“I would love to. It would be a welcome break after a horrible scene.” “Any idea‚ who he was?” Aditi asked once the elevator door closed. “Yeah‚ he was a henchman for the syndicate that runs here. The police had earlier booked him for assault‚ breaking and entering – petty crimes. They think he just got fed up with life and took the plunge.” Shankar said. “So why are you interested in a suicide? I thought you were following the Kalki case.” “Oh that’s true. It’s just that when one my friends at the
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India Independence Day In India‚ Independence Day is observed on the 15th August every year‚ because on the said day of 1947‚ India won her freedom from the British rule after about 200 years. It is a red-lettered day‚ on which the schools and government and private offices remain closed. Early in the morning‚ the young students sing in chorus the national anthem in accompaniment of flute and drum marching together in processions in the streets. National flags are hoisted in the houses‚ schools
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15th August 1947‚ the day of our independence! We were given complete freedom for this land and nation. A seat of equality and self respect was given to us. We were offered membership and voice among free nations of the world. People celebrate the day with a lot of enthusiasm. They decorate buildings‚ houses and streets. Tricolor flags are unfurled along the roads and on the buildings. School children take part in the celebration more vigorously. They prepare for to welcome the area leaders who
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honour to stand before you and say a few words on Indian Independence Day. It was today on 15th August that India woke up with Freedom way back in 1947 which is one of the biggest achievement for us. Who can forget that midnight of 15th August 1947 when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the Tri-coloured Indian Flag on Red Fort. Since that day we have got a great reason to celebrate this occasion every year with pride and honour. Independence Day in India is celebrated every year in each and every school
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India gained independence after nearly 200 years of British rule on 15 August 1947 and Indian tricolor flag was unfurled by Jawaharlal Nehru‚ the first Prime Minister of India‚ on the ramparts the Red Fort of Delhi. This was preceded by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s famous speech titled Tryst with destiny: ….“Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny‚ and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge‚ not wholly or in full measure‚ but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when
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LIST OF COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS S.No S.No 1 Afghanistan ----> Kabul 41 Cyprus ----> Nicosia 2 Albania ----> Tirana 42 Czech Republic ----> Prague 3 Algeria ----> Algiers 43 Denmark ----> Copenhagen 4 Andorra ----> Andorra la Vella 44 Djibouti ----> Djibouti 5 Angola ----> Luanda 45 Dominica ----> Roseau 6 Antigua and Barbuda ----> Saint John’s 46 Dominican Republic ----> Santo Domingo 7 Argentina ----> Buenos Aires 47 East Timor (Timor-Leste) ----> Dili 8 Armenia
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isn’t it honorable to feel like your own leader once in a while? Being independent improves your inner-self; being independent means to be yourself‚ think for yourself and express yourself! Freedom: the power to determine action without restraint. Independence is the freedom from the influence‚ control‚ support‚ of others. “If you can be self-reliant and do things on your own‚ figuratively and metaphorically‚ then you’re in charge of your destiny and are a stronger person as a result.” Teachers should
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posed by Frederick Douglass. The following are excerpts from a speech he gave in 1852 at an Independence Day commemoration sponsored by the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester‚ NY. A longer excerpt and a link to the full text of the speech can be found at my blog. Fellow-citizens‚ pardon me‚ allow me to ask‚ why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I‚ or those I represent‚ to do with your national independence? …I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am
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Independence Day. Malaysia was born in August 31‚ 1957. It has been 56 years since then. That day was a day that everyone should remember and never forget till they die. Because this day was the day that Malaysia was free from the British. It is to commemorate the independence of the Federation of Malaya from British colonial rule on 31 August 1957. In a wider context‚ it also celebrates the formation of Malaysia. On the 30th of August‚ Malaysia’s then Prime Minister‚ Tunku Abdul Rahman took to
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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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