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Independence Day, in rewind
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All areas around King’s Way in New Delhi were chock-a-block with excited Delhiites out to witness Independence Day celebrations.
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The now familiar grounds leading up to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, as on 15th August 1947, the day the country threw off British yoke to declare itself a sovereign nation.
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Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of colonial India handing over the reins to Jawaharlal Nehru, free India's first Prime Minister on 15th August 1947.
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The Guard of Honour of free India in front of the Rashtrapati Bhavan as the country awoke to freedom on 15th August 1947.
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The grounds of Rashtrapati Bhavan, milling with Indians celebrating independence on 15th August 1947.
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Jawaharlal Nehru, free India's first Prime Minister, addresses the nation in his now legendary, "At the stroke of midnight, as the world sleeps.." speech on 15th August 1947.
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Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy, bids farewell, accompanied by a Guard of Honour on 15th August 1947.
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Everyone enjoys a spectacle and what better occasion than the day of independence on 15th August 1947, on the road leading up to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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