A day of great significance for India to reflect on what the freedom fighters had to endure and sacrifice to shape the modern India we see today.
As we prepare to celebrate the most important day of the year, August 15, let us take a look at some rare photographs of India’s freedom struggle.
History in pictures
Netaji Subhas Bose reading the proclamation of the Provisional Government of Azad Hind on Indian soil.
A group of women marching during the Quit India movement in 1942.
Tara Rani Srivastava, Indian freedom fighter, during the Quit India movement. Although her husband was shot while marching to hoist the flag in Siwan, that did not stop her from doing so.
A memorial to Vinod Kinariwaia, who was a student at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.
In 1942, on the first day of the Quit India movement, 18-year-old Vinod Kinariwaia was shot dead in front of the college for hoisting the Indian flag.
A view of Hazaribagh Central Jail, from where Jayaprakash Narayan escaped in 1942, wearing 53 dhotis, a long loincloth worn by men in India.
78º Independence Day
Since 1947, India has celebrated theIndependence Day Every year on 15th August, the 78th Independence Day is celebrated. In 2024, the Independence Day will be celebrated for 78 years. The rare image of India’s freedom struggle teaches us that nothing is easy. We need to be strong and resilient with our dreams and desires and it also reminds us that difficult times do not last long and are eventually replaced by good times.
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