How India's Choice Of August 15 As Independence Day Has A Japan Link

How India's Choice Of August 15 As Independence Day Has A Japan Link

Amid rising communal violence and worsening law and order, the British Parliament decided that the colonial rule in India would end on August 15, 1947.

History Today: Why August 15 was picked as India’s Independence Day

India celebrates its Independence Day on August 15 each year, remembering the day in 1947 when the country gained freedom from British rule after nearly 200 years. Louis Mountbatten, the last British governor-general of India, was authorised to hand over power by June 30, 1948. However, he moved the date forward and chose August 15, 1947, as the day British rule would end

Recomposing Freedom: Why August 15 Demands More Than Ceremony

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