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Posted: 17 years ago

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Posted: 17 years ago

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Originally posted by: lakshmim_84
"At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.
At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again."

60 years on... these words still strike a chord in the heart of every Indian. And yes, India has discovered herself.. n the path she has to follow.. n she is striving ahead in that path.
60 yrs ago, everyone, every nation in this world were sure .. India will
fall apart, India cannot make it more than 30 yrs. How can a country with so much diversity become a nation state. What can be the binding force. A country with 10 or more religions, 100 or more languages, 500 or more different cultures. n above all trying to be a democracy.. impossible.But no.. we have made possible the impossible. With the feeling of being an Indian becoming a binding force, v have made a
respectable place for us in this world. "anektha mein ektha,Hind ki visheshta"

60 yrs ago, the tag given for India was "an underdeveloped country". but today, the tag is "Asian Tiger", lets strive hard that tomorrow the tag will be "An economic super power" On this day, let us cherish the achievements of India, analyse her failures, and decide her future. Yes.. decide her future. Being the largest democracy in this world, it is we.. Citizens of the Democratic Republic of India, who are the writers of her destiny. And lets us write in golden letters the Story of India.

"Hum laye hai, tufan se kasti nikal ke
Is desh ko rakna, mero bacho sambhal ke

Deko kabhi barbad na ho ye bageecha,
Isko hriday ke khoon se bapu ne hai seencha,
rakha hai ye chirag shaheedo ne sambhal ke"

here is a quiz for all of you. Its abt the places,people n events of importance in India..
Pls PM me the answers with the title as "ID Quiz"

1)This place or institution was established by the gupta rulers. Its name is a sanskrit word meaning "giver of knowledge"

2)This empire had its capital as patiliputra. It was founded around 322 BC after the withdrawal of Alexander. The Emblem of Independent India is linked to this empire.

3)He was the first ruler of an empire that lasted from early sixteenth to the mid nineteenth centuries. Conquered India, through the first battle of Panipath.

4)This battle took place at the banks of Bhagirathi river. It was fought between Siraj-ud-daulah and the british East India company.

5)She was born at kashi and died at gwalior fighting the britishers in the first war of Indian Independence. Her childhood name was Manikarnika and she was affectionately called as Manu.

6)This organization was founded in 1885 by 73 indian delegates at bombay. It was inspired by the suggestion made by A O Hume, a retired british civil servent.

7)He was one of the most famous and influential spiritual leader of the philosophies of vedanta n yoga. He made a famous speech at the world parliament of religions at chicago.

8)His popular sentence "Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it" became the source of inspiration for indians in the freedom struggle. He was criticized for encouraging the acts of violence n disorder.

9) This event happened in 1905 and was done by lord Curzon, then viceroy of India. Opposing this Rabindranath Tagore wrote a poem which later in 1972 became the national anthem, of Bangladesh.

10)This masacre was carried out under the command of Brigadier Reginald Dyer. It led to the Non-Cooperation movement and was a motivation for many revolutionaries including Bhagat Singh.

11)He actively participated in the Kakori train robbery with his close friend Ram Prasad Bismil. His last message for the nation was "I take pride in the fact that I will be the first and foremost muslim to embrace death on the gallows for the freedom of my country"

12)This event was an act of non-violent protest against the british salt tax. The famous words of Mahatma Gandhi associated with this event was "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the british empire"

13)This international movement was founded by India along with Egypt, Yugoslavia, Indonesia n Ghana. Its first summit was held at Belgrade in 1961 n the most recent at Havana in 2006. It was against cold war.

14)THis program resulteed in India's chronic food shortage gradually being transformed to surplus production. It helped India to become a food exporter.

15)A significant battle in 1971- Indo-Pak war. In this 120 Indian soldiers with only 2 jeep mounted recoiless guns managed to defeat 2000-3000 force of pakistan army who had 65 tanks, 5 field guns, 3 Anti-aircraft guns and 138 military vehicles.

Hope mods don't close this topic.. Just wanted to cherish the independence day with all of you... n yes.. i know our tricolor has white in the middle... but sincce i will not be visible, decided to use blue.. the colour of ashoka chakra.