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India: 65 years of our Independence

"India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.' - Mark Twain On the midnight of 15th August, 1947, after a tenacious struggle for over 150 years, India finally achieved her long-aspired dream to be an independent nation from the mighty Colonial rule of the British – colloquially popular as ‘British Raj’. While most of the independence struggle never saw a coherent outrage by entire India until the grand ingress of Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, nevertheless the day 15th August remains thoroughly ingrained among every citizen and is celebrated every year as the Independence Day. Looking back in time, the days of struggle seem to be of great honour and vigour and notably the most patriotic era in Indian history. It was a time, when every