Why India Got Freedom At The Stroke of Midnight

Midnight wasn't the end: What happened in the first few hours of Independent India

India News: “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, w.

Why August 15 was chosen as India’s Independence Day, and why Pakistan celebrates a day before

How did India and Pakistan end up with different Independence Days? Who chose August 15 as the date, and why? We explain.

India on August 15, Pakistan on August 14: Why is Independence Day in both countries celebrated a day apart?

India attained Independence at midnight on 14 August while Pakistan did earlier on the same day, marking the end of British Rule. Here's what we know about the arrangements of the transfer of power to the two nations.

Why India Got Freedom At The Stroke of Midnight

August 15 was the date of India's Independence, so why did transfer of power happen at the stroke of midnight August 14-15?

Why India's independence came at stroke of midnight — and why August 15 wasn't astrologers' first choice

The date of India's independence wasn't picked off a calendar at random. It was shaped by a Viceroy in a hurry, a wartime memory and a group of astrologers who flatly refused to accept it.

August 15, 1947, inauspicious said astrologers. Nehru found a solution

Lord Mountbatten, the last British Viceroy to India, fixed August 15 for the transfer of power to Indians, but seers objected to the date as inauspicious. Jawaharlal Nehru, the to-be first Indian Prime Minister, found a middle path. And that's why India got freedom at midnight.