August 15, 1947 – First Independence Day of India

Nehruji and Gandhiji at All India Congress Committe (AICC) meeting in July 1946.Mountbatten arrives at Delhi airport and is been received by Nehru and Liaquat Ali on March 25, 1947.

Nehru along with Mountbatten on the first Independence Day in Delhi on August 15, 1947.

Mountbatten swears Jawaharlal Nehru in as Prime Minister of India on August 15, 1947.After swearing in as the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru gives his first speech holding an Indian flag on August 15, 1947.

today, August 15, 2015, India is celebrating 69 years of Independence. Indian flag is seen flying on top of the Red Fort, New Delhi, where the Prime Minister of India gives the speech on every Independence Day.

source:desicololors