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Date of Birth : May 9, 1866 Date of Death : Feb 19,1915 Place of Birth : Maharashtra

Gopal Krishna Gokhale&nbsp;was an Indian liberal political leader and a social reformer during the&nbsp;Indian Independence Movement. He was a senior leader of the&nbsp;Indian National Congress&nbsp;and the founder of the&nbsp;Servants of India Society.&nbsp;

&nbsp;BAL GANGADHAR TILAK

Date of Birth : Jul 23, 1856 Date of Death : Aug 1,1920 Place of Birth : Maharashtra

Bal Gangadhar Tilak&nbsp;was an Indian Nationalist, teacher and an independence activist and was one third of the&nbsp;Lal Bal Pal&nbsp;triumvirate. He was the first leader of the&nbsp;Indian Independence Movement.&nbsp;

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Independence day is celebrated on Saturday, August 15, 2020 in India. India completed its 73rd independence this year. Independence day is a national holiday celebrated annually on August 15 in India.

Date of Birth : Nov 14, 1889 Date of Death : May 27, 1964 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh

Jawaharlal Nehru&nbsp;was an Indian independence activist and subsequently, the&nbsp;first Prime Minister of India, as well as an important personality in&nbsp;Indian politics&nbsp;both before and after independence.

SIGNIFICANCE

Independence day marks the end of the British rule in 1947 and the establishment of a free and independent nation. It also marks the partition of the subcontinent into two countries, India and Pakistan, which occurred at midnight on August 14 -15, 1947.

NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE

Date of Birth : Jan 23, 1897 Date of Death : Aug 18, 1945 Place of Birth : Odisha

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was the President of Indian National Congress (INC) from 1938 to 1939. He attempted to get rid of British rule in India during World War II with the help of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

British rule in India began in 1757 when, following the British victory at the Battle of Plassey, the English East India Company began exercising control over the country. The East India Company ruled India for 100 years until it was replaced by direct British rule (often referred to as the&nbsp;British raj) in the wake of the&nbsp;Indian Mutiny&nbsp;in 1857–58.

MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI

Date of Birth:&nbsp;Oct 2, 1869 Date of Death: Jan 30, 1948 Birth of Place : Gujarat

Gandhiji was an Indian&nbsp;lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of&nbsp;India. He is considered as "Father of our nation". Gandhiji&nbsp;is internationally esteemed for his doctrine of&nbsp;non-violent protest&nbsp;(satyagraha) to achieve political and social progress.

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VANDE MATARAM "I praise the Mother Land"

Ameya S.A. VB D.A.V. Public School, Velachery

SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL

Date of Birth : Oct 31, 1875 Date of Death : Dec 15, 1950 Place of Birth : Gujarat

Sardar Vallabhai Patel&nbsp;was an Indian politician. He served as the first&nbsp;Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was an Indian&nbsp;barrister, a senior leader of the&nbsp;Indian National Congress&nbsp;and who played a leading role in the country's&nbsp;struggle for independence&nbsp;and guided its&nbsp;integration&nbsp;into a united, independent nation. He is well known as the "Iron man of India".

Date of Birth : Feb 13, 1879 Date of Death : Mar 2, 1949 Place of Birth : Hyderabad

Sarojini Naidu was an Indian political activist and poet. Her work as a poet earned her the sobriquet 'Nightingale of India' by Mahatma Gandhi.

Each colour represents something different: Saffron represents and stands for courage and sacrifice White&nbsp;represents peace, unity and truth. Green&nbsp;stands for faith and fertility.

Independence Day is marked throughout India with flag-raising ceremonies, drills, and the singing of the Indian&nbsp;National anthem. Additionally, various cultural programs are made available in the state capitals. After the&nbsp;prime minister&nbsp;participates in the flag-raising ceremony at the&nbsp;Red Fort&nbsp;historic monument in Old Delhi, a parade ensues with members of the armed forces and police.

&nbsp;DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD

Date of Birth : Dec 3, 1884 Date of Death : Feb 28, 1963 Place of Birth : Zeradei, Bihar

Dr. Rajendra Prasad was an Indian&nbsp;independence&nbsp;activist, lawyer, scholar and subsequently, the first&nbsp;President of India, in office from 1950 to 1962

Date of Birth : Oct 2, 1904 Date of Death : Jan 11, 1966 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh

Lal Bahadur Shastri was an Indian politician who served as the second&nbsp;Prime Minister of India. He promoted the&nbsp;White Revolution&nbsp;– a national campaign to increase the production and supply of milk – by supporting the&nbsp;Amul&nbsp;milk co-operative of&nbsp;Anand, Gujarat&nbsp;and creating the&nbsp;National Diary Development Board. He also promoted the&nbsp;Green Revolution in India&nbsp;in 1965.

TIRUPPUR KUMARAN

Date of Birth : Oct 4, 1904 Date of Death : Jan 11, 1932 Place of Birth : Chennimalai

Tiruppur Kumaran&nbsp;was an&nbsp;Indian&nbsp;revolutionary and freedom fighter who participated in the&nbsp;Indian Independence Movement.&nbsp;He founded&nbsp;"Desa Bandhu Youth Association"&nbsp;and led protests against the&nbsp;British.

RANI LAKSHMI BHAI

Date of Birth : Nov 19, 1835 Date of Death : Jun 17, 1858 Place of Birth : Kashi

Rani Lakshmi Bhai&nbsp;was an Indian queen of the&nbsp;Maratha princely state&nbsp;of&nbsp;Jhansi&nbsp;in North India currently present in Jhansi district in&nbsp;Uttar Pradesh, India.&nbsp;She was one of the leading figures of the&nbsp;Indian Rebellion of 1857&nbsp;and became a symbol of resistance to the&nbsp;British Raj&nbsp;for Indian nationalists.

&nbsp;CHANDRASHEKHAR AZAD

Date of Birth : Jul 23, 1906 Date of Death : Feb 27, 1931 Place of Birth : Bhavra

&nbsp;Chandrashekhar Azad was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of&nbsp;Hindustan Socialist Republican Army&nbsp;(HSRA) after the  death of its founder,&nbsp;Ram Prasad Bismil, and three other prominent party leaders,&nbsp;Roshan Singh,&nbsp;Rajendra Nath Lahiri&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ashfaqulla Khan.

Freedom fighters are the people who sacrificed their lives selflessly for the freedom of their country. We need to look up to them in terms of patriotism and love for one's own country.

India's flag was adopted on July 22, 1947, after India became independent from&nbsp;Great Britain. India's flag is a horizontal tricolour in equal proportion of deep saffron (orange) on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom.

The Indian independence movement began during&nbsp;World<a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I"> </a>War I&nbsp;and was led by Mohandas K. Gandhi, who advocated for a peaceful and nonviolent end to British rule.

CHINNASWAMI SUBRAMANYA BHARATHIYAR

Date of Birth : Dec 11, 1881 Date of Death : Sep 12, 1921 Place of Birth : Ettayapuram

&nbsp;Chinnaswami Subramanya Bharathiyar was a&nbsp;Tamil&nbsp;writer, poet, journalist,&nbsp;Indian Independence activist&nbsp;, a social reformer and a polyglot. Popularly known as "Mahakavi Bharathi"

Date of Birth : Sep 27, 1907 Date of Death : Mar 23, 1931 Place of Birth : Jalandhar

Bhagat Singh&nbsp;was an Indian&nbsp;socialist revolutionary&nbsp;whose two acts of dramatic violence against the British in India and execution at age 23 made him a folk hero of the&nbsp;Indian independence movement.

The prime minister then delivers a televised address to the country, recounting the major accomplishments of India during the previous year and outlining future challenges and goals. Kite flying has also become an Independence Day tradition, with kites of various sizes, shapes, and colours filling the sky. Also, to&nbsp;commemorate&nbsp;the day, government offices in&nbsp;New<a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/New-Delhi"> </a>Delhi&nbsp;remain lit throughout the holiday, even though they are closed.

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