PM Narendra Modi, in his first Independence Day address after securing a historic third term, said that India dreams of hosting the Olympic Games in 2036. He lauded the Indian athletes who marked ...

1. Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the tricolour of India on the banks of Ravi in Lahore. 2. First Independence Day observed. 3. Working committee of INC meets at Sabarmati and passed the Civil ...

How August 15 was chosen as Independence Day of India? It was till June 30 ... 15 as the date of independence for both countries. The first stamp issued by Pakistan mentioned August 15 as its ...

On April 19, 1975, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launched Aryabhata—the country’s very first satellite into ...

Independence Day 2024: India celebrates its 78th Independence ... "I want all people to be Indians first, Indians last and nothing else but Indians." - BR Ambedkar. "Dushman ki goliyon ka hum ...

But as I travel to her capital, New Delhi, for the 70th anniversary of her independence, there is much to celebrate in this current, most modern version of India. And as both a partial outsider ...

Narrator: By the end of the 19th century, the British had controlled much of India for over 100 years. The Indian National Congress, the INC, was formed in 1885 and the idea of independence ...

Some of India’s finest storytellers were in their prime. Two films were released in Mumbai, then Bombay, on Independence Day: Shehnai and Mera Geet. While the latter vanished from theatres and ...