Indians, the world over, celebrated Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav on August 15, 2022, with great pride, acknowledging the blood and sweat of thousands of patriots who gave the supreme sacrifice for their beloved Bharatmata all through the arduous years of freedom struggle.
The South Asian Times presents iconic images from the past that highlight several poignant moments from history….
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Members of the first Cabinet of Independent India, which included Dr. Rajendra Prasad as President of India, Sardar Patel, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Baldev Singh, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, C. Rajagopalachari and others, seated posing for a photograph at Government House, New Delhi.
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with Major General J.N. Chaudhary, the Nizam of Hyderabad, and V. Shankar.
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Acharya Kripalani, and Jawaharlal Nehru for the session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
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Lord Mountbatten swears in Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as the first Prime Minister of free India at the ceremony held at 8.30 a.m on August 15, 1947.
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Partition of Pakistan from India: Overcrowded refugee train, Punjab, 1947
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The front page of the Hindustan Times declaring India’s independence.
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Two Dominions Are Born: The front page of The Statesman on August 15, 1947
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A postal stamp from 1947
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People throng Red Fort on August 15, 1947, to hear the first I-Day speech.
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Flag hoisted in Chandni Chowk in New Delhi on Independence Day in 1947
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Netaji Subhashchandra Bose inspecting the women’s wing of the Indian National Army
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Mahatma Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu during Salt Satyagrah
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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s historic speech ‘India’s Tryst With Destiny’
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People protesting the Simon Commission sent by London to look at India’s future because it had no Indian members.
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Letter announcing Bhagat Singh’s death sentence
