Independence Day Also called Swatantrata Divas (Hindi)
The countdown had started much earlier. It was on February 26, 1947, when the British Government made an important announcement of policy. It declared, its intention to quit India by June, 1948, and appointed Lord Mountbatten Viceroy of India to arrange for the transfer of authority from British to Indian hands. This momentous declaration had already evoked hearty enthusiasm all over India. Mountbatten assumed office on 24th March, 1947, and on 3rd June broadcast the famous declaration laying down the method by which the power will be transferred.
Read on …the History behind India’s Independence…
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AUyQGJJK9ID6ZGRnamJ2ZjNfMTcxZHJ3cDc4aHI&hl=en
