http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wUcw8Ufx_Y&feature=related
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s speech
A tryst with destiny
Moving speech that speaks of how India needs to take the next step, of being a truly free nation. Considered one of the best speeches ever made, the speech shows excellent oratory like the classic, “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, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0aRMHzVo1g&feature=related
News Report in Hindi
Hindi news reports that shows the movement of the British soldiers away from India, peacefully and amicably.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGlcCNJSKwI&feature=fvw
Report of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s visit in Kashmir to promote communal harmony and peace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prpoxSndz8o
Lord Mountbatten’s speech
Welcoming India as a free nation in the Commonwealth, Lord Mountbatten also praises the efforts of Mahatma Gandhi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqY5AnecxXg&feature=related
Interesting images in India at that time
Images of major cities in India in that period.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlJ00KvsHuQ&feature=related
Mahatma Gandhi’s Speech in Germany
Gandhi’s the Father of the nation of India’s speech in Germany stating the minimum we need is complete freedom and also reiterates his stance on non-violence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D40WbH4UvJU
Shanta Sharma – Memories from Madhya Pradesh
They celebrate with sweets and crackers and even distributed clothes. Shanta speaks of how she was sent to school only till the 4th standard but went on to pursue her education till the tenth grade with the support of her husband.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXfYjFmnHW0&feature=relateda
Contempories remember the festivities
Suresh Sharma celebrations was in Mumbai in1947. Bright illuminations in Fort. Mohanlal Sharma was in Jaipur with Jaipur being illuminated. The two contempories remember the joy and celebration that independence meant for them. Both of them did their further studies in UP, then an academic haven.