India got its independence on 15 August, 1947. All Indians celebrate this day with great splendor, joy and respect for Mother India. Many Indian cultural programmes are organized on the Independence Day. Indians dedicate this day to all those brave leaders and fighters who gave freedom to this golden bird on this day.
Here are Top 10 Interesting Facts Of Independence Day which we all might not know.
1)First time the national flag was hoisted was on 7th August, 1906 and the venue of the fateful event was at Parsee Bagan Square in Calcutta.
2)The credit for designing the first version of the present national flag of the country goes to Pingali Venkayya at Bezwada in 1921. It has red and green strips, flanking a white one in the idle.
3)The country had no official National Anthem at the time its achieved independence.
4)The Independence Day of India is shared with few other countries such as North Korea, South Korea, Republic of Congo and Bahrain.
5)Gandhiji was in Calcutta while India got its independence on 15th August, 1947.
6)Mahatma Gandhi was in favor of disbanding the Congress after the independence of the country.
7)Hindi is not the national language of India, rather it is the country’s official language, as stated by article 343 of the Indian Constitution.
8)India gets its name from River Indus, which was the home of the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the earliest known civilizations of the world.
9)Goa was declared as a Portuguese state after India attained independence in 1947.
10)Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first Prime Minister after independence was considered as a global style icon and his famous Nehru jacket became an instant hit around the world.
