Happy 66th Independence Day India!! - 2012

theFundooGeek! wishing from USA :

Happy Independence Day - 2012, India!!!

The Independence Day of India is celebrated on August 15^th to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation on that day in 1947. On the stroke of midnight, a country came into life again as the British handed over the governance of India to the Indian leaders. The British government declared the country independent and left for their own shores.

It was on this historic date that Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime Minister of India, unfurled the Indian tricolor on the ramparts the magnificent Red Fort, symbolically marking the end of the British colonial rule. This has become tradition where each and every Indian Prime Minister hoists the Indian Tricolor flag on the Red Fort on 15^th August every year and delivers a nationally televised speech from its ramparts.

To our Indian patrons, best wishes on India's Independence Day from all of us @ FundooGeek.com

theFundooGeek recommended reading :

• Wikipedia
• President of India's Address to The Nation on the Eve of India's 66^th Independence Day - in English
• President of India's Address to The Nation on the Eve of India's 66^th Independence Day - in Hindi
• Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's 2011 Independence Day Speech
• US Secretary of State Clinton’s Greetings on India’s Independence Day
• Vladimir Putin lauds India's progress on Independence day
• Statement by President Obama on India's Independence Day

Happy 66th Independence Day India!! - 2012