Independence Memories

Your memories of pre and post Independence India
- Your memories of pre and post Independence India -Invitation to share your personal memories
  - - Memories of a bygone era that still remains with us -See some interesting videos such as Pandit Nehru’s speech, Mahatma Gandh’s and of citizens
    - Hindi News report -The British leaving amicably from the Gateway of IndiaVideo links of interest
  - Interesting images -How India seemed then
  - Mumbai in 1932 -Mumbai in 1932
  - Shanta Sharma, Madhya Pradesh -Celebrations at Madhya Pradesh
  - Sharma and Sharma -Contempararies who recont their experience
Responses Received
- R.K. Suri -The patriotic fervour that prevailed then
- R K Suri -Memories – Part II – Urdu is not a language of the Muslims alone
- Denis Khan -An example of great communal harmony during the Partition
- Ramanand Kowta -Let us welcome visits to historical places like Mani Bhavan and maintain them well
- Ram Krishna Mukerji -History as seen by the common man
- Ved Prakash -Book – Flashback – experiences of an ordinary refugee
- Reginald Messey -Books and thoughts shaped by the experiences in Lahore at that time
- Maloy Dhar -Book – Train to India on experiences of the partition
- K Narendran -Let us preserve the patrotic zeal in the post independence era
- Hitesh Gosain -Recording of oral history on both sides of the border
- Dawn Paper – Pakistan -Music that symbolised the multicultural resilience of Indi
- Namita Nagpal -Let us record history but remove the bitterness on both sides
- Hema Gandhi -Let us make India glorious again
- Kisan Mehta -The discipline that Mahtma Gandhi inspired
- Barbara -The contribution of the Anglo Indians
- Gaur J K -The frenzy of Independence marred by the communal atmosphere
- Sona Kumar -Revoke only happy memories
- Rane -Commendable effort to gather the memoirs
- Vijendran Rao -My Reminiscences of Pre and Post Independent India with details of the effect of many luminaries
Published Articles
- Article in Midday by Shailesh Bhatia -Published on 15 Aug 2010
Newspaper Articles