How August 15 was chosen as Independence Day of India? It was till June 30, 1948, that Lord Mountbatten had been given the mandate by the British Parliament to transfer the power to India.

Independence Day 2021: Every year on 15 August Independence Day is celebrated in India with full enthusiasm. Indian Constitution has provided several rights to the people to protect their ...

India celebrates Women's Day in commemoration of Sarojini Naidu who was one of the eminent fighters for India's independence and a renowned poet and women's rights activist. Naidu, who was born in ...

But as I travel to her capital, New Delhi, for the 70th anniversary of her independence, there is much to celebrate in this current, most modern version of India. And as both a partial outsider ...