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15th August the red-letter day in the Indian calendar is celebrated as
the Independence Day of India. The date commemorates the day when India
achieved freedom from the British rule in the year 1947. It has been a
long journey for India 1947. After more than two hundred years of
British rule, India finally won backs its freedom on 15th August, 1947.
In history this date has a special significance as it gave birth to a
new nation and a new era. Independence Day was also the end of nearly a
century of struggle for freedom, battles, betrayals and sacrifices. It
gave us the freedom to choose between right and wrong also created a
situation where we were responsible for ourselves. Independence Day is
an occasion to rejoice in our freedom and to pay collective homage to
all those people who sacrificed their lives to the cause.
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