Independence Day (India) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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India's Independence Day is celebrated on 15 August to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation on that day in 1947. The day is a national holiday in In...
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Tryst with Destiny 14-15 August, 1947; -Jawaharlal Nehru; With the clock striking the midnight hour on 14-15th August, 1947, India was 'to awake to freedom'. The Constituent Assembly to whom power was to be transferred began its sitting at 11 pm with Smt Sucheta Kripalani singing Vande Mataram.
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www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/parliament/tryst%2...
www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/parliament/tryst%20with%20destiny.pdf
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Change Player Size ... Watch this video in a new window ... A Tryst with Destiny...
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The voice of Jawaharlal Nehru. ... "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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www.harappa.com/sounds/nehru.html
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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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en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Tryst_with_Destiny
en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Tryst_with_Destiny
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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. ... The appointed day has come - the day appointed by destiny - and India stands forth again, after long slumber and struggle, awake, vital, free and independent.
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www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2007/may/01/greatspeeche...
www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2007/may/01/greatspeeches
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Wolpert might have been more successful if he had considered the notion of Nehru's belief in a special destiny. In India, a land of avataras and rishis, gurus and reformers, world-conquerors and wise sages, such belief is not uncommon.
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www.indiastar.com/kak2.htm
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Now finally coming to the point of conclusion, the name of the blog My tryst with destiny is an inspiration drawn on impulse from the first few words of the Independence speech delivered by honorable Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru the first Prime Minister of Independent India.
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Doc Kazi's photostream ... World Leaders (Set) ... Nehru delivers his famous "Tryst with Destiny" speech on mid-night 14-15 August 1947 by Doc Kazi.
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