Independence Day Good Morning! Respected chief guest our principal‚ teachers and my dear friends we have assembled here to celebrate the 65th anniversary of our Independence Day. As a citizen of India‚ I am so proud to talk to you about‚ my mother land. On the night of August 14‚ 1947‚ Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru rose to make a maiden speech in New Delhi‚ “When the world sleeps‚ India will wake to life and freedom.” And now‚ this day 15th August of every year is a golden day engraved in the
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his day 15th August of every year is a golden day engraved in the history of the world. We got freedom on this date and it is a day worth a celebration. When we celebrate it hoisting the flag‚ playing our National Anthem with fervor‚ distributing sweets‚ we need to sail back into the past to remember and pay homage to the builders of our nation. My dear friends‚ We were the privileged lot to have been born in free India. We were able to breathe the fresh free air since our birth. If at all we want
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Today is Independence Day. This is the day to which each of us were looking forward to… Words cannot adequately express my joy and pride at being leader of this independent country. It is a unique privilege which I shall remember for ever‚ and it gives me strength and courage as I dedicate my life to the service of our country. This is a wonderful day‚ and it is all the more wonderful because we have awaited it with increasing impatience‚ compelled to watch one country after another overtaking
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agree with what Noynoy Aquino has said. An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation’s assumption of independent statehood‚ usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another state‚ more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Most countries honor their respective independence day as a national holiday and some countries or nations’ independence-date honors’ are contested. Independence Day is the day to commemorate all the works of certain people
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• Why is September 16th Mexican Independence Day? What happened on that date? (Include in your answer a summary of two Catholic priests: Miguel Hidalgo and Jose Maria Morelos). Notably‚ September 16th is Mexican Independence Day because revolutionary activity was already a pattern throughout Mexico‚ “but the cause celebre of independence was El Grito de Dolores (The Cry of Pain)‚ a proclamation made by Miguel Hidalgo‚ a parish priest‚ on September 16‚ 1810 (Vigil 112). Furthermore‚ Hidalgo was a
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Independence Day‚ observed annually on 15 August‚ is a national holiday in India commemorating the nation ’s independence from British rule on 15 August 1947. India attained freedom following an independence movement noted for largely nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress (INC).[1] Independence coincided with the partition of India‚ in which the British Indian Empire was divided along religious lines into the Dominions of India and Pakistan; the partition
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The Day Before Independence June 25‚ 1986 was the last day of my childhood. I was 16 years old graduating from high school; the next morning I would be on a train going of to a college to a strange city‚ all by myself…This scenario might sound very appealing and fairly common to an American‚ but for a young girl born and raised in the Soviet Union this situation was scary and challenging. In Belarus (part of the former USSR) families stayed close together. Young people especially girls would go
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One of the most important celebrations in Mexico is Independence Day. Our commander in chief‚ the president of the nation‚ orders our forces: marines‚ army‚ police‚ and the air force to organize a mega event every September 16th‚ this is a holiday everybody enjoys. Streets‚ houses‚ buildings and cars are decorated everywhere in the country. On every street corner there are vendors selling flags‚ balloons‚ sombreros and rehiletes -shuttlecock‚ all with the green‚ white and red‚ our National Colors
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announced its intention of transferring power no later than June 1948. As independence approached‚ the violence between Hindus and Muslims in the provinces of Punjab and Bengal continued unabated. With the British army unprepared for the potential for increased violence‚ the new viceroy‚ Louis Mountbatten‚ advanced the date for the transfer of power‚ allowing less than seven months for a mutually agreed plan for independence. In June 1947‚ the nationalist leaders‚ including Pandit Nehru‚ Abul Kalam
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jj How important were the religious reforms of Shah waliullah? - role in the political and religious context of the time What influence did Syed Ahmad Barelvi exert in the revival of islam? - Revival of Islam in the sub-continent How influential was Haji shariatullah and the faraizi movement? - The Jihad movement and the mujahideen. How far was Aurangzeb responsible for the decline of the mughal empire? What role did the East India Company play in the decline of the empire? How successful
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