Pakistan ka Independence Day tha; naya Dominion of Pakistan bana aur Muhammad Ali Jinnah ko pehla Governor General banaya gaya Karachi me.

Bharat ki Constituent Assembly apna paanchva session 14 August raat 11 baje Constitution Hall, New Delhi me shuru kiya. Session ki adhyakshata Rajendra Prasad ne ki. Is session me Jawaharlal Nehru ne Tryst with Destiny speech diya, jisme Bharat ki independence ki ghoshna ki gayi:

“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. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history when we step out from the old to the new when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment, we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.”

— Tryst with Destiny speech, Jawaharlal Nehru, 15 August 1947

Assembly ke members ne formally desh ki seva ka pledge liya. Ek group of women, jo Bharat ki mahilao ka pratinidhitva kar rahi thi, ne assembly ko national flag present kiya.

Dominion of India officially independent country bana aur New Delhi me official ceremonies hui. Nehru ne pehle Prime Minister ke roop me pad grahan kiya, aur viceroy, Lord Mountbatten ne pehla Governor General ka pad jari rakha.

Crowds ne Gandhi ka naam le kar Independence Day celebrate kiya; lekin Gandhi ji ne official events me hissa nahi liya. Uski jagah, unhone 24 ghante ka vrat rakha aur Calcutta me logon se baat karte hue Hindus aur Muslims ke beech shanti banaye rakhne ki appeal ki.

Independence Day Celebrations in India

Independence Day, Bharat ke teen rashtriya chhuttis me se ek hai (baaki do hain Republic Day 26 January ko aur Mahatma Gandhi ka janm din 2 October ko), aur yeh saare Indian states aur union territories me manaya jata hai. Independence Day ke avsar par, President of India desh ke naam “Address to the Nation” dete hain.

15 August ko, Prime Minister Delhi ke Red Fort ke ramparts par Indian flag phaharta hai. Apne speech me, PM pichle saal ke achievements ko highlight karte hain, mahatvapurn issues uthate hain aur aage ke vikas ke liye appeal karte hain. Ve Indian independence movement ke leaders ko shraddhanjali dete hain.

Iske baad Indian national anthem, “Jana Gana Mana” gaya jata hai. Anthem ke baad Indian Armed Forces aur paramilitary forces ki divisions ka march past hota hai. Parades aur pageants me independence struggle ke scenes aur Bharat ki diverse cultural traditions dikhaye jaate hain.

State capitals me bhi similar events hote hain, jahan Chief Ministers apne respective states me national flag phaharte hain, jiske baad parades aur pageants hote hain. 1973 tak, Governor hi state capital me national flag phaharta tha. February 1974 me, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi ne PM Indira Gandhi se request ki ki Chief Ministers ko bhi Prime Minister ki tarah flag phahrane ki ijazat milni chahiye. Tabse, respective states ke Chief Ministers ko Independence Day par national flag phahrane ki permission mil gayi.

Flag-hoisting ceremonies aur cultural programmes saare desh me governmental aur non-governmental institutions me hote hain. Schools aur colleges me bhi flag hoisting aur cultural events organize kiye jate hain. Government aur non-government institutions apni premises ko paper aur balloon decorations se sajate hain, freedom fighter ke portraits lagate hain, aur major government buildings ko light strings se decorate kiya jata hai.

Delhi aur kuch aur cities me kite flying bhi Independence Day ka hissa hai. National flags alag-alag sizes me use hote hain, desh ke prati allegiance dikhane ke liye. Citizens apne kapde, wristbands, cars aur household accessories ko tri-color replicas se sajate hain. Samay ke sath, celebration ka focus nationalism se broader India celebration me badal gaya hai.

West Bengal ke Nadia ke kuch jagahon me, Independence Day 17–18 August ko manaya jata tha instead of 15 August, kyunki map drawing error ke karan Nadia district ka kuch hissa Pakistan me dikhaya gaya tha. Yeh error 17 August ki raat popular protests ke baad correct hua.

Indian diaspora duniya bhar me Independence Day celebrate karte hain, parades aur pageants ke sath, khaaskar un regions me jahan Indian immigrants ki sankhya zyada hai. Kuch locations, jaise New York aur US ke dusre cities me, 15 August ko “India Day” ke roop me manaya jata hai. Pageants “India Day” ko ya to 15 August ko ya phir uske adjoining weekend day me celebrate karte hain.

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Itihas aur Mahatva
Bharat ke azaadi ki kahani veer jawano aur freedom fighters ke tyag aur balidan se judi hui hai. Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhagat Singh, Sardar Patel aur kai anya netaon ne apne jeevan ka tyag karke desh ko swatantrata di. 15th August 1947 ko Bharat ek swaraj prapt rashtra bana.

Independence Day Ki Parampara

• Flag Hoisting: Rashtriya tiranga ka Delhi ke Red Fort me jhanda fahraya jaata hai aur desh ke pradhan mantri desh ke samne bhashan dete hain.
• Cultural Programs: School aur colleges me deshbhakti geet, natak aur dance ka aayojan hota hai.
• Prabhat Pheri aur March Past: Indian Armed Forces aur school students ke march past ka vishesh drishya hota hai.
• Patriotic Events: Desh bhakti ke pradarshan aur competitions bhi organize kiye jaate hain.

Azadi Ka Arth
Independence Day hume yaad dilata hai ki swatantrata ke liye sangharsh aur balidan ki zarurat hoti hai. Ye din desh ke har nagrik ko ekta, samarpan aur rashtrabhakti ka sandesh deta hai.

Deshbhakti aur Samarpan
Har Bharatvasi ko is din apne desh ke prati shraddha aur samarpan dikhana chahiye. Tiranga ko samman dena aur rashtriya gaan “Jana Gana Mana” gaana iska mukhya ang hai.

Conclusion

Independence Day India keval ek tyohar nahi, balki ek smriti hai un veer jawano ki jo desh ki azadi ke liye apni jaan de di. Is din ko hum sab unity, freedom aur progress ke sandesh ke saath manate hain.

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