Introduction
This 15th August was marked as the glorious 77th anniversary of India’s independence, usually celebrated with pride by all Indians worldwide.
Every year on 15th August, the streets of India are decorated with tricolours based on our national flag, and many programs are held to commemorate the sacrifice of our great freedom fighters.
How does India celebrate Independence Day
15th August has been declared as a national holiday all over India. The Prime Minister of India hoists the national flag from the notable historical site in Delhi called Red Fort (India’s Capital). Tributes are paid to our great freedom fighters, and the National Flag Guard addresses their immeasurable sacrifices by presenting a national salute as the army band played the national anthem amid a 21-gun salute.
Indian Independence Movement
The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historical events aiming to end British rule in India, also known as British Raj. It lasted till 1947.
The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian Independence emerged from Bengal. Later, it took root in the newly formed Indian National Congress, with prominent moderate leaders seeking the right to appear for the Indian Civil Service examinations in British India. They also strive for more economic rights for the natives of India. The first half of the 20th century was a more radical approach towards self-rule.
The Independence struggle in the 1920s was characterized by the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress’s adoption of Gandhi’s policy of non-violence and civil disobedience. Some leading followers of Gandhi’s ideology were Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel, Abdul Gaffar Khan, Maulana Azad, and others. Intellectuals such as Rabindranath Tagore, Subramania Bharati, and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay spread patriotic awareness. Female leaders like Sarojini Naidu, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Pritilata Waddedar, and Kasturba Gandhi promoted the emancipation of Indian women and their participation in the freedom struggle.
Few leaders follow a more violent approach, which became especially popular after the Rowlatt Act permitted indefinite detention. The Act sparked protests across India, especially in the Punjab provinces, where they were violently suppressed in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
The Indian Independence movement was in constant ideological evolution. Essentially anticolonial. It was supplemented by visions of independent economic development with a secular, democratic, republican, civil liberation, and political structure. After 1930, the movement took on a strong socialist orientation. It culminated in the Indian Independence Act of 1947, which ended crown suzerainty and partitioned the British Raj into the Dominion of India and Pakistan.
How Does Our School Celebrates Independence Day
Delhi World Public School – Hooghly also celebrates Independence Day as RANG-DE-AZADI. The school organizes a particular program on the memory of our great freedom fighters. At the beginning of the event, the national flag is hosted by our respected, honourable Chairman in the presence of our Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Principal, Teacher-in-Charge/Administrator, and ECA Co-Ordinator, which is followed by a parade conducted by the students of Delhi World Public School-Hooghly. Not only that, but we also organized a cultural program performed by the students of different clubs like Dance, Drama, Music, Recitation, Yoga, and also Wushu—a conclusion speech by our respected Secretary, sir, which puts the end of the event.
by Rick Sen (Class 8, 2022-23 Session)